InfoSWMM Now Supports EPA SWMM-CAT, Enabling Modeling of Future Climate Change Projections

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InfoSWMM Now Supports EPA SWMM-CAT, Enabling Modeling of Future Climate Change Projections

Direct Support to SWMM-CAT Power Communities in Assessing Impact of Future Changes in Climatic Conditions and Helping to Build Safer, Sustainable, More Resilient Water Infrastructure

Broomfield, Colorado, USA, June 9, 2015 — In its ongoing quest to equip the water industry with the world’s most comprehensive and innovative smart network modeling and management solutions, Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced that InfoSWMM (and H2OMAP SWMM) now fully support the newly released USEPA Storm Water Management Model Climate Adjustment Tool (SWMM-CAT). This important capability allows users of InfoSWMM (and H2OMAP SWMM) to directly estimate future changes in temperature, evaporation and rainfall for simulation modeling. The SWMM-CAT tool provides a set of location-specific adjustments derived from global climate change models run as part of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3 (CMIP3) archive. These are the same climate change simulations that helped inform the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in preparing its Fourth Assessment report. SWMM-CAT and the USEPA Stormwater Calculator for Low Impact Development simulation are both part of the President’s Climate Action Plan. Built atop ArcGIS (Esri, Redlands, CA), the full-featured InfoSWMM analysis and design program delivers the highest rate of return in the industry. All operations of a typical sewer system — from analysis and design to management functions such as water quality assessment, pollution prediction, sediment transport and deposition, urban flooding, real-time control, and record keeping — are addressed in a single, fully integrated geoengineering environment. The program’s powerful hydraulic and water quality computational engine is based on the latest SWMM 5.1 version, which is endorsed by the USEPA and certified by FEMA. These features and more deliver an enhanced modeling experience and greater realism of displayed results — advantages that translate to increased productivity, reduced costs, higher accuracy, better efficiency, and improved designs. InfoSWMM also serves as a robust base platform for advanced modeling, operational, short-term and long range planning, capital planning, urban stormwater treatment and analysis, and analytics-driven asset management extensions. Some of these critical applications include InfoSWMM 2D (two-dimensional surface flood modeling),CapPlan (risk-based capital planning and asset performance modeling), InfoSWMM Sustain (optimal selection and placement of LIDs/BMPs), InfoSWMM SFEM (dynamic sewer flow estimation model), InfoMaster (GIS-centric analytics-driven asset management), and RDII Analyst (rainfall-dependent inflow and infiltration planning and analysis). “Our priorities have always been to advance the frontiers of smart network modeling technology and support our customers’ successes by helping them better prepare for climate impacts and build safer, better water infrastructures,” said Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D., BCEEM, Hon.D.WRE, Dist.D.NE, Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, President, COO and Chief Technical Officer of Innovyze. “This direct support to the EPA Storm Water Management Model Climate Adjustment Tool delivers on our promise to equip our customers with the ultimate geospatial decision support tool for evaluating, addressing and managing climate change risks for more resilient, sustainable sewer collection and urban drainage systems.” Pricing and Availability Upgrade to InfoSWMM and H2OMAP SWMM (V13, SP 1, Update 4) for SWMM-CAT support is now available worldwide by subscription. Subscription members can immediately download the new version free of charge directly from www.innovyze.com. The Innovyze Subscription Program is a friendly customer support and software maintenance program that ensures the longevity and usefulness of Innovyze products. It gives subscribers instant access to new functionality as it is developed, along with automatic software updates and upgrades. For the latest information on the Innovyze Subscription Program, visit www.innovyze.com or contact your local Innovyze Channel Partner.

About Innovyze Innovyze is a leading global provider of wet infrastructure business analytics software solutions designed to meet the technological needs of water and wastewater utilities, government agencies, and engineering organizations worldwide. Its clients include the majority of the largest UK, Australasia and North American cities, foremost utilities on all five continents, and ENR top-rated design firms. With unparalleled expertise and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the Innovyze connected portfolio of best-in-class product lines empowers thousands of engineers to competitively plan, manage, design, protect, operate and sustain highly efficient and reliable infrastructure systems, and provides an enduring platform for customer success. For more information, call Innovyze at +1 626-568-6868, or visit www.innovyze.com. ​ Innovyze Contact Rajan Ray Director of Marketing and Client Service Manager Rajan.Ray@innovyze.com +1 626 568-6868

Manhole Elevations in InfoSWMM and SWMM 5

Manhole Elevations in InfoSWMM and SWMM 5
Subject: Manhole Elevations in InfoSWMM and SWMM 5

Starting from the bottom of the manhole you have these regions of computational interest:

1.   Manhole Invert to the lowest link invert – the node continuity equation is used with the area of the manhole being the default surface area of a manhole,

2.   Lowest Link Invert to the Highest Link Crown Elevation – the node continuity equation is used with surface of the node being normally half of the surface area of the incoming and outgoing links,

3.   Highest Manhole Pipe Crown Elevation to Manhole Rim Elevation – the node surcharge algorithm in which the surface area of the manhole is not used and the surcharge depth is iterated until the inflow and the outflows of the node are in balance,

4.   The region above the Manhole Rim Elevation which can use one of four options to calculate the depth and/or flow out of or into the manhole:

1.   No Surcharge Depth is entered and No Ponding area is used – the excess water into the manhole is lost to the network and shows up as internal outflow in the continuity tables,

2.   A Ponding Area is used and the excess flow will  pond on the surface of the manhole and later go back down into the conveyance pipes.

3.   A Surcharge Depth is used and the depth will continue to be calculated using the node surcharge algorithm in which the surface area of the manhole is not used and the surcharge depth is iterated until the inflow and the outflows of the node are in balance,

4.   A Dual Drainage system is simulated and the excess flow of the manhole is simulated in the street gutters or the actual street,

5.   You use a 1D/2D linkage between the 1D manhole and 1D links to a 2D Mesh and simulate the flow out and the flow into the manhole using a bottom outlet orifice that switches automatically between weir and orifice flow based on the depth on top of the manhole.

Manhole Elevations in InfoSWMM and SWMM 5

How to Import the SWMM 5 Report File as a Layer in infoSWMM

How to Import the SWMM 5 Report File as a Layer in infoSWMM

Subject:  How to Import the SWMM 5 Report File as a Layer in infoSWMM

The idea of this blog of note is to show how one may extract information from the SWMM 5 or InfoSWMM RPT file and import the Excel  File as a feature in InfoSWMM.  This blog has an example Excel file to illustrate the linkage. The steps are:

Step 1:  Copy the whole row  from Conduit Summary from the InfoSWMM Browser  

Step 2:  Add the two columns length and  slope from the Link Summary Table and the InfoSWMM Browser  

Step 3:  You need a few calculations based on the table values from SWMM 5 to estimate the CFL  time steps in the .  

Step 4:   Add the Excel Spreadsheet as a layer in InfoSWMM – the Named Range should be added to insure valid numbers and not Nulls after the join  

Step 5:  You can now plot the CFL Time Step for the Links using the Layer Properties command in Arc Map 

Step 1:  Copy the whole row  from Conduit Summary

Step 2:  Add the two columns length and  slope from the Link Summary Table

Step 3:  You need a few calculations based on the table values from SWMM 5 to estimate the CFL  time steps.

The CFL Step      = Length / (Full  Velocity + (Gravity * Full Depth)^0.5)

Full Velocity        = Full Flow / Full  Area

You also need to create a Name A Range for you data so that the data does not show up as Nulls

 Step 4:  Add the Excel Spreadsheet as a layer in InfoSWMM – the Named Range should be added

Step 4:  Join the Excel  Table to the InfoSWMM Conduit Feature Layer

Step 5:  You can now plot the CFL Time Step for the Links using the Layer Properties command in Arc Map

  

To My Visitors - Visitor Stats for SWMM5.NET

If you ever wondered how many people visit SWMM5.NET it is currently 1500 sessions, 1200 users and 2500 pageviews per month according to the ever changing Google Analytics.  Thanks to one and all for visiting!

World-Renowned Urban Drainage Modeling Authority Robert Dickinson Joined Innovyze in January, 2008

Broomfield, Colorado USA, January 16, 2008/altered 2014

2008/2014 Robert E. Dickinson, one of the world’s leading experts in wastewater and urban drainage modeling, has joined Innovyze as Product Sector Leader. Dickinson, who comes to the company from CDM now CDMSmith, will be charged with maintaining, enhancing and supporting Innovyze's flagship SWMM5-based product line (InfoSWMM and H2OMAP SWMM as well as the GIS based InfoSewer and H2OMap Sewer), which are some of the industry’s leading wastewater and urban drainage systems design and modeling software. He will also be responsible for coordinating vital collaborative research and technology transfer with key universities and government organizations as well as developing business strategies that advance Innovye’s overall growth objectives in wastewater and stormwater systems management and heighten its initiatives in both U.S. and international markets.

Mr. Dickinson brings over thirty-five years of experience in software development and management of wastewater and stormwater planning and design projects to Innovyze. A principal developer of the industry-standard and FEMA-certified SWMM5 software, he has a distinguished background in computational hydraulics and high level simulation programming. He holds an M.E. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainsville.

“We are thrilled to bring Robert’s formidable talents and expertise to our company,” said Innovyze's President and COO Paul Boulos. “As one of the world’s leading experts in hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, he has made significant contributions to the field of water resources engineering. His unique combination of proven project engineering expertise, management skills and high-level technical capabilities is coveted in our industry.

“A number of factors make Robert the ideal leader to help Innovyze advance the state-of-the-art in dynamic sewer network modeling and spearhead the continued development of our SWMM5-based products family. They include his impressive record of leadership, impeccable reputation, key role in the USEPA Storm Water Management Model (SWMM5) redevelopment program, strong expertise in both numerical methods and hydrology/hydraulics, and in-depth knowledge of the wastewater industry.

“While he will be based in Tampa, Florida, Robert will work closely with our product development team and our clients as we step up our efforts to help communities around the world manage urban runoff and wet weather water quality problems in combined, sanitary and storm sewers and protect the ecological health of our waterways.”

“I am truly excited to be joining Innovyze,” said Dickinson. “For the past five years, I have followed the company’s rapid growth and development of an impressive product portfolio. I have always admired Innovyze’s unparalleled technical expertise and its steadfast commitment to research, innovation, product quality and customer care. I believe a breakthrough approach to systems modeling is a critical key to helping communities better manage and operate their buried hydraulic infrastructures and protect the environment. I look forward to playing a pivotal role in advancing Innovyze’s comprehensive urban drainage design and modeling product line and maintaining its leadership in the global wastewater industry.”

2014 - That was fun - an update of an announcement from the past.  The original is on our website. I changed my name from Bob to Robert, the company name from MWHSoft to Innovyze and list my my actual job or jobs I have been doing at @Innovyze from 2008.  I left the title alone - sometimes it is best to have a goal in life and trying to achieve the title of the announcement is something I would like to approach in my remaining Innovyze years.  I probably will not reach it but I appreciate the mastery of the Paul Boulos announcements - he writes the most creative and wonderful press releases. You should subscribe to them from www.innovyze.com if you want to read about the future of water, sewer and stormwater.  A final mention of Alight Tsai who manages http://www.innovyze.com/ and is always helpful with great images for our software and help files.  I would be remiss if I did not mention our great R/D product development teams in Monrovia and Wallingford. I am proud to be a small part of the Monrovia team.  Other history mentions about SWMM3/4/5 in my past can be found here http://www.swmm5.net/2012/05/my-history-with-various-versions-of.html

Another update for May 2015 - we are making great strides in social media led by our Director of Marketing Rajan Ray who can be found at @InnovyzeRaj and in general at @Innovyze. You can see all of our tweets by searching for Innovyze on Twitter

My contact info - in case you need to call me, I prefer email however.

Robert Dickinson

Product Sector Leader (PSL) for Innovyze Inc.

Telephone:    813-712-0664 

Innovyze Links or Email Addresses that May Help You

My PSL Software and My Help for Other Software Or How I Can Help You

My Email robert.dickinson@innovyze.com Innnovye Support Email support@innovyze.com The Innovyze Blog http://blog.innovyze.com/ The Innovyze Forum http://forums.innovyze.com/forum.php How to Find Product Updates http://www.innovyze.com/products/ Innovyze on Twitter https://twitter.com/Innovyze Innovyze on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1424097 Innovyze on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Innovyze Best New Blog http://blog.innovyze.com/2014/11/30/advanced-calibration-graphs-and-advanced-reference-graphical-comparisons-in-infoswmm-13/ Innovyze Youtube Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/Innovyze/videos Read about Innovyze InfoWater winning the ArcGIS for Desktop Based Application category for the 2015 Esri Partner Conference Awards.  The Link to Future Innovyze Webcasts Are you interested in connecting with fellow Innovyze users?  Register for the Innovyze Users Forum, a customer-focused learning and sharing environment, and join in the discussion!

PSL: InfoSWMM , InfoSewer, H2OMAP SWMM, H2OMAP SEWER and InfoSWMM Suite, InfoSWMM Sustain, SWMMLive and InfoSWMM 2D Other : ICM, ICM SE, IWCS, SWMMLive, SWMM5,  InfoSWMM SFEM,, Any Other Innovyze Product (less) You can see all of our software on our catalog My Blog http://www.swmm5.net/ My Other Blog http://swmm5.org/ My Blog Finder http://swmm5code.ning.com/ My Forum http://swmm2000.com/ Latest InfoSWMM Press Release Innovyze Unveils InfoSWMM Sustain for Comprehensive Urban Stormwater Treatment and Analysis My Twitter https://twitter.com/RDickinson https://twitter.com/InnovyzeRobert Little Known Fact about InfoSWMM InfoSWMM 2D uses the ICM 2D hydraulic engine My Innovyze blogs http://blog.innovyze.com/category/infoswmm/ http://blog.innovyze.com/category/infosewer/ My Vimeo Videos https://vimeo.com/swmm5/videos My Youtube Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SWMM5 A short history of my life with SWMM http://www.swmm5.net/2012/05/my-history-with-various-versions-of.html The Current InfoSWMM Version is InfoSWMM v13 SP1 Update #5 which is based on EPA SWMM 5.1.007  You can read about SWMM5 on Wikipedia  and InfoSWMM vs SWMM 5 on this blog post. An advantage of updating to the newer version of Info/Map/SWMM/Sewer is a newly designed help file with many more FAQ’s and the User Guide as part of the help file.

How to Model Water Quality Time Series in SWMM5

You can model water quality as a SWMM 5 inflow time series using the following steps:
1. Model Water Quality (TSS  for Example)
2. Add the needed inflow Time Series at a Node
3. Include both a Flow
4. and a TSS Time Series 
5. The TSS time Series is Concentration over time
The file at the bottom is an example of the TSS time series

Download the Sample File
Water%20Quality%20TS.inp

Read the Paul Boulos (CEO/Innovyze) Interview in Spring 2015 Kentucky Engineering Journal

Read the Paul Boulos (CEO/Innovyze) Interview in Spring 2015 Kentucky Engineering Journal http://t.co/mlykEF2yXy pic.twitter.com/6Hu8X0ynar
— Robert Dickinson (@InnovyzeRobert) April 26, 2015

A Box folder with more complicated SWMM 5 QA QC files

Note: I am going to add more complicated SWMM 5 file to this box location as I made them and find them.
Click on this link
https://app.box.com/s/uhyft6by6sgd0v91znjjv6juxr5v2l2t

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AAEES 2015 Innovyze Excellence in Computational Hydraulics/Hydrology Award Presented to Carnegie Mellon University Doctoral Student

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AAEES 2015 Innovyze Excellence in Computational Hydraulics/Hydrology Award Presented to Carnegie Mellon University Doctoral Student

Broomfield, Colorado, USA, April 23, 2015 — Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced that Amy Dale, a Ph.D. candidate pursuing a joint degree in the Departments of Engineering and Public Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, has been chosen to receive the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) 2015 Innovyze Excellence in Computational Hydraulics/Hydrology Award. Amy’s publications related to her work include a recent Feature article in Environmental Science and Technology. Among her other achievements, Amy is a national 2010 Udall Scholar, a 2011 ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Scholar, a former NSF IGERT Fellow, and a current EPA STAR Graduate Research Fellow. She received a B.S. in Bioinformatics (summa cum laude) from the University of Pittsburgh in 2011. This prestigious annual award recognizes a student whose research contributes to the knowledge pool in the area of Computational Hydraulics & Hydrology. Selection is based on original, innovative research of publishable quality and other factors. Both Master's and Ph.D. students are eligible. Administered by AAEES and co-sponsored by Innovyze, the award consists of cash honoraria of $1,500 for the student and $500 for the major faculty advisor. A $500 travel allotment is also provided to the student recipient to attend the AAEES Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Awards Luncheon. The award selection is administered jointly by a committee consisting of equal members of AAEES and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP). “Innovyze is pleased to present this signal award to Ms. Dale,” said Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D., BCEEM, Hon.D.WRE,Dist.D.NE, Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, President, COO and Chief Technical Officer of Innovyze. “We are proud to further her future in this critical field, and play a small part in her efforts to make the world a better place through her work. On behalf of everyone at Innovyze, enthusiastic congratulations to her.”

About Innovyze Innovyze is a leading global provider of wet infrastructure business analytics software solutions designed to meet the technological needs of water and wastewater utilities, government agencies, and engineering organizations worldwide. Its clients include the majority of the largest UK, Australasia and North American cities, foremost utilities on all five continents, and ENR top-rated design firms. With unparalleled expertise and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the Innovyze connected portfolio of best-in-class product lines empowers thousands of engineers to competitively plan, manage, design, protect, operate and sustain highly efficient and reliable infrastructure systems, and provides an enduring platform for customer success. For more information, call Innovyze at +1 626-568-6868, or visit www.innovyze.com. ​ Innovyze Contact Rajan Ray Director of Marketing and Client Service Manager Rajan.Ray@innovyze.com +1 626 568-6868

How to change the Maximum Infiltration in a DB Table of InfoSWMM and H2OMAP SWMM

How to change the Maximum Infiltration in a DB Table of InfoSWMM and H2OMAP SWMM

 There are a lot of methods in InfoSWMM and H20MAP SWMM to change the infiltration data.  You have the ability to change it for

 1.      an individual Subcatchment using the Attribute Browser

2.      by soil type and

3.      the coverage of the soil over all of the Subcatchments – this will alter the areal weighted average of the infiltration data

 You have layers of infiltration data in the interface to your model data.  The infiltration parameters are defined per soil as in a real watershed and the Subcatchments will use the areal weighted infiltration values of all of the soils on the Subcatchment.  You get more flexibility and closer to the physical reality of the Subcatchment by having layers of soil on the Subcatchment rather than one set of infiltration per Subcatchment.  Of course if you set up one soil type per Subcatchment then you will have 100 percent coverage of the same infiltration set of parameters per Subcatchment.

 Method 1: An Individual Subcatchment by using the Attribute Browser

Method 3:  You can also change the overall Infiltration by changing the soil coverage of the Subcatchment using the Subcatchment Infiltration table.