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| MWH Soft announces InfoSWMM Designer MWH Soft announced the final phase of development of InfoSWMM Designer for ArcGIS. The new optimization module marks a new high point in the evolution of the company's urban drainage modeling product, firmly establishing it as the number one choice for the effective evaluation, management, rehabilitation, design, and operation of wastewater and stormwater collection systems. InfoSWMM is a full-featured urban drainage network analysis and design program. All operations of a typical sewer system - from analysis and design to management functions such as water quality assessment, pollution prediction, urban flooding, real-time control and record keeping - are addressed in a single, fully integrated geoengineering environment. The program gives users unprecedented strength in managing urban runoff and wet weather water quality problems in combined, sanitary and storm sewers; optimizing BMP and LID designs; and meeting SSO and CSO regulations. InfoSWMM can be used to model the entire land phase of the hydrologic cycle as applied to urban stormwater and wastewater collection systems. The software can perform single event or long-term rainfall-runoff simulations accounting for climate, soil, land use, and topographic conditions of the watershed. In addition to simulating runoff quantity, InfoSWMM can also predict runoff quality - including buildup and washoff of pollutants from primarily urban watersheds. The software incorporates full dynamic solution modeling of backwater effects and reverse flow, open channels, trunk sewers, storage and treatment units, pumps and complex hydraulic structures. An advanced real-time control scheme facilitates the optimization of storage and operation. Powerful graphics and reporting tools make these sophisticated modeling applications fast and easy, regardless of users' technical expertise. InfoSWMM also supports a variety of specialized treatment plant control devices and river profiles, providing an Integrated Catchment Management solution for modeling the sewer system, the receiving water and the wastewater treatment plant in an integrated manner. Sewer overflows are a leading cause of water pollution in the nation's lakes, streams and inland bays. The untreated sewage from these overflows contains microbial pathogens, suspended solids, toxics, nutrients, trash, and other pollutants that deplete dissolved oxygen and can contaminate our waters, causing serious water quality problems and threatening drinking water supplies, fish and shellfish. This sewage can also back up into basements, causing property damage and creating threats to public health for those who come in contact with the untreated sewage. The new InfoSWMM Designer module 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 upsizing, storage, pumping and new piping to eliminate unwanted sewer overflows and achieve targeted system performance requirements. It is the ultimate tool to help engineers produce the best possible design and improvement alternatives with minimum effort and at significant cost savings. These 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. The new InfoSWMM Designer extension will be available worldwide in December 2005 by subscription to the Platinum Program. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Construction News :: home page |