Three-day workshops
on US EPA SWMM5 & PCSWMM.NET

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The 3-day workshop is provided with the latest version of SWMM5 and the time-limited PCSWMM.NET software and is designed to help you become proficient with the modeling packages. In three days of hands-on workshops, you will learn the internals of the latest version of the Stormwater Management Model (SWMM5) as well as the latest version of the PCSWMM.NET graphical decision support system. The PCSWMM software included with the workshop is time-limited, and an appropriate license must be obtained later to maintain the software. The software includes annual unlimited support. The workshop includes all documentation and instructional materials)

To evaluate how this scaleable, integrated and open tool set can improve your current modeling work register now for one of these workshops. To request more info, please email us.
 

The Modeling Programs

About US EPA SWMM

The EPA Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) is a dynamic rainfall-runoff simulation model used for single event or long-term (continuous) simulation of runoff quantity and quality from primarily urban areas. The runoff component of SWMM operates on a collection of subcatchment areas that receive precipitation and generate runoff and pollutant loads. The routing portion of SWMM transports this runoff through a system of pipes, channels, storage/treatment devices, pumps, and regulators. SWMM tracks the quantity and quality of runoff generated within each subcatchment, and the flow rate, flow depth, and quality of water in each pipe and channel during a simulation period comprised of multiple time steps.

SWMM was first developed in 1971, and has since undergone several major upgrades since then. It continues to be widely used throughout the world for planning, analysis and design related to stormwater runoff, combined sewers, sanitary sewers, and other drainage systems in urban areas, with many applications in non-urban areas as well. The current edition, Version 5, is a complete re-write of the previous release. Please refer to our SWMM pages for more information.

About PCSWMM

PCSWMM.NET is the most powerful urban drainage modeling application for working with GIS/CAD based data. PCSWMM.NET enables both engineers and GIS professionals to work on the same data, improving workflow and increasing the flexibility of your model building and analysis toolset. In addition to direct support for ESRI ArcGIS geodatabases*, ArcView shape files and ArcInfo E00 files, PCSWMM.NET supports the leading open standard and proprietary GIS and CAD formats, including Geomedia SQL, MapInfo, Microstation, AutoCAD, GML, OpenGIS SQL, KML and many others (over 30 vector and raster formats supported), giving you the flexibility to choose the SWMM data storage format that's right for you.

PCSWMM.NET's high-performance, massively scaleable GIS engine also provides powerful GIS analysis and hydraulic modeling in a single stand-alone environment, with no other third-party licenses required. You can now create, edit, modify, run, map, analyze, design and optimize your GIS based sewer network models and instantly review, query and display simulation results either from within the specialized and optimized PCSWMM.NET interface or from within ArcGIS (or the GIS of your choice) – its up to you.

PCSWMM.NET automatically maintains a standard, fully accessible US EPA SWMM5 input file at all times. Support is provided for using other SWMM5 data editors (e.g. US EPA SWMM5 interface, or in-house tools), as edits to the input file are detected and the SWMM model GIS layers are automatically updated. PCSWMM.NET provides direct support for opening, editing, running, plotting and analyzing existing SWMM5 models.

PCSWMM.NET goes beyond the current crop of modeling tools to ensure users have a deep knowledge of the underlying model processes, to increase user competence and confidence. Please refer to our PCSWMM.NET pages for more information.

Program

Each workshop will run from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm daily (to 4:30 pm on the last day). Lectures will be followed by hands-on exercises allowing you to explore the different aspects of the programs. Participation in the Workshop earns 2.25 CEUs.

Day 1 - Introduction to SWMM/PCSWMM modeling

• Introduction to SWMM hydrology/hydraulics and modeling procedures: discretization, sensitivity, calibration, error analysis.
• Urban hydrology and runoff quantity-oriented event modeling: processes, data requirements, results interpretation.
• Hands-on exercises.
• Urban hydraulics and surcharge event modeling: theory, limitations, applications.
• Hands-on exercises.

Day 2 - Intermediate use of SWMM/PCSWMM

• Overview of continuous and quality modeling.
• Precipitation and meteorological data management, storm dynamics analysis.
• Hands-on exercises.
• Quantity/quality and continuous aspects of urban runoff, transport and storage treatment: processes, data requirements, model output.
• Hands-on exercises.

Day 3 - Advanced use of SWMM/PCSWMM

• Concepts of time series import and export, integration, presentation, including database manipulation.
• Hands-on exercises.
• Concepts of GIS integration/entity aggregation, including AM/FM/CAD data importing.
• Hands-on exercises.
• Auto-sensitivity, calibration, error analysis tools.
• Hands-on exercises.

Instructors

The workshop will be lead by one of, or a combination of, the following instructors:

William James, DSc, PhD, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Guelph University and CEO of CHI, is an internationally recognized authority on stormwater runoff, with over 25 years experience in research, teaching, and consulting to consultants and government agencies. He has published 15 books, over 200 technical papers, and has presented professional courses throughout the world. Dr. James has supported SWMM from its earliest distribution, developing the first PC version in 1984. For more information, please see: http://www.soe.uoguelph.ca/webfiles/wjames/

Chris Brooker BSc(Eng) MSc(Eng) PrEng has been a consulting engineer specialising in environmental water related subjects and hydraulic structures since 1982. In 2001 he opened a practice in South Africa offering specialist consulting services mainly to other consulting engineers. He is an external examiner and occasional visiting lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of the Witwatersrand, and in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pretoria. Chris has authored numerous journal papers and conference presentations.
 

Locations

Durban

The workshop will be held at the eThekwini City Engineer's Springfield Computer Training Centre. Attendees can see the Training Centre location at the intersection of Supply and Umgeni Roads in the City Maps section of the Ethekwini website: http://www.durban.gov.za Go to the website then on the Left side bar hit: City Maps. Then select: GIS maps. Then Find: (choose) Road. Then enter: SUPPLY (note all upper case). Finally at bottom of right side bar Switch on: Aerial Photos. The venue is the long narrow training centre building at the west corner of the Supply/Umgeni Roads intersection, i.e. diagonally opposite the large green roofed complex. Enter the security gate (first right on Supply Road off Umgeni Road) and park as directed in front of the training centre.

For Durban accommodations see: http://www.durban.gov.za/eThekwini/Tourism_and_Leisure/acc

Gauteng

The workshop will be held at the Indaba Hotel, in lecture room 12. Attendees will be directed to parking and the lecture room at the entrance gate. Further details available from the website: www.indabahotel.co.za . Tel: +27 (0) 11 840-6600 Fax: +27 (0) 11 840-6610 Email: indaba@indabahotel.co.za See: http://www.indabahotel.co.za/contact.htm

Directions to the Indaba Hotel
FROM JOHANNESBURG : From Johannesburg International Airport, follow Johannesburg R24 signs
• At Gilloolys interchange follows Pretoria N1 signs towards Pretoria/Midrand Area
• At Pretoria/Johannesburg interchange continue on the concrete highway towards Roodepoort (N1 – Roodepoort)
• Pass Rivonia Road off-ramp continuing to William Nicol Road off-ramp
• Take William Nicol Rod for +- 4 km past Monte Casino on your right hand side and Fourways Mall on your left hand side
• Continue past the Leaping Frog (RHS), crossing the traffic light at Uranium Road and past Witkoppen School (LHS)
• Turn left at the next road (Pieter Wenning) – the Indaba Hotel will be on your right hand side

FROM PRETORIA :
• Take the Ben Schoeman highway
• Take the N1 towards Bloemfontein
• Take William Nicol Road off-ramp turning right at the traffic light on the bridge over the highway
• Follow William Nicol Road for +- 4 km past Monte Casino on your right hand side and the Fourways Mall on your left hand side
• Continue past he Leaping Frog (RHS), crossing the traffic light at Uranium Road and past Witkoppen School (LHS)
• Turn left at the next road (Pieter Wenning) – the Indaba Hotel will be on your right hand side

Details

To register

Complete the online registration form to choose venue, calculate fees owing and complete the shopping cart checkout process. To claim a discounted price, insert an explanatory note in your shopping cart order.

Fees

The fee for the full four days is R4400 (US$600). Full-time students are entitled to a 50% discount. 15% maximum discounts for early-bird registration (1 month ahead or more) or for two or more attendees from the same organization (all attendees get the discount); maximum discount is 15%.

Included materials

Participants will receive:
1. SWMM5 software
2. PCSWMM.NET software (time-limited single user license),
3. Urban Drainage Modeling workbook (ca. 285 pp) - book of the course complete with PowerPoint slides and step-by-step exercises,
4. Rules for Responsible Modeling (300 pp) - modeling guide book,
5. User’s Guide to SWMM (950 pp) - latest edition; edited, indexed and reformatted in a hardcover 6 x 9" format, and
6. workshop training materials (i.e. workshop evaluation, workshop certificate, etc.).

PCSWMM.NET comes with all reference material on-line. Attendees may purchase the full single-user license with training of the PCSWMM.NET software for a significant discount (see registration form). CHI may honor the workshop discount if the software is purchased within 3 months of attending a workshop.

Continental breakfast, coffee, beverages and snacks are included each day.

Computing
Attendees must provide their own laptops. The minimum computer that we would like to see you use is: Pentium 4; 512MB RAM; 5GB free disk space; 24 bit color XGA (1078x768) monitor with small (default) font settings; CD-ROM drive; Microsoft Windows Vista, XP or 2000 operating system; Microsoft Office (any year although preferably the professional version with Microsoft Access); and a proper mouse (unless you are especially fast with a touch pad).

We will supply a link to download the workshop software seven business days before the workshop. All attendees must download, install, and activate the software ahead of the workshop. Please notify us before the workshop if you have problems with the installation and/or activation. In addition, at the workshop venue, we will be installing various application files and perhaps some last minute executable files on your laptop, so it is essential that you have administrative rights to install and then remove software on your laptop (some company IT folks restrict your rights to do so). Please ensure you have such rights or know the administrator's logon procedures.
 

Continuing Professional Development

We have applied for and are confident of receiving CPD accreditation, and thus each participant will earn the appropriate number of Continuing Professional Development Units for the four day workshop.

Location

Details on location and convenient accommodation for a specific venue will be emailed to you upon registration.

Cancellation policy

Cancellations prior to 14 calendar days before the workshop will be refunded in full. Cancellations received within 14 days but prior to 7 calendar days before the workshop will forfeit 50% of the registration fee. Cancellations received less than 7 days before the workshop will not be refunded, however registrants will be eligible for a 50% credit towards any future workshop.

CHI retains the right to cancel the workshop. If the workshop is cancelled registrants will receive a full refund of the registration fee. CHI will not be liable for any other expenses occurred by the registrant. Normally cancellation will not occur within 7 days of the date of the workshop.

For more information

Contact Bill James at CHI, tel: 1-519-767-0197, fax: 1-519-489-0695 or email: info@computationalhydraulics.com