Friday, January 31, 2014

EPA Releases Climate Assessment Update to National Stormwater Calculator

EPA Releases Climate Assessment Update to National Stormwater Calculator
WASHINGTON –Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released phase II of the National Stormwater Calculator and Climate Assessment Tool package. The updated calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios.

The calculator, a part of President Obama’s Climate Change Action Plan, is a desktop application that estimates the annual amount of stormwater runoff from a specific location. The calculator now includes changes in seasonal precipitation levels, the effects of more frequent high-intensity storms, and changes in evaporation rates based on validated climate change scenarios by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

“Climate change threatens our health, our economy, and our environment,” said Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator. “As part of the President’s Climate Action Plan, this tool will help us better prepare for climate impacts by helping build safer, sustainable, and more resilient water infrastructure.”

The updated calculator includes climate models that can be incorporated into the calculation of stormwater runoff. This adds future climate scenarios to last year’s phase I release, which included local soil conditions, slope, land cover, historical rainfall records.

Users can enter any U.S. location and select different scenarios to learn how specific green infrastructure changes, including inexpensive changes such as rain barrels and rain gardens, can reduce stormwater runoff. This information shows users how adding green infrastructure, which mimics natural processes, can be one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce stormwater runoff.

Every year billions of gallons of raw sewage, trash, household chemicals, and urban runoff flow into our streams, rivers and lakes. Polluted stormwater runoff can adversely affect plants, animals, and people. It also negatively impacts our economy – from closed beaches to decreased fishing in polluted areas. Green infrastructure can reduce the damage caused by climate change by improving water quality in streams and rivers, protecting groundwater sources, and enhancing recreational activities. Using the calculator to choose the best green infrastructure options for an area is an innovative and efficient way to promote healthy waters and support sustainable communities.

More information on the National Stormwater Calculator and Climate Assessment Tool package:
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/wswrd/wq/models/swc/

More information about the virtual climate resilience toolkit:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/image/president27sclimateactionplan.pdf

More information on EPA’s Green Infrastructure research:
http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/greeninfrastructure/index.cfm


Reasons to use the Advanced Force Main Network Support Option in InfoSewer and H20Map Sewer

See the image for the two main reasons but another reason is that you get a better continuity error with this new(er) feature or option in InfoSewer

A Simple Advanced Model in InfoSewer

Thursday, January 30, 2014

InfoSewer Infographic or Map of Features

A basic Index to @Innovye for Sanitary and Storrmwater Networks

The main features of an InfoSewer Network with labels.  This version uses the normal Force Main solution but if the upper grey set of links is added then you have to use the Advanced Force Main Solution.

InfoSewer Map of Features


The new EPA SWC January 2014 (Stormwater Calculator) has Near and Far Term Climate Change Scenarios

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Surface Ponding and its Impact on Irregular Channels in SWMM5

Surface Ponding and its Impact on Irregular Channels in SWMM5

A few considerations to think about when you are modeling natural channels or irregular channels in SWMM 5:
1. The Maximum depth is limited to the Transect Highest minus the Lowest Elevation
2. If the Maximum depth is reached during the simulation any excess water from the upstream node is either stored at the upstream node or lost as flooded water
3. If the excess water is stored it means you are using the Surface Ponding option in SWMM 5
4. If you using the Surface Ponding option then the depth at the upstream node will increase based on the Excess Flow / Pond Area
5. The Irregular channel is restricted to full flow but if the HGL at the upstream head rises you can get more flow through the Irregular channel as the flood level rises.
6. The flow is thus sensitive to the ponding area


Surface Ponding and its Impact on Irregular Channels in SWMM5

How to Use Qfull in a Map Display in InfoSWMM

 How to Use Qfull in a Map Display in InfoSWMM and H2OMap SWMM

Here is how you can plot the Qfull for a link on the Map Display:
1.      Copy the Qfull Value from the Run Manger Conduit Summary Output Table
2.      Paste it into the DB Table for Conduit Information, You will need to make a new column with a numeric type
3.  The  Map Display will now have a Map Display variable called Qfull or whatever you created
4.      The Map will now show the  value of Qfull or the full flow based on Manning's equation

Qfull in a Map Display in InfoSWMM and H2OMap SWMM

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Snippet of 25 Water Quality Constituents for SWMM 5

This is for students of SWMM 5 who want to quickly have many water quality constituents in their model.  You can copy and paste this snippet to your SWMM5.INP file and change the coverages sections to have 25 Pollutants with Buildup and Washoff Sections.  I hope this helps you in your water quality modeling.

[POLLUTANTS]
;;               Mass   Rain       GW         I&I       Decay     Snow Co-Pollut.       Co-Pollut. DWF
;;Name           Units Concen.   Concen.   Concen.   Coeff.     Only Name             Fraction   Concen.
;;-------------- ------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----- ---------------- ---------- ----------
AmmonicalNitrogenNH3-N MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
BiochemicalOxygenDemand(BOD) MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
CalciumHardness MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
ChemicaOxygenDemandCOD MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
ChorideasCL     MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
Colour           uG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
Conductivity     MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
DissolvedPhosporus mg/l   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
FecalColiform   UG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
FlavourThresholdTest uG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
MagnesiumHardness MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
Odor             uG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
Oil&Grease       MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
pH               MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
Sulfide         MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
TotalColiform   #/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
TotalDissolvedSolids MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
TotalHardness   MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
TotalNitrogen   mg/l   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
TotalPhosporus   MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
TotalSolids     MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
TotalSuspendedSolids(TSS) MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0
Turbidity       MG/L   1         0         0         0         NO   *               0         0

[LANDUSES]
;;               Cleaning   Fraction   Last
;;Name           Interval   Available Cleaned
;;-------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Residential     1         0         0
Commercial       1         0         0
MixedUse         1         0         0

[COVERAGES]
;;Subcatchment   Land Use         Percent
;;-------------- ---------------- ----------
Thaltej         Residential     39.23
Thaltej         Commercial       3.23
Thaltej         MixedUse         9.35
Bodakdev         Residential     29.29
Bodakdev         Commercial       6.88
Bodakdev         MixedUse         5.67
Memnagar         Residential     53.77
Memnagar         Commercial       1.99
Memnagar         MixedUse         18.41
Vastrapur       Residential     49.85
Vastrapur       Commercial       5.51
Vastrapur       MixedUse         13.2
Prahladnagar     Residential     42.92
Prahladnagar     Commercial       4.96
Prahladnagar     MixedUse         15.7
Makarba         Residential     26.66
Makarba         Commercial       1.61
Makarba         MixedUse         8.7

[LOADINGS]
;;Subcatchment   Pollutant       Loading
;;-------------- ---------------- ----------

[BUILDUP]
;;LandUse       Pollutant       Function   Coeff1     Coeff2     Coeff3     Normalizer
;;-------------- ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Residential     Colour           NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     Odor             NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     FlavourThresholdTest NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     Conductivity     NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     TotalSolids     NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     TotalDissolvedSolids NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     TotalSuspendedSolids(TSS) NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     ChorideasCL     NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     Oil&Grease       NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential                                                            
Residential     TotalHardness   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     CalciumHardness NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     MagnesiumHardness NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     Sulfide         NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     pH               NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     AmmonicalNitrogenNH3-N NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     ChemicaOxygenDemandCOD NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     BiochemicalOxygenDemand(BOD) NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     TotalColiform   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     FecalColiform   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     TotalPhosporus   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     DissolvedPhosporus NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Residential     TotalNitrogen   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       Colour           NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       Odor             NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       FlavourThresholdTest NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       Conductivity     NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       TotalSolids     NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       TotalDissolvedSolids NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       TotalSuspendedSolids(TSS) NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       ChorideasCL     NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       Oil&Grease       NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial                                                              
Commercial       TotalHardness   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       CalciumHardness NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       MagnesiumHardness NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       Sulfide         NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       pH               NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       AmmonicalNitrogenNH3-N NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       ChemicaOxygenDemandCOD NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       BiochemicalOxygenDemand(BOD) NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       TotalColiform   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       FecalColiform   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       TotalPhosporus   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       DissolvedPhosporus NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
Commercial       TotalNitrogen   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         Colour           NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         Odor             NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         FlavourThresholdTest NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         Conductivity     NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         TotalSolids     NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         TotalDissolvedSolids NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         TotalSuspendedSolids(TSS) NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         ChorideasCL     NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         Oil&Grease       NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse                                                                
MixedUse         TotalHardness   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         CalciumHardness NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         MagnesiumHardness NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         Sulfide         NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         pH               NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         AmmonicalNitrogenNH3-N NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         ChemicaOxygenDemandCOD NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         BiochemicalOxygenDemand(BOD) NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         TotalColiform   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         FecalColiform   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         TotalPhosporus   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         DissolvedPhosporus NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA
MixedUse         TotalNitrogen   NONE       0.15       0.5       0         AREA

[WASHOFF]
;;                                                             Cleaning   BMP
;;Land Use       Pollutant       Function   Coeff1     Coeff2     Effic.     Effic.
;;-------------- ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Residential     Colour           EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     Odor             EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     FlavourThresholdTest EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     Conductivity     EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     TotalSolids     EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     TotalDissolvedSolids EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     TotalSuspendedSolids(TSS) EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     ChorideasCL     EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     Oil&Grease       EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential                                                            
Residential     TotalHardness   EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     CalciumHardness EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     MagnesiumHardness EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     Sulfide         EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     pH               EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     AmmonicalNitrogenNH3-N EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     ChemicaOxygenDemandCOD EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     BiochemicalOxygenDemand(BOD) EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     TotalColiform   EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     FecalColiform   EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     TotalPhosporus   EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     DissolvedPhosporus EMC       1         0         0         0
Residential     TotalNitrogen   EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       Colour           EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       Odor             EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       FlavourThresholdTest EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       Conductivity     EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       TotalSolids     EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       TotalDissolvedSolids EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       TotalSuspendedSolids(TSS) EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       ChorideasCL     EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       Oil&Grease       EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial                                                              
Commercial       TotalHardness   EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       CalciumHardness EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       MagnesiumHardness EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       Sulfide         EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       pH               EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       AmmonicalNitrogenNH3-N EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       ChemicaOxygenDemandCOD EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       BiochemicalOxygenDemand(BOD) EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       TotalColiform   EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       FecalColiform   EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       TotalPhosporus   EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       DissolvedPhosporus EMC       1         0         0         0
Commercial       TotalNitrogen   EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         Colour           EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         Odor             EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         FlavourThresholdTest EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         Conductivity     EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         TotalSolids     EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         TotalDissolvedSolids EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         TotalSuspendedSolids(TSS) EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         ChorideasCL     EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         Oil&Grease       EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse                                                                
MixedUse         TotalHardness   EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         CalciumHardness EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         MagnesiumHardness EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         Sulfide         EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         pH               EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         AmmonicalNitrogenNH3-N EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         ChemicaOxygenDemandCOD EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         BiochemicalOxygenDemand(BOD) EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         TotalColiform   EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         FecalColiform   EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         TotalPhosporus   EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         DissolvedPhosporus EMC       1         0         0         0
MixedUse         TotalNitrogen   EMC       1         0         0        

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