Simulating a Blocked Pipe in SWMM 5 and InfoSWMM

Note:  For example, you can use the Simulation Elapsed time as the Premise and a complete closure of the orifice as the action to simulate a blockage in a portion of the network.  A circular orifice can be used to simulate a circular pipe and of course a rectangular orifice can simulate a rectangular pipe.

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