d/D, q/Q for a Link in SWMM 5, InfoSWMM and H2oMap SWMM

June 8, 2014 / #INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

d/D, q/Q for a Link in SWMM 5, InfoSWMM and H2oMap SWMM

How do we look at the various measures of "fullness" in a pipe of link in SWMM 5? Here we look at some graphs from InfoSWMM.

d/D is the pipe depth over the full depth of the link

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General, InfoSWMM

Clouds and Water in NYC via @Boonsri

June 6, 2014 / General, InfoSWMM

1xj4yC9

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General, Hydrology, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

Urban frogs adapting to Urban Stormwater Networks in Taiwan

June 6, 2014 / General, Hydrology, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

Urban frogs adapting to Urban Stormwater Networks in Taiwan

"The frogs have learned to overcome that limitation by calling from within storm drains, since the drains enhance both volume and duration, allowing the frogs' calls to reach receivers both nearby and farther away.

"Concrete drains are miniature canyons, but are

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InfoSWMM, LID, SWMM5

Cool Inlets, Suds, LID Images from Twitter

June 4, 2014 / InfoSWMM, LID, SWMM5

Come across some different takes on sensitive SuDS inlets and outlets... http://ift.tt/1o9fyhb
— susdrain @ CIRIA (@Sudsulike) May 17, 2014

KC approach to storm water management. http://ift.tt/SsGrk0
— steve sinclair (@stevesinclair52) May 21, 2014

And another one, for all those thinking of retrofitting a rain garden or two... http://ift.tt/1kKdC97
—

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InfoSWMM, SWMM5

New SWMM 5.1.006 is now available from the EPA Site

June 2, 2014 / InfoSWMM, SWMM5

New SWMM 5.1.006 is now available from the EPA Site

http://ift.tt/1k9OnPp

with these engine changes

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Build 5.1.006 (5/19/2014)
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Engine Updates:

1.   The updating of the next time that detailed LID results
     should be written to file during a simulation was modified 
     to avoid an off-by-one error.

2.   The

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#INFOSEWER, InfoSewer

Overflow in InfoSewer

May 30, 2014 / #INFOSEWER, InfoSewer

InfoSewer unlike InfoSWMM, InfoWorks ICM and InfoWorks CS does not lose water out the top of chamber and loading manholes during an Extended Period Simulation (EPS) when the HGL reaches the Rim Elevation. InfoSewer does lose water when a Wet Well becomes Full.

One of the output parameters is

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Hydrology, SWMM5

SWMM 5 Groundwater and Node Elevation Relationship Options

May 12, 2014 / Hydrology, SWMM5

If you want the SWMM 5 groundwater Subcatchment routing to use the the aquifer water table elevation, the node invert elevation and the depth of water in the receiving water node then you should use values of 0, blank and blank for Surface Water Height, Channel Bottom Height and Water

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#INFOSEWER, #INFOSWMM, ARC GIS, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

How to Change the Spatial Coordinates in Arc Map for InfoSWMM and InfoSewer

May 6, 2014 / #INFOSEWER, #INFOSWMM, ARC GIS, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

If you have an unknown coordinate system in InfoSewer or InfoSWMM, this is one way to fix the unknown coordinate issue.

Here is how you fix the coordinate issue so you can view your model in Google Maps:

1 1. Use export manager and save a shape file of your

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InfoSWMM, SWMM5

Release of SWMM 5.1.005

May 1, 2014 / InfoSWMM, SWMM5

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Build 5.1.005 (4/23/2014)
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Engine Updates:

1.  A problem with reading hydraulic results from a hot start
    file was fixed.

GUI Updates:

1.  The appearance of the Open File Dialog with preview panel
    was improved.

2.  In the property Editor for storage nodes, the Ponded Area
    property was made

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Release of SWMM 5.1.004

April 22, 2014 / #INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

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Build 5.1.004 (4/14/2014)
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Engine Updates:

1.  Support for the Ignore RDII analysis option was added to
    the engine.

GUI Updates:

1.  A refactoring bug that ignored any changes to numerical
    precision made in the Program Preferences dialog was fixed.

2.  Another refactoring bug from 5.1.003 that caused projects

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InfoSWMM, LID, SWMM5

Seven Types of LID controls in SWMM 5.1

April 20, 2014 / InfoSWMM, LID, SWMM5

Seven Types of LID controls in SWMM 5.1 in one Image - the graphics are fantastic in my opinion.

Seven Types of LID controls in SWMM 5.1

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General

Top 10 #tips and tricks for @Snagit in a short, illustrated PDF guide

April 19, 2014 / General

I love Snagit and Jing, which are very good screen capturing and editing programs. The 2nd Tweet allows you to download a PDF file of Tips from Snagit

Tweeted from @Snagit http://t.co/pVRPqkv6lT http://t.co/QlP9BH02l5 Tips for Snagit
— Robert E Dickinson (@RDickinson) April 19, 2014

Top 10 #tips and tricks for

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General, Rossman, SWMM5

A note about Lew Rossman the creator of EPANet

April 17, 2014 / General, Rossman, SWMM5

A note about Lew Rossman the creator of EPANet http://t.co/50xiwbj8iw http://t.co/2ZJM7rMKTV
— Robert E Dickinson (@RDickinson) April 17, 2014

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Release of SWMM 5.1.003

April 15, 2014 / InfoSWMM, SWMM5

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Build 5.1.003 (4/8/2014)
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Engine Updates:

1.  A new property, the Upper Zone Evap. Pattern, was added to
    the Aquifer object. It allows one to adjust the aquifer's
    upper zone evaporation fraction by month of the year.

2.  A bug in writing/reading RDII flows to the new binary RDII

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Twenty Four Conduit Shapes in InfoSWMM/H2OMap SWMM and SWMM 5

April 4, 2014 / #INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

Twenty Four Conduit Shapes in InfoSWMM/H2OMap SWMM and SWMM 5

H2OMap SWMM Conduit Shape Dialog

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InfoSWMM, SWMM5

SWMM 5.1 Update History Or Key Changes

March 28, 2014 / InfoSWMM, SWMM5

SWMM 5.1 Update History
http://ift.tt/1gvQVbJ

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Build 5.1.001
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Engine Updates

New Features:
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1. SWMM can now read the new file format for precipitation
data retrieved online from NOAA-NCDC.

2. A new choice of infiltration method, the Modified Horton
method, has been added. This method

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#INFOSWMM, Force Mains, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

One Second View of a Pump Event in InfoSWMM / SWMM5

March 23, 2014 / #INFOSWMM, Force Mains, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

How does a pump turn on with a one second time step?
1. Pump On depth is reached in the Wet Well
2. The pump sees the head across the pump and calculates the flow from the pump curve
3. The head gain decreases after the pump turns on as

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#INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM, SWMM5, Venant

SWMM 5 solution for the St Venant Equation and the Node Continuity Equation

March 9, 2014 / #INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM, SWMM5, Venant

I like the way the SWMM 5 solution for the St Venant Equation and the Node Continuity Equation is presented in this paper file:///D:/Downloads/swmm-paper-libre.pdf
It shows the major components of the SWMM5 solution (gravity, time, inertial, friction and entrance/other and exit losses) and the connection between Storage Area of

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Hydrology, InfoMaster, Innovyze

Anyone else notice almost all the presentations come back to water? GIS is cool, but Water is cooler! #EsriEPC

March 9, 2014 / Hydrology, InfoMaster, Innovyze

Anyone else notice almost all the presentations come back to water? GIS is cool, but Water is cooler! #EsriEPC Me: Runoff and Wastewater are also cool!
— Adam Simonsen (@adamsimonsen) March 9, 2014

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The Minimum Surface Area in SWMM 5 – Meaning and Usage

March 9, 2014 / #INFOSWMM, InfoSWMM, SWMM5

The Minimum Surface Area in SWMM 5 - Meaning and Usage

The minimum surface area in SWMM 5 is intended for manholes that have a gap between the Node Invert Elevation and the Lowest Connecting Link Invert but it also has other uses in simulation. If there is a gap

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