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June 20th, 2008 (Version 2.11.309) A new update is available for
PCSWMM.NET, CHI's next generation graphical decision support system for
US EPA SWMM5 urban drainage modeling. Details on the software and ordering are available
here.
Now available from CHI, this is the 16th in the series of books from the
international Stormwater and Water Quality Management Modeling Conferences,
held annually in Toronto. Twenty-five chapters
from the 2007 conference are presented, all peer-reviewed for relevance
and clarity. The 512 page book is presented in a beautiful glossy
hardcover, complete with index and glossary. See our
Publications/Books
page for more details on this series.
This annual conference is a forum for professionals from across North
America and overseas to exchange ideas and experience on current
practices and emerging technologies involving water pollution control
and water systems design and analysis. Topics include hydrology,
hydraulics, water quality and receiving waters, from precipitation
processes, runoff, pollutant build-up, wash off, surcharging pipe
networks, and water distribution systems, to pollutant removal and
impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Feb 2009 will be the 18th in the current
series of annual Toronto conferences. It is also effectively the 42nd
SWMM Users Group Meeting, and the 29th to be held in Canada. The
conference is preceded by a SWMM/PCSWMM workshop.
(2007.09.12) Our training workshop over the web
involves sixteen hours of self-paced training in English over the five day
period, using our web forum. Participants receive one copy each of
our SWMM User's Guide, Rules for modeling, and the
Workbook. They also download the required software and application
files, and install and test the software beforehand at the computer that
they will use for the training. Presentations are streamed from our
website and students work through the detailed workbook instructions for
ca. five major application-exercises each taking ca. three hours, communicate with us through our web-forum, and the
instructors respond instantly to student questions. Six web
workshops are slated for 2008.
PCSWMM.NET/SWMM5 workshops in English and French are listed below - a more comprehensive list of our upcoming and planned workshops
will become available in our workshops
section. If you need a workshop nearer your place please email us at
info@computationalhydraulics.com
CHI plans to present several workshops in Europe in French in 2008,
particularly in France, Switzerland and Belgium. Details will be
provided here as they become available, or please email us at
info@computationalhydraulics.com.
The Florida Board of Professional Engineers and the South African
Institution of Civil Engineering have certified Computational Hydraulics
International in terms of their continuing professional development
requirements, for the course on Urban Drainage Modelling with PCSWMM.NET and
SWMM5. Period of Validation in SA: August 2006 – August 2009.
2008
W383 Web workshop. Sep 1-5
W370 Guelph, ON Sep 9-10
W418 Red Deer, AB Sep 16-17
W398 Tallahassee, FL Sep 16-17
W371 Ann Arbor, MI Sep
23-24
W399 Minneapolis, MN. Sep 30-Oct W385 Quebec, PQ. Sep 24-25
W386 Montreal, PQ. Oct 1-2
W379 Halifax, NS Oct 7-8
W396 Web workshop. Oct 14-17
W373 Burnaby, BC Oct 21-22
W400 Indianapolis, IN Oct 28-29 |
W376 Johannesburg, SA Oct 22-24
W375 Durban, SA Oct 29-31
W388 East London, SA. Nov 12-14
W374 Cape Town, SAfrica Nov 19-21
W377 Chicago, IL Nov 4-5
W401 Tampa, FL Nov 11-12
W378 Columbus, OH Nov 18-19
W402 Victoria, BC Nov 25-26
W372 Edmonton, AB Dec 2-3
W380 San Jose, CA Dec 9-10
W384 Web workshop. Dec 15-19 |
CHI's 3-day workshop part of UCT graduate course
CIV5079Z Urban Drainage Modelling.
(posted 2007.11.27).
In October 2008, successful completion of CHI's 3-day workshop in Cape
Town forms part of the academic requirements for the graduate course
CIV5079Z Urban Drainage Modelling (12 SAQA Credits, 3-day block course
followed by a major project) in the Department of Civil Engineering at
the University of Cape Town. Further info on the course is available at:
www.civil.uct.ac.za/loader.php?page=2_1
CHI offers remote and in-house training demonstrations of our new
PCSWMM.NET technology, perhaps live or
simultaneously in your various branch offices throughout the world.
Participants brown-bag and lunch-munch at a remote
computer-projector and receive live, on-line, hands-on, demonstrations
of PCSWMM.NET and SWMM5.
Email us if we
can help you with a live demo at your location.
CHI is pleased to announce some 20 new, separate topics for workshop
training. Associated with the new workshops, special Workshop Workbooks
have been produced. Potential participants are invited to select topics
of immediate or potential concern. For on-line registration,
click here.
Please email your
suggestions to
info@computationalhydraulics.com and watch this site for for further
details.
In January 2007 CHI gave remote in-house training workshops
simultaneously in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario using special
web live network meeting software. Users at a dozen
computers at these remote locations received live, on-line, hands-on,
instruction using PCSWMM 2007and SWMM5. Click on the above link for a
photo of one of the classrooms in Nova Scotia. This instruction delivery
method allows us to reduce costs and travel times drastically; of course
the method should be used with local real instructors. Email us if we
can help you with workshops in your location.
CHI recent special in-house workshops
(posted 07.02.05).
In January 2007 CHI gave two special 2-day in-house training workshops
in: 1. Halifax NS, on using PCSWMM 2007 for rehabilitation of sanitary
sewer networks with RDII problems, and 2. Mississauga ON, on using
continuous PCSWMM to design manufactured stormwater treatment devices.
Both workshops featured hands-on applications of PCSWMM. All
organizations involved, meaning CHI and our co-operators, benefit from
partnerships where we participate in the development of special PCSWMM
solutions to intractable problems.
The City of Redmond is hosting a stormwater modeling
workshop at City Hall. Computational Hydraulics will be
offering a two-day workshop on
PCSWMM.NET and
SWMM5 at City Hall on December 18 and 19, 2007. PCSWMM.NET is the stormwater modeling program being
used by City of Redmond staff in the evaluation of the
existing piped stormwater network and in support of
design efforts for new stormwater trunks like the new
regional systems proposed in downtown and throughout
Redmond. Developers and consultants are encouraged to
get up to speed on the use of EPA’s SWMM5 model as they
evaluate potential impacts from proposed developments,
particularly if they intend to apply for fee-in-lieu of
onsite flow control. PCSWMM.NET is Computational
Hydraulics’ GIS-based graphical user interface for the
PCSWMM model.
PCSWMM instruction at AIT in Thailand
(posted 07.02.02).
Dr. Kim Irvine, of the Dept of Geography/Planning at Buffalo State,
SUNY, gave a training workshop on urban stormwater modeling and CSO
issues as part of the graduate Design of Water Supply and Wastewater
Systems course at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok. The
training featured hands on application of PCSWMM 2006. This seminar was
offered in collaboration with Dr. Thammarat Koottatep of their
Environmental Engineering and Management Program.
PCSWMM selected for
modelling Halifax sanitary sewer system (posted 06.09.14)
After reviewing several available models, the Halifax Regional
Municipality in 2004 selected PCSWMM for sewer evaluation. They recently
contracted with CHI to develop a method for continuous evaluation of
sewer rehabilitation. The method uses detailed PCSWMM models of the
complex sanitary sewer system, field data collection, continuous
sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, and automatic calibration to
examine and optimize potential and on-going sewer rehabilitation. CHI
offers regular local workshops to HRM's consultants on the methodology.
eThekwini Municipality now encourages all new developments to present
stormwater plans in SWMM/PCSWMM format, and are pushing ahead with plans
to cover a great deal of Ethekwini with stormwater models.
PCSWMM found to be the
best software modeling package in an Oregon State University study (posted 06.03.17)
PCSWMM adopted by the City
of Redmond, WA (posted 06.01.25)
The City of Redmond is developing a stormwater master plan that
includes developing hydrologic and hydraulic models of each of
its 68 watersheds. These urban watersheds average about 200
acres in area and feature piped systems and streams that drain
to the Sammamish River or Lake Sammamish. The purpose of the
computer models is to support the City's Stormwater Capital
Improvement Program by identifying potential problem areas, and
to identify the best opportunities for regional stormwater
facilities. In support of the City's stormwater master planning
efforts, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants recently performed a
review of available computer models for stormwater hydrology and
hydraulics. Based on the results of this review the City
selected three products for use in modeling these urban
watersheds. For hydrology, the City is using HSPF or WWHM. For
hydraulics of the City's piped systems and most of its streams,
the City is using PCSWMM from Computational Hydraulics Inc. For
hydraulics of some streams immediately adjacent to the Sammamish
River, the City is using HEC-RAS. This protocol has been used
for modeling the first two watersheds and will be the
methodology used as the City proceeds with modeling across the
remainder of the City.
Comments or questions?
Please email info@computationalhydraulics.com,
call 519-767-0197, or fax 519-489-0695.
Office address
Computational Hydraulics Int.
147 Wyndham Street, Suite 202, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1H
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