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Heavier Rainstorms Ahead Due To Global Climate Change, Study Predicts ScienceDaily (Sep. 27, 2009) — Heavier rainstorms lie in our future. That's the clear conclusion of a new MIT and Caltech study on the impact that global climate change will have on precipitation patterns. But the increase in extreme downpours is not uniformly spread around the world, the analysis shows. While the pattern is clear and consistent outside of the tropics, climate models give conflicting results within the tropics and more research will be needed to determine the likely outcomes in tropical regions. Overall, previous studies have shown that average annual precipitation will increase in both the deep tropics and in temperate zones, but will decrease in the subtropics. However, it's important to know how the frequency and magnitude of extreme precipitation events will be affected, as these heavy downpours can lead to increased flooding and soil erosion. It is the frequency of these extreme events t

------------------------ Build 5.0.018 (11/18/09) ------------------------ Engine Updates 1. Reporting of the total infiltration + evaporation loss for each Storage Unit (as a percent of total inflow to the unit) was added to the Storage Volume Summary table in the Status Report. See objects.h, node.c, stats.c, and statsrpt.c. 2. Double counting the final stored volume when finding the nodes with the highest mass balance errors has been eliminated. See stats.c. 3. A warning message was added for when a Rain Gage's recording interval is less than the smallest time interval appearing in its associated rainfall time series. (An error message is issued if the recording interval is greater than the smallest time series interval.) See gage.c and text.h. 4. Hot Start interface files now contain the final state of each subcatchment's groundwater zone in addition to the node and link information they have always had. See routing.c. 5. To avoi

MWH Soft Releases InfoSWMM and H2OMAP SWMM Version 8.5, Leveraging the Latest EPA SWMM5 Functionality Newest Iteration of Industry-Leading Geospatial Urban Drainage Modeling and Design Software Delivers Expanded Engineering Simulation Value Broomfield, Colorado USA, November 11, 2009 — MWH Soft, the leading global provider of environmental and water resources applications software, today announced the immediate release of Generation V8.5 of H2OMAP SWMM and InfoSWMM for ArcGIS (ESRI, Redlands, CA). The new version adds powerful features and leverages engine enhancements included in the latest release of EPA SWMM5 (5.0.017). It also improves the breadth and performance by extending MWH Soft tradition of including new enhancements specifically requested by customers. Version 8.5 marks a significant evolution of the company’s SWMM-based urban drainage modeling and design products, which continue to be top choices for the effective evaluation, design, management, rehabilitation and o