Canada Day and a SWMM 5 Model with Flow Dividers

Canada Day and a SWMM 5 Model with Flow Dividers

Happy Canada Day,  A SWMM 5 Model with Canada Day as the WaterMark along with an Interesting SWMM 5 Model with Flow Dividers - it only works in Kinematic Wave Mode

Flow Divider Inp File
Canada Day Image

Check out my animated twitter snapshot

Check out my animated twitter snapshot. https://t.co/G5L0jwPAJ1
— RDickinson (@RDickinson) June 26, 2013

Cities Are a New Kind of Complex System: Part Social Reactor, Part Network

Cities Are a New Kind of Complex System: Part Social Reactor, Part Network

Scientists have derived a series of mathematical formulas that describe how cities' properties vary in relation to their population size, and then posits a novel unified, quantitative ... full story  from Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620142925.htm

Two Pass InfoSewer Solution

Two Pass InfoSewer Solution

• The d/D you are Mapping is from the 1^st pass or the solution in which the manhole loads are calculated and the program estimates the flow in the links – the flow gives the value of d/D which you are mapping. 
• The HGL plot is plotting the adjusted d/D which is the result of the 2^nd pass of the solution, this pass estimates backwater, surcharge and pressure and often the value of the Adjusted d/D is higher than the 1^st pass value of d/D. 
• The Adjusted d/D is a better way of finding those pipes that are more than 0.75 full.

Adjusted d/D is a better way of finding those pipes that are more than 0.75 full

How to Locate Parallel Pipes in H2OMAP SWMM

How to Locate Parallel Pipes in H2OMAP SWMM

You can use the command *Utility/Network Review Fix/Locate Parallel Pipe/Show as Domain *or as list of ID's

Utility/Network Review Fix/Locate Parallel Pipe/Show as Domain 

Massive Flooding In Alberta Canada Forces 75,000 To Flee

By Rebecca Leber posted from Climate Progress on Jun 22, 2013 at 3:00 pm

Alberta, Canada. Credit: AP

Parts of Alberta, Canada were hit by extreme flooding the size of New York State on Friday, forcing 75,000 to evacuatetheir homes. Hit by heavy rain, people have abandoned their cars and low-lying residences in flooded waters Mayor Naheed Nenshi described as “an ocean at the moment.”

Across the world, cities in Germany have also been wrecked by flooding — one estimate puts the damage as high as $7.7 billion. Climate science explains that global warming leads to a 5 to 10 percent increase in rainfall, and subsequently leads to a higher risk of flooding.

As Climate Central notes in its reporting on the Calgary floods: “A study published in the journalNature Climate Change on June 9 found that flood frequency as well as the number of people at risk of inundation from flood events are both likely to increase as the world continues to warm.”

Heavy precipitation extremes, which sometimes result in river flooding, have been increasing in much of the U.S. east of the Mississippi River. Credit: Climate Central.

Alberta is home to controversial tar sands development, where the city of Calgary happens to be a source of climate denier arguments: The Calgary Herald, an influential paper in western Canada, has spouted climate denier points on its editorial page. The University of Calgary, meanwhile, was once paid to distribute resources opposing climate change science.

How to Find Duplicate Links in InfoSWMM

1. Make a table of all  From Nodes for all of the links using Conduit Information,
2. Made an output DBF table using the summary command of the Open Attribute Table of Arc Map
3. Joined the output DBF table to the Junction layer
4. Labeled all Nodes that had more than one outgoing link
5. You can see on the screen the possible duplicate links and decide which are valid and which are not allowed

How to Find Duplicate Links in InfoSWMM pic.twitter.com/BUJvhIkGnd
— RDickinson (@RDickinson) June 23, 2013

The meaning of Geom1, Geom2, Geom3 and Geom4 in InfoSWMM and H2OMap SWMM

The meaning of Geom1, Geom2, Geom3 and Geom4 in InfoSWMM and H2OMap SWMM pic.twitter.com/ChdI3IQq6t
— RDickinson (@RDickinson) June 21, 2013

All of the rivers in the USA

Photo: mishagl: All of the rivers - Perhaps inspired by All Streets, Ben Fry’s map of all the streets in the... http://t.co/4xO9KdIdtP
— RDickinson (@RDickinson) June 20, 2013

Liu Yang introduces delegates to GIS-Based design solution InfoSewer at a packed @innovyze UK User Group

Liu Yang introduces delegates to GIS-Based design solution InfoSewer at a packed @innovyze UK User Group http://t.co/wD4Y11Wnkx
— Innovyze (@Innovyze) June 19, 2013

H2S Modeling in InfoSewer

H2S Modeling in InfoSewer, the basic model needs pic.twitter.com/OyfeMekrUU
— RDickinson (@RDickinson) June 17, 2013

How to Use Excel to Make Random X, Y Coordinates in SWMM 5

Node	X	Y	Rand X	Rand Y
A	2465753425	-1799501868	1114137518	-1734364827
B	1220423412	-915317559.2	959332294.5	-427183555.6
C	1207970112	-2970112080	939805860	-417442286.9
D	-485678704.9	2970112080	-172000249.5	1835904922
E	-2789539228	1388542964	-2050647732	326604825.1
F	-4221668742	-130759651.3	-3537896272	-59872442.99

If you have a SWMM 5 file without any X, Y  coordinates you can assume an X and a Y and then use Excel to make each pair random by using the RAND() function.  You at least will see each of the nodes on the screen with associated links.

How to Estimate the Needed Time Step for your Model using DB Tools in InfoSWMM

How to Estimate the Needed Time Step for your Model using DB Tools in InfoSWMM pic.twitter.com/zpoZyNPQaq

— RDickinson (@RDickinson) June 14, 2013

How to Make Custom Labels in InfoSWMM and InfoSewer

How to Make Custom Labels in InfoSWMM and InfoSewer pic.twitter.com/ikx0dxsl01

— RDickinson (@RDickinson) June 14, 2013

How to simulate a Quasi Steady Run in InfoSWMM, H2OMap SWMM or SWMM 5

How to simulate a Quasi Steady Run in InfoSWMM, H2OMap SWMM or SWMM 5 pic.twitter.com/4un4P19HFo
— RDickinson (@RDickinson) June 14, 2013

Steps in Merging Two InfoSWMM Models without any Scenarios

Steps in Merging Two InfoSWMM Models without any Scenariostwitpic.com/cwik9h

— RDickinson (@RDickinson) June 10, 2013

Wikipedia Traffic for the SWMM versus EPANET Articles

Subject:  Wikipedia Traffic for the SWMM versus EPANET Articles

Wikipedia has one article for EPANET and three articles for SWMM 5 (two are redirected to the Stormwater Management Model Main Article).  The statistics for the last three years (data before 2007 is unavailable) show an average of 28 visitors per day to SWMM and 16 per day to EPANET).  The search name has switched from the word SWMM to Stormwater Management Model starting in 2009.

Losses from a Subcatchment in SWMM 5 are composed of Evaporation + Infiltration = Total Losses

Losses from a Subcatchment in SWMM 5 are composed of Evaporation + Infiltration = Total Lossestwitpic.com/cv8oc5
— RDickinson (@RDickinson) June 4, 2013

Applicazione di tecnologie BMP ai sistemi di drenaggio urbano , It is about SWMM 5 and LID's

A good thesis from Italy on modelling BMP's and LID's in an Urban Environment
Applicazione di tecnologie BMP ai sistemi di drenaggio urbano

Figure 1,  Applicazione di tecnologie BMP