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DHI celebrates 50 years of solving problems in water environments

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DHI Website MIKE by DHI The Academy Jobs with DHI Contact    DHI celebrates 50 years of  solving problems in water environments     Featured Case Stories Nile Basin DSS facilitates equitable sharing of the Nile River's water resources Integrated wetland modeling enhances management and protection Okavonga Delta City of Quebec uses modeling to optimize primary clarifier operations in WWTP   Software News 2D surface water modeling using a GPU  really is  100 times faster than a CPU MIKE FLOOD successful in the 2nd UK Environment Agency 2D model comparison Comprehensive FEFLOW book published by Springer Download free productivity tools from   the MIKE by DHI website Exchange ideas with modeling experts using the MIKE by DHI Discussion Forum Upcoming Events   Featured Webex's Coastal Modeling Made Easy and Fast with MIKE 21 Flexible Mesh Mar 11, 2014 at 12:00 pm EST   A New Approach to Modeling Long-Term Shoreline Evolution using MIKE 21 Apr 1, 2014 at 4:00 pm EST   Evaluating the

InfoNet V14.5 Optimizes Asset Management Through Enhanced Analytics, Lifetime Modeling and Informed Prioritization of Rehabilitation and Replacement Programs

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Press Room  |  Products  |  News  |  Events  |  The Company   InfoNet V14.5 Optimizes Asset Management Through Enhanced Analytics, Lifetime Modeling and Informed Prioritization of Rehabilitation and Replacement Programs Sophisticated Weibull-Based Condition Assessment Analysis Facilitates Targeted Approach to Management of Rehabilitation and Renewal in Water Industry Broomfield, Colorado, USA,  February 25, 2014  —  Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced the release of  InfoNet  V14.5, a comprehensive set of water, wastewater, and storm water smart asset performance and condition modeling applications. The latest release adds significant customer-requested functionality that improves the software’s business analytics and data management tools. Together, these tools give utilities more ways to lengthen the useful life of their assets, streamline operations, optimize capital planning, improve syst

Tip for The Ponding Allowed Option in SWMM 5

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Tip for The Ponding Allowed Option in SWMM 5 Normally, it is better to have smaller ponding allowed area in SWMM 5 due to considerations outlined in this earlier blog  and 2nd Blog  but if you have a low lying area with ponding allowed it is better if you have a larger ponding area so that the depth above the rim elevation of the node is small and you do not set up reverse  flow and cause flooding at other modes due to the  higher HGL.  Figure 1 illustrates a typical HGL profile and Figure 2 shows the better flooding  graphs as you increase the ponding surface area for the low lying node. Figure 1.  HGL around a low Lying Node Figure 2.  Smoother Flooding Graph due to Higher Surface Ponding Area

How to Make an InfoSewer or H2OMap Sewer Model from SWMM5

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Innovyze has a broad range of programs which you can see on www.innovyze.com but each of our programs has many ways to import and export model data between programs.  All of our products have CSV and shapefile import and export.  One way to use a SWMM 5 model in H2OMap Sewer or InfoSewer is to import CSV files from H2OMap SWMM or CSV file constructed using SWMM 5.  In H2OMap Sewer you can import: 1. Manhole 2. Pipe 3. Outfall 4. Pump 5. Wet Wells 6. The DWF values can  copied to the Other Loading DB Table 7. DWF Patterns can be copied and pasted into the Pattern Tables in H2OMap Sewer and InfoSewer H20Map Sewer GUI and Import Manager

Older SWMM3 and SWMM 4 Fortran Engines on Box

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For the sake of history and future student reconstruction of the past of SWMM  modeling I have put on Box many copies of SWMM3 and SWMM 4 FORTRAn engines, SWMM 3 to SWMM 4 converters - updated from the EPA download page version, SWMM 4 DOC files (they are annotated text files) Box Folder for SWMM 3 and SWMM 4 Engines Partial Box File List of older SWMM Fortran Engines Batch File Programs for Running SWMM 4 Engines and Converters

The New @Innovyze Software & Services Catalog 2014 is now available at Innovyze.com

The New @Innovyze Software & Services Catalog 2014 is now available at http://t.co/OVnWZlTlYu http://t.co/lMbmFOwaVy — Robert E Dickinson (@RDickinson) February 21, 2014 Product Link Here   http://www.innovyze.com/products/

How to Search Twitter for Links connected to SWMM5, #nfoSWMM or InfoSewer via @RDICKINSON for @INNOVYZE

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If you have a lot a tweets as I do you can get lost in the tweets despite hootsuite, tweetdeck and other helpful aids.  You can search for a topic using Advanced Search in Twitter (Figure 1) or use a search URL with the search terms and the twitter source in the name to see the found links (Figure 2) https://twitter.com/search?q= infoswmm %20 2d %20from%3A rdickinson &src=typd&f=realtime Figure 1.  Advanced Search in Twitter  Figure 2. Search Items Found from Twitter

LID Sizing References for SWMM 5, H2OMap SWMM and InfoSWMM

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 LID Sizing References: http://www.lid-stormwater.net/index.html http://www.scvurppp-w2k.com/pdfs/1112/c3_workshop/C3_Workshop_Track_2_Sizing_Calcs_6-5-12.pdf http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/1155 http://extension.oregonstate.edu/stormwater/lid-infiltration-facility-calculator-aka-rain-garden-calculator http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org/epa03/LIDtrans/L07_Swales.pdf http://www.cleanwaterservices.org/Content/Documents/Permit/LIDA%20Handbook.pdf http://www.swmm5.net/2013/06/applicazione-di-tecnologie-bmp-ai.html In addition we also have a PDF file in the InfoSWMM Help File directory called InfoSWMM Applications Guide.pdf which will help from the EPA SWMM 5 applications manual InfoSWMM Applications Guide.pdf Network

City of Atlanta Selects Innovyze Smart Water Network Modeling Technology

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Press Room  |  Products  |  News  |  Events  |  The Company   City of Atlanta Selects Innovyze Smart Water Network Modeling Technology Innovyze InfoWater To Support Comprehensive Geospatial Water Infrastructure Management for Georgia’s Largest City Broomfield, Colorado, USA,  February 18, 2014  —  Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced that the city of Atlanta, Georgia, has chosen the company’s industry-leading  InfoWater  suite to support its large-scale enterprise-wide geospatial water distribution network modeling and management needs. The purchase equips the City with a full range of high-performance ArcGIS-centric (Esri, Redlands, CA) water infrastructure modeling, criticality analysis and management capabilities. These advantages will enable the enterprise to address critical planning, design, operational, and water quality issues with maximum effectiveness; optimize its asset management a

Versions 2.0 of PressureWatch and Qualwatch are now Available from Innovyze

Qualwatch 2.0 Has Real-time Water Integrity Monitoring http://t.co/2kB5I0qyvp via @Innovyze http://t.co/yZ2pBXeDAt — Robert E Dickinson (@RDickinson) February 17, 2014 "The programs have been completely rewritten to significantly improve their efficacy, practicality (the programs no longer require historical data) and predictive modeling capabilities"

CSV File DWF Suggestion for Importing SWMM5 Flows to ICM

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If you are importing a SWMM 5 File into InfoWorks ICM one problem you will have how to deal with difference in dry weather flow generation (DWF): 1. SWMM 5 has DWF enter at a node and ICM has DWF as part of the Subcatchment Loading 2. Thee Import and Export From ICM needs manual adjustment of the DWF 3. One way to do this is to make an ICM CSV file to import the DWF Section of SWMM 5 (Figure 1) 4. Which allows you to manipulate the flow DWF in SWMM 5 to the population based DWF in ICM and IWCS. Here is one example ObjectTable,subcatchment_id,population hw_subcatchment,  S012-010 ,4.14841 hw_subcatchment,                   S005-005#1,7.8094 hw_subcatchment,                   S005-006#1 ,7.8094 Figure 1. DWF File for ICM (left) and the SWMM5 DWF Section Right

Innovyze President Dr. Paul F. Boulos Elected to National Academy of Engineering

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Press Room  |  Products  |  News  |  Events  |  The Company   Innovyze President Dr. Paul F. Boulos Elected to National Academy of Engineering Broomfield, Colorado, USA,  February 11, 2014  —  Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced that its president, COO and chief technical officer, Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D., BCEEM, Hon.D.WRE,  Dist.D.NE , F.ASCE, was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE) on February 6. In total, the academy welcomed 67 new American members and 11 foreign associates this year, bringing the total U.S. membership to 2,250 and the number of foreign associates to 214. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contribution