In Tutorial 1 we will use the Siting Manager to Site Green Roof LID Types for later Optimization and Export to the InfoSWMM LID Usage DB Table. Tutorial 1 is designed for first-time users of InfoSWMM Sustain and provides … Read the rest
Excerpt from the EPA manual Storm Water Management Model Reference Manual Volume III – Water Quality (PDF) which can be found here
The variety of LID controls modeled by SWMM introduces a significant number of design variables and parameters that must be … Read the rest
Simple SI Unit Model for SWMM5 LID with 100 mm Rainfall.
Reading this blog and using the embedded SWMM 5 example file, you will run a simple SI unit model based on factors of 1 and 10.
… Read the restThe LID (Bio-Retention Cell) is designed to have zero outflows, Figure 1,
Tutorial 8 Optimizing Bio-Retention Cells for InfoSWMM Sustain
This example shows the importance of a treatment train, the percent imperious draining to the LID's on a Subcatchment, the importance of optimizing for the number of units, area and soil thickness. Sustain will optimize the number of Bio Cells on the … Read the rest
Tutorial 7 Optimizing Swales in InfoSWMM Sustain
This example shows the importance of a treatment train, the percent imperious draining to the LID's on a Subcatchment, the importance of optimizing for the number of units, area and soil thickness. Sustain will optimize the number of Swales on the ten Subcatchments.… Read the rest
This example shows the importance of a treatment train, the percent imperious draining to the LID's on a Subcatchment, the importance of optimizing for the number of units, area and soil thickness. Sustain will optimize the number of Rain Gardens on the … Read the rest
Tutorial 3 Optimizing Green Roofs in InfoSWMM Sustain
This example shows the importance of a treatment train, the percent imperious draining to the LID's on a Subcatchment, the importance of optimizing for the number of units, area and soil thickness. Sustain will optimize the number of Green Roofs on the … Read the rest
This example shows the importance of a treatment train, the percent imperious draining to the LID's on a Subcatchment, the importance of optimizing for the number of units, area and soil thickness. Sustain will optimize the number of Rain Barrels on the … Read the rest
Tutorial 11 Importing a LID from InfoSWMM LID Coverage DB Table
In addition to the LID Candidates found by the Siting Manager or added by the Sustain User directly to the LID Candidates Grid you can also import any LID's defined in the LID Usage DB Table. Three ways to … Read the rest
There are seven type of costs associated with a LID or SuDS in InfoSWMM Sustain as shown in the following table.
| Type of Cost | Description of Cost |
| Linear Cost | Cost per linear unit of the |
In Tutorial 1 we will use the Siting Manager to Site Green Roof LID Types for later Optimization and Export to the InfoSWMM LID Usage DB Table. Tutorial 1 is designed for first-time users of InfoSWMM Sustain and provides … Read the rest
Use this to import an existing EPA SWMM 5 project into InfoSWMM H2OMap SWMM , or to export InfoSWMM H2OMap SWMM project to an EPA SWMM 5 model. Up on importing EPA SWMM 5 model, InfoSWMM will create … Read the rest
General #LID Features in #InfoSWMM Sustain
The number of LID Controls is unlimited and very flexible. In addition to the 5 main LID controls:
1. Rain Barrel
2. Bio-Retention Cell
3. Infiltration Trench
4. Porous Pavement
5. Vegetative Swale
6. Green Roof
7. Rain Garden
8. Rooftop Disconnection
You can … Read the rest
Low Impact Development (LID) Representation in #InfoSWMM and Sustain
LID controls are represented by a combination of vertical layers whose properties are defined on a per-unit-area basis. This allows LIDs of the same design but differing areal coverage to easily be placed within different Subcatchments in a study area. During … Read the rest
LID Graphs in #InfoSWWMM
The Ten possible LID Graphs per Subcatchment in InfoSWMM
The Soil Layer page of the LID Control Editor describes the properties of the engineered soil mixture used in bio-retention types of LIDs. These properties are:
· Thickness
o The thickness of the soil layer (inches or mm). Typical values range from 18 … Read the rest
Work Flow for #InfoSWMM Sustain
The major tasks in using InfoSWMM Sustain are the following:
Infiltration Trench LID Control for #LID’s in #SWMM5 and #InfoSWMM
This is an introduction along with images of the LID Control and data require3ments in InfoSWMM. Every InfoSWMM Control uses from one to 5 layers of data - each with different data requirements. You can use the Siting Manger of … Read the rest
