Water Simulation Packages (WSP)

MWH Soft announced the availability of the V4 Generation of InfoSewer for power ArcGIS (ESRI, Redlands, CA) users.

From MWH Soft web page:

InfoSewer is a powerful ArcGIS-based computer program for use in the planning, design, analysis, and expansion of sanitary, storm and combined sewer collection systems. The program can be effectively used to model both dry-weather and wet-weather flows and determine the most cost-effective and reliable method of wastewater collection. Built atop ArcGIS™ using the latest Microsoft .NET and ESRI ArcObjects component technologies, InfoSewer seamlessly integrates advanced hydraulic and hydrologic modeling functionality with the latest generation of ArcGIS™. InfoSewer capitalizes on the intelligence and versatility of the geodatabase architecture to deliver unparalleled levels of geospatial analysis, infrastructure management and business planning. Its unique interoperable geospatial framework enables world-record performance, scalability, reliability, functionality and flexibility - all within the powerful ArcGIS™ environment.

InfoSewer offers DIRECT ArcGIS INTEGRATION enabling engineers and GIS professionals to work simultaneously on the same integrated platform. It allows you to command powerful GIS analysis and hydraulic modeling in a single environment using a single dataset. You can now create, edit, modify, run, map, analyze, design and optimize your sewer network models and instantly review, query and display simulation results from within ArcGIS™.

For more information see MWH Soft web page.

From Energy-Solutions:

pipelinestudio is the industry-leading tool for design and off-line simulation of pipeline networks. It features:
* Quick and easy project setup
* Advanced hydraulic models for liquids and gas
* Steady-state and transient simulation

pipelinestudio improves the efficiency and accuracy of offline planning and design simulation through advanced offline simulation techniques for both natural gas and liquid pipelines. Through techniques such as steady-state and transient hydraulic analysis, pipelinestudio delivers a consistently higher quality of business decision, enabling better financial performance. And once pipelinestudio has constructed an offline engineering model of your pipeline network, the same model can be embedded into custom applications to enhance specific business processes and your financial performance overall.

pipelinestudio is flexible enough to consider your pipeline network as a whole and includes variables like demand forecasting and gas nominations. Its familiar Windows graphical interface makes it easy to use and pipelinestudio integrates with GIS and other corporate databases and applications—including other Energy Solutions products.

Use pipelinestudio for:
* Planning, strategically or for facilities
* Analyzing hydraulic characteristics
* Designing pipelines and equipment
* Modeling for predictive purposes
* Simulating situations from existing data

And pipelinestudio can help operators see the effects of operational changes without having to actually go to the control room. By studying the simulated results of proposed operating actions, quality decisions are promoted—realizing bottom-line savings through attractive maintenance savings and opportunity cost avoidance.

For more information see Energy-Solutions web site.

BOSS International released two updates:

Multiple River Reaches in RiverCAD XP

RiverCAD XP now fully supports multiple river reaches allowing you to model dendritic river networks. RiverCAD XP fully integrates with LDD and Civil3D software.

RiverCAD XP for AutoCAD is a sophisticated river modeling software that completely automates HEC-RAS and HEC-2 within AutoCAD. Its slick GUI interface is intuitive. RiverCAD XP for AutoCAD works within AutoCAD versions 2000 through 2007. Graphically cut cross sections, generate floodplain maps, automate floodway delineations, compute bridge scour, and more.

Rational, Modified Rational Method, TR-55, TR-20 released in StormNET

StormNET™ now supports Rational, Modified Rational, Santa Barbara Unit Hydrograph, as well as TR-20, TR-55 and SWMM. This new version has completely new advanced graphics, allowing you to easily compare existing versus proposed conditions, and also provides automated pond sizing.

StormNET is the most advanced, powerful, and comprehensive stormwater and wastewater modeling software available for analyzing and designing urban drainage systems, stormwater sewers, and sanitary sewers. StormNET is the only model that combines complex hydrology, hydraulics, and water quality in a completely graphical, easy-to-use interface. Both imperial and metric (SI) units are supported.

StormNET enables accurate routing in complex detention pond situations. In some situations, downstream conditions can cause backwater effects that influence the performance of a detention pond outlet structure. For example, an upstream pond may discharge to another downstream pond that is similar in elevation or influenced by downstream flooding. Such situations can result in a decrease in outlet discharges or flow reversal back into the pond and can be difficult to model properly. StormNET’s interconnected pond routing allows you to easily model these complex situations with confidence.

For more information see BOSS International web site.

MathWorks, the makers of Matlab, released a new product that models and simulate hydraulic systems - SimHydraulics.

SimHydraulics extends Simulink with tools for modeling and simulating hydraulic power and control systems. It enables you to describe multidomain systems containing connected hydraulic and mechanical components as physical networks. It provides a representative library of hydraulic components and building blocks that lets you implement other components. SimHydraulics can be used for a variety of automotive, aerospace, defense, and industrial equipment applications, such as modeling automatic transmissions, actuating flight control surfaces, and actuating heavy equipment.

Key Features

• Modeling environment for building hydraulic and hydromechanical systems as physical networks
• More than 75 hydraulic and mechanical components, including pumps, valves, accumulators, and pipelines
• Foundation library of hydraulic building blocks and fundamental mechanical and mathematical elements
• Customizable library of common hydraulic fluids

For more information see SimHydraulics web site.

From Wallingford Software press release:

Wallingford Software announces that the next release of its flagship wastewater network management solution, InfoWorks CS v7.5, adds a powerful new capability for those seeking to accurately model overland urban flooding. This new feature, available this summer, produces flood mapping to represent flood depths and area of spread across the detailed local ground model.

Using a “flood compartment” to define the boundary of the flood mapping, flood levels within the compartments are calculated at manholes. When there is more than one manhole or flood point within a compartment, the flood levels can be calculated between the flood points.

Overland flow pathways can also be examined, showing the routes by which floodwaters access low points such as gardens and car parks. The flood depth is calculated from the flood level relative to the ground surface as represented by an InfoWorks CS ground model.

The display of results can be in both plan and cross-section images. In the plan view, color coding can represent the flood depths across the area. The cross section view shows both the network below the ground, and the image of the flooding above ground level.

For more information see Wallingford Software web site.

Bentley announced the new features of WaterGEMS and WaterCad that will be available in the new version - V8. The official release date is scheduled for the second quarter, 2006.

• MicroStation platform
• All-inclusive ArcMap interface
• Geodatabase integration
• TRex - Terrain Extraction
• Tool to find and fix network topology and connectivity issues
• Query-based selection sets
• Copy/Paste support from external sources
• Globally manage simple, composite, and pressure dependent demands
• Unit demand engineering libraries
• Criticality analysis
• Pressure-dependent demands
• Isolation valves
• Hydrants
• VSP batteries
• Fire Flow Navigator
• Background layer manager
• GIS-style symbology
• Advanced contouring

For more information see Bentley’s web site.

From MWH Soft web site:

H2OMAP SWMM Designer offers a very sophisticated optimization capability representing a major step forward for collection system modeling. With this capability, you can rapidly formulate and assess various reliable and cost-effective improvement solutions, which previously required a tedious trial-and-error approach or were not practical to even attempt. H2OMAP SWMM Designer leverages the power of advanced Genetic Algorithms optimization technology to automatically select the most cost-effective solution to flooding and pollution management, using a combination of pipe slope and size, storage, pumping and new piping to eliminate unwanted sewer overflows and achieve targeted system performance requirements. Performance criteria include maximum allowable depth to diameter ratio, minimum and maximum pipe velocities, and maximum head loss for force mains.

H2OMAP SWMM Designer is the ultimate tool to help engineers produce the best possible design and improvement alternatives with minimum effort and maximum cost savings. Its capabilities will greatly assist wastewater utilities in planning and designing reliable systems and optimizing their capital improvement programs - leading to healthier communities, cleaner beaches, and fish and shellfish that are safer to eat.

For more information see H2OMAP SWMM Designer web page.

GAWUP, Genetic Algorithm Water Utility Programs, is a set of programs aimed at optimizing the design of water pipelines and networks.

Not much information could be found on the developers web site but a demo download is available.

See GAWUP web site.

ModTech enables you to model groundwater flow and contaminant transport within a real-world geographic environment. ModTech has plenty of math power under its hood and - to extend the automotive metaphor - the steering and gear-box are pure Win-32: flexible, intuitive, and comfortable to the touch. This seamlessly integrated modeling & GIS environment enables you to:

• Design the model grid graphically or analytically
• Assign properties and introduce boundary conditions using a variety of methods
• Transform geographical objects or entire maps to model grids
• Visualize input parameters in 2D or 3D
• Run groundwater flow and contaminant transport simulations using common or proprietary solvers
• Automatically receive data for model calibration
• Display and interpret the modeling results in 2D and 3D
• Transform the modeling results to geographic objects
• Exchange input and output data with common GIS, CAD, and graphic formats

For more information see GEOLINK web site.

ATS-Chester developed an interface to link EPA’s EPANET software with ESRI’s ArcGIS® software (it seems that it is an old version).

Applications:

• Water system modeling
• Water quality management
• Facility planning
• GIS integration
• User-friendly modeling

Features:

• Developed using ESRI’s latest ArcObjects technology.
• Adds a new toolbar to ArcGIS standard interface.
• Allows you to create and edit your EPANET model from inside GIS.
• Provides a synchronization tool to update existing models from GIS updates.
• Exports GIS layers as a backdrop for EPANET model.
• Allows displaying output results as a thematic map.
• ArcView 3.x version (AVNet also available).

For more information see ATS-Chester web site.

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