Innovyze Releases Award-Winning InfoSWMM SFEM, Breakthrough Solution for Wastewater Master Planning

November 19, 2013 / #INFOSWMM, History, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

Innovyze Releases Award-Winning InfoSWMM SFEM, Breakthrough Solution for Wastewater Master Planning

Release Supports Short-Term and Long Range Evaluation and Planning Processes for Wastewater Utilities Worldwide

Broomfield, Colorado, USA, November 19, 2013

Redrawing the boundaries of wastewater collection system modeling, Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies

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Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati Drives Revolution in Smart Asset Management

November 12, 2013 / InfoWater, Innovyze, SWMM5

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Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati Drives Revolution in Smart Asset Management

Multifaceted Approach Will Optimize Maintenance and Repair Operations, Decrease Operational Costs,
Improve Efficiency and Extend Lifespan of Critical Assets

Broomfield, Colorado, USA, November 12, 2013 —

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How Inlets and Overland Flow Junctions work in InfoSWMM

November 12, 2013 / #INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM

The overland flow junction does have an invert and rim elevation, it is usually part of a road system and you can drain Subcatchment flow to the overland flow junction. If an Inlet node is flooded the excess water can flow out of the inlet to the street through the

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What are the Options for LID Inflow and Outflow In SWMM 5?

November 10, 2013 / InfoSWMM, LID, SWMM5

What are the Options for LID Inflow and Outflow in SWMM 5?

The Runoff Surfaces in SWMM 5 are:

1.      Pervious area with either Green Ampt, Horton or CN Infiltration
2.     Impervious area without Depression Storage or Initial Losses
3.     Impervious area with Depression Storage or Initial

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The Effect of the LID Percent Impervious Treated in SWMM5

November 10, 2013 / InfoSWMM, LID, SWMM5

The Effect of the LID Percent Impervious Treated in SWMM5

If you use the option percent impervious treated for LID's on a Subcatchment then a percent of the impervious flow is routed to the LID. For example, 50 percent of roof runoff to a LID Swale. It has the impact

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From CHI – International Conference on Stormwater and Urban Water Systems Modeling, Toronto Canada (February 26 and 27) – Call for papers

November 7, 2013 / SWMM5

47th Annual International Conference
Toronto, Canada
February 26-27, 2014

Call for papers

Have you implemented a good idea recently? Do you have hard facts and figures?
If so, you should consider presenting at this conference. Your audience will be large (>100) and comprise equally active and thoughtful professionals.

The annual

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Innovyze President Dr. Paul F. Boulos Assumes Presidency of American Academy of Water Resources Engineers

October 29, 2013 / History, Innovyze

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Innovyze President Dr. Paul F. Boulos Assumes Presidency of American Academy of Water Resources Engineers

Broomfield, Colorado, USA, October 29, 2013 — Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced

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How to Use the Compare Report Command in H2OMap SWMM and InfoSWMM

October 12, 2013 / #INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

How to Use the Compare Report Command in H2OMap SWMM and InfoSWMM

1.       Run all of your scenario using Batch Simulation and Select Conduit Summary from the Report Manager
2.      Select all of your scenarios using the Compare Report Icon
3.      You will have a lot of

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ALCOSAN Wet Weather Plan Link

October 9, 2013 / #INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

A link to the ALCOSAN Wet Weather Plan for Allegheny Country, Pennsylvania

http://www.alcosan.org/Portals/0/Wet%20Weather%20Plan/Section%204.0%20thru%204.4.pdf

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How InfoSWMM uses Calibration or monitored data during a Simulation

October 7, 2013 / #INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM, InfoSWMM_SA, SWMM5

How InfoSWMM uses Calibration or monitored data during a Simulation

The calibration data is used in the Calibrator Addon (which uses a Genetic Algorithm to calibrate RDII, Subcatchment, Infiltration, Groundwater, Pipe, Node or Pump input data to calibration data) by running a model many times to optimize the fit (Figure

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How to Define Green Ampt Infiltration in ICM

October 7, 2013 / Hydrology, ICM

Here are the steps to make a Subcatchment with Green Ampt Infiltration in ICM:

1. You use the Subcatchment, Land Use and Runoff Surface Tabs in the Subcatchment Grid (Bullet 1)
2. The Subcatchment Tab has three Runoff Areas for Impervious with Depression Storage or Initial Loss, Impervious with no

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Hazen Williams and Force Mains in SWMM 5

October 6, 2013 / Force Mains, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

A few tips for using Hazen Williams and Force Mains in SWMM 5. A key fact is to remember ONLY one flow in the middle of the link is computed in SWMM 5 so you may have to add Break nodes, use a smaller time step and use a flap

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Ganesh ji and Modelling

October 6, 2013 / General, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

I have always thought that Ganesh ji is an ideal God or Symbol for modellers or even modelers. Here are a few of his characteristics including a large stomach, which you can combat by exercise - I love walking but find what works best for you.

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My History with Various Versions of SWMM: SWMM3, SWMM4, SWMM5, XP-SWMM and InfoSWMM

October 6, 2013 / 2D, ARC GIS, History, Huber, ICM, InfoMaster, InfoSewer, InfoSWMM, Innovyze, Inside SWMM5, Rossman, RTC, SWMM5, Water Quality

Subject: My History with Various Versions of SWMM: SWMM3, SWMM4, SWMM5, XP-SWMM and InfoSWMMI first learned about SWMM in a brochure from the University of Florida when I was just a 17 year old senior in High School. Water resources and the description of SWMM seemed to be worthy career

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Knowing How to Change Your Mind: A Three Minute Guide to Bayesian Reasoning

October 6, 2013 / General, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

Knowing How to Change Your Mind: A Three Minute Guide to Bayesian Reasoning

NEW LESSON

with Julia Galef

Since you cannot really be 100 percent certain of a theory, a better way to put it to yourself is to say "I think this is very likely to

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Edward Burtynsky’s Water

October 3, 2013 / General, Hydrology

Edward Burtynsky's Water

Photographer Edward Burtynsky's latest project is called Water.

While trying to accommodate the growing needs of an expanding, and very thirsty civilization, we are reshaping the Earth in colossal ways. In this new and powerful role over the planet, we are also capable of engineering our

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A Dark Day/Week/Month? in SWMM History

October 3, 2013 / SWMM5

EPA SWMM 5 Download Site on October 3rd, 2013

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How the Steady State option works in H2OMap SWMM and InfoSWMM

October 2, 2013 / InfoSWMM, SWMM5

How the Steady State option works in H2OMap SWMM:

1. Use Keep, a Time Step lengthening of 10 seconds, a time step of 60 seconds and iterations as shown in Bullet 1
2. Use the Steady State Option of Skip Steady State Period when the total inflow between time step

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The Effect of the Wrong Raingage Interval in H2OMap SWMM and InfoSWMM

October 2, 2013 / #INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

Here is an example showing the Runoff, Rainfall and Infiltration losses when you use the wrong interval based on the hyetograph time series.

1. Figure 1 shows the Rainfall, Runoff and Infiltration for a time interval of 5 minutes which matches the hyetograph interval, the raingage has units of

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