News

Now Available: PCSWMM Professional

The Professional version is now available for PCSWMM, CHI's next generation spatial decision support system for US EPA SWMM5 stormwater, wastewater and watershed drainage modeling.

Additional capabilities include advanced 2-D floodplain analysis tools, comprehensive, automated radar-rainfall tools for acquiring and processing NEXRAD radar products, removing bias with local raingage data, and area-weighted per-subcatchment hyetograph generation, and more.

The standard version of PCSWMM is still also available. View a comparison of the various PCSWMM versions here and
see a full description here.

New! Model Viewing with Google Earth Integration

CHI has expanded the integration of PCSWMM and Google Earth so that you can easily transfer and present your models on the web with Google Earth, complete with support for any projection system, custom attribute balloons, animated 2D playback of computed results, and complete control over thematic rendering.

Features include:

• on-the-fly reprojection of any layer (including background
  layers)
• full control over the appearance of point, line and polygon
  layers
• thematic 2D and 3D rendering by any input or result
  attribute
• animated 2D and 3D rendering of computed results
• animated rendering of radar-rainfall
• balloon pop-ups providing details on entity attributes and results
• and much more...

Date set for 2010 International Conference on Stormwater & Urban Water Systems Modeling

• February 18-19, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario (C019).

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.

February 2010 will be the 19th in the current series of annual Toronto conferences. It is also effectively the 43nd SWMM Users Group Meeting, and the 30th to be held in Canada.

The conference is also preceded by a SWMM/PCSWMM workshop which will be held February 16-17, 2010.

Announcing a Call for Papers

Have you worked hard on a project that you feel has made a significant improvement? Do you have an innovation you’d like to share with your peers?

Now is the time to submit an abstract for consideration for presentation at the 2010 International Conference on Stormwater and Urban Water Systems Modeling in Toronto. Those chosen to present at our 19th annual Toronto conference will have the opportunity to share their work with civil and environmental engineers; landscape engineers and architects; aquatic biologists, ecologists, fluvial geomorphologists and other scientists; urban geographers, and policy makers; professionals from municipal and government engineering ; public works personnel; consultants; and instructors and researchers at universities and research institutions.

This event is also the 43nd SWMM Users Group Meeting, and the 30th to be held in Canada. The conference is preceded by a SWMM/PCSWMM workshop.

Suggested topics are:

• Using computer models to resolve real pollution problems / eco-restoration
• Surface water quality modeling
• Modeling impacts on aquatic systems / habitats
• Stormwater / pollution management modeling
• Urban water system modeling
• Urban drainage system design and analysis
• Wetlands, BMPs, TMDLs and LIDs
• Climate change and system security
• Field data monitoring and instrumentation
• Bio-computing (genetic algorithms and neural networks)
• GIS, FM/AM and CAD systems and analysis
• Decision analysis systems
• Policy, legislation, permitting and enforcement

Notices of intent to submit an abstract are invited immediately. They should include a title or topic that you wish to cover, a brief outline if possible, and the names and contact information of the authors involved. Authors will be contacted for the abstract prior to the deadline for submission.

Don’t miss the chance to showcase your best project. Submit your abstract today! Deadline for abstract submission is January, 2010.

If you would like to view a print ready Call for Papers brochure in .pdf format, please click here

More News

PCSWMM French version

CHI will shortly announce the availability of the new French version of PCSWMM. Training workshops will also be offered in several locations including France, Quebec and elsewhere. Please watch this area for new announcements.

Monograph 17 - Conceptual Modeling of Urban Water Systems

Now available is CHI's Conceptual Modeling of Urban Water Systems , the 17th monograph in the series of books from the international Stormwater and Water Quality Management Modeling Conferences, held annually in Toronto. Twenty-three chapters from the 2008 conference are presented, all peer-reviewed for relevance and clarity. The 450 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.

Educational Certification

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 and SWMM5. Period of Validation in SA: September 2009 – September 2012.

CHI's 3-day workshop part of UCT graduate course CIV5079Z Urban Drainage Modelling

Recently, 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 assignment) in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town.

CHI develops new workshop topics, options and workshop workbooks

CHI offers many, separate topics for workshop training. Associated with the workshops, special Workshop Workbooks have been produced. Potential participants are invited to select topics of immediate or potential concern. For more information about our workshops and a list of available dates and locations, click here. To register for a workshop, click here.

Please email your workshop workbook topic suggestions to info@computationalhydraulics.com and watch this site for for further details.

PCSWMM instruction at AIT in Thailand

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.

Comments or questions?

Please email info@computationalhydraulics.com, call 519-767-0197, or fax 519-489-0695.