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San Antonio River Authority Implements @INNOVYZE FloodWorks to Help Save Lives

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Press Room  |  Products  |  News  |  Events  |  The Company   San Antonio River Authority Implements FloodWorks to Help Save Lives Innovyze Smart Water Solution to Give Emergency Responders Lead Time in Planning for and Reacting to Life-Threatening Storms Broomfield, Colorado, USA,  September 30, 2014  —  Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced that the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) and the San Antonio Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Texas, have successfully installed  FloodWorks to help emergency responders plan for and react to life-threatening storms. By linking rainfall radar data from the National Weather Service and other models,  FloodWorks  provides emergency responders up to 24 hours of lead time to proactively prepare for floods. Addressing the San Antonio River Authority board, Fire Chief Charles Hood said, “The  FloodWorks  software is going to save lives of residents and fire

¿Y si tuviéramos que inventar el drenaje urbano?

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The following is from http://www.iagua.es/blogs/luis-martin-martinez/y-si-tuvieramos-que-inventar-drenaje-urbano ¿Y si tuviéramos que inventar el drenaje urbano? Imaginaos que  no tuviésemos ninguna idea preconcebida sobre donde se situar las calles o los jardines en un entorno urbano,  como debe moverse el agua, imaginaos que nunca hubiéramos visto una alcantarilla o un colector. ¿Cuál sería el primer paso? Pues intentar "copiar", pero no de otras ciudades (eso es lo que queremos evitar) , sino de la propia naturaleza,  que lleva millones de años haciéndolo de la misma manera, por algo será. Observamos la naturaleza de nuestro alrededor y vemos que  el agua tiende a concentrarse y discurrir por las zonas más bajas  (cosas de la gravedad). Y que en esas zonas, hay una mayor densidad de vegetación, son los denominados ríos y sus riberas repletas vida. Sin embargo, en las zonas más altas, donde el agua tiende a drenar hacia zonas más bajas, la vegetación es menor. O sea que la

Firm to Distribute and Support Innovyze Comprehensive Product Portfolio in Thailand

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Press Room  |  Products  |  News  |  Events  |  The Company   Innovyze Expands Channel Partner Relationship with HR Wallingford Firm to Distribute and Support Innovyze Comprehensive Product Portfolio in Thailand Broomfield, Colorado, USA,  September 23, 2014  —  Innovyze, a leading global innovator of wet infrastructure modeling and simulation software and technologies, today announced HR Wallingford, a leading engineering and environmental hydraulics solutions provider, as its new Channel Partner for Thailand. The relationship will allow Innovyze to broaden its reach in the country as well as to serve customers and prospects efficiently and effectively. HR Wallingford, through its regional office in Kuala Lumpur, will offer and support the complete Innovyze suite of industry-leading analytics-centric asset management and smart water modeling products to water and wastewater utilities, river authorities and engineering firms throughout the country. “HR Wallingford successfully distribu

Innovyze President Dr. Paul F. Boulos Appointed to ASCE Industry Leaders Council

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Press Room  |  Products  |  News  |  Events  |  The Company   Innovyze President Dr. Paul F. Boulos Appointed to ASCE Industry Leaders Council Broomfield, Colorado, USA, September 16, 2014 Innovyze, a leading global innovator of wet infrastructure modeling and simulation software and technologies, today announced that its President, COO and Chief Technical Officer, Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D., BCEEM, NAE, Hon.D.WRE, Dist.D.NE, F.ASCE, has been appointed a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Industry Leaders Council (ILC). Established in 2009, the ILC engages senior leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss trends and issues in the civil engineering profession and work with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to formulate policy to help drive the civil engineering industry forward. The council serves as a strategic advisor in identifying emerging trends and developing solutions to key challenges facing the profession such as workforce development, sustai