Practical Modeling of Urban Water Systems, Monograph 11

Now available from CHI, this is the eleventh in the series of books from the international Stormwater and Water Quality Management Modeling Conferences, held annually in Toronto. Twenty-one chapters (listed below) from the 2002 conference are presented, all peer-reviewed for relevance and clarity. The 511 page book is presented in a beautiful glossy hardcover, complete with index and glossary.

James, William, 1937- , Editor
Compiled and published by CHI, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
International Standard Book Number 0-9683681-7-4
CHI Catalog Number: R215

Contents

1. Integrating floodplain and stormwater management: innovative concepts and case studies. Gilles Rivard, Stéphanie Bélanger and Pierre Dupuis

2. Overcoming obstacles for the application of SWMM to large-scale watersheds. Seung Ah Byun, James T. Smullen, Mark Maimone, Robert E. Dickinson, and Christopher S. Crockett

3. Continuous simulation modeling and the fundamental link to design, construction and monitoring. Brian Bishop and Ronald Scheckenberger

4. Level of service evaluations for stormwater performance assessments. Michael A. Gregory, John A. Aldrich, and Michael F. Schmidt

5. Modeling as a tool for economic analysis of basement flood relief projects. Gord Steiss     

6. Development of a basement flooding remediation strategy. Kevin Brown

7. Directing sampling based on uncertainty analysis.  Andrew Graettinger, Thanaporn Supriyasilp, S. Rocky Durrans, and Bob Pitt,         

8. Internet GIS for the water industry. Uzair Shamsi.

9. Development of long-term precipitation and infiltration records for the performance evaluation of a proposed regional tunnel. Amy Engstrom, Mirza Rabbaig, James Sherrill, and Imad Salim

10.  Impacts of rainfall data on model refinement in Greater Pittsburgh. Terry Meeneghan, Robert E. Dickinson, Mark Loehlein, Dwayne Myers, and Timothy Prevost.

11.  Model calibration of a large urban sewer system using radar precipitation information. Darko Joksimovic, Christine Hill, Greg Reilly, Eric Tousignan, and Daniel Jobin,

12.  Infiltration through compacted urban soils and effects on biofiltration.  Bob Pitt,

13. Stormwater quality modeling improvements needed for SWMM.  Roger Sutherland

14.  Using annual hydrographs to determine effective impervious area. Troy Jones, Chris Johnston, and Craig Kipkie

15.  Implementation of a program to prevent sanitary sewer overflows by reduction of stormwater inflow Steven J. Wright, Mark Tenbroek

16.  Modeling sedimentation in stormwater storage facilities. John MacKenzie

17.  Using baffle boxes for stormwater treatment.  Gordon England.

18.  Surges associated with filling of stormwater storage tunnels.  Steven Wright, Joes Goes Vasconcelso Neto and Karen E. Ridgway,

19.  Study of decomposition of grass and leaves. Gordon England, John Royal, and Justin Strynchuk       

20. Comparison of neural networks to Ormsbee's Method for rain generation. Ingmar Wendling and W. James

21. Curve numbers in stormwater simulation. Ivan Muzik     

22. Maintenance of infiltration in modular interlocking concrete pavers with external drainage cells.  Chris Gerritts and William James

Editor, Reviewers, and Authors photographs
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Programs and Models
SI-US Unit Conversion
Index

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