Effective Modeling of Urban Water Systems, Monograph 13

Now available from CHI, this is the thirteenth in the series of books from the International Stormwater and Water Quality Management Modeling Conferences, held annually in Toronto. Twenty-four chapters (listed below) selected from the 2004 conference are presented, all peer-reviewed for relevance and clarity. The 568 page book is presented in a beautiful glossy hardcover, complete with index and glossary.

James, William, 1937- , Editor in Chief, edited by Kim N. Irvine, Edward A. Mc Bean and Robert E. Pitt.

Compiled and published by CHI, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

International Standard Book Number 0-9736716-0-2

CHI Catalog Number: R223

1. Development and Evaluation of Stormwater Improvement Alternatives

Michael A. Gregory, John A. Aldrich, Michael F. Schmidt, Jeffrey E. Duke, and Brian A. Barker

2. A Genetic Algorithm for the Minimum Cost Design of a Stormwater System

John Stephen Auger, William James and Andrea Bradford.

3. A Lifecycle Cost Based Design Optimization Model for Stormwater Management System

Jinhui Huang, William James and W. Robert C. James.

4. Rapid Detection of Bacteria in a Water Distribution System

Rolf A Deininger, Ji Young Lee and Jungwon Min

5. GISRed 1.0, a GIS-based Tool for Water Distribution Models for Master Plans

Fernando Martínez and Hugo Bartolín

6. Modeling Water Demand Considering Impact of Climate Change – a Toronto Case Study

Waiel A. Sadiq and Bryan W. Karney

7. A Review of Reliability Analysis for Water Quality in Water Distribution Systems

Jinhui Huang, Edward A. McBean, and William James

8. Flow Needs for City of Detroit Customers through 2050

Philip N. Brink, Larry J. Witt, Ashraf A. Ibrahim, and Carl R. Johnson

9. Continuous Simulation Approach to Centralized Stormwater Management Design for Partial Treatment of Urbanizing Subwatersheds

Aaron Farrell and Ronald B. Scheckenberger

10. Continuous Surface Runoff, Groundwater and Water Quality Modeling of the C-100 Basin, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Tom Nye, Robert E. Dickinson, Michael Thompson, Mike Schmidt, Victor Martin, and Gilberto Peralta

11 Runtime Comparisons between SWMM 4 and SWMM 5 using various Continuous Simulation Model Networks

Carl C. Chan, Robert E. Dickinson and Edward H. Burgess

12. Review of Historical Street Dust and Dirt Accumulation and Washoff Data

Robert Pitt, Derek Williamson, John Voorhees and Shirley Clark

13 Stormwater Quality Descriptions using the Three Parameter Lognormal Distribution

Alexander Maestre, Robert Pitt, S. Rocky Durrans and Subhabrata Chakraborti

14 Developing Planning-Level Drainage Solutions in Large, Multi-Jurisdictional Watersheds

George Remias, John Aldrich, Michael A. Gregory, Jeffrey E. Duke and Frank Greenland

15 ArcGIS and SWMM Integration

Uzair (Sam) Shamsi and Peter Smith

16 Normalizing Rain Gage Network Biases With Calibrated Radar Rainfall Estimates

Gary D. Martens and James T. Smullen

17 Rainfall Accuracy Considerations Using Radar and Rain Gauge Networks for Rainfall-Runoff Monitoring

Baxter E. Vieux and Jean E. Vieux

18 Impacts of Rainfall Data on Model Refinement in Greater Pittsburgh

Terry J, Meeneghan, Timothy D. Prevost, and Khalid N. Khan

19 Applications and Limitations of Single-Phase Models to the Description of the Rapid Filling Pipe Problem

Jose G. Vasconcelos and Steven J. Wright

20 Calibration of BASINS HSP-F in Support of a Watershed Approach to CSO Long Term Control Planning

M.F. Perrelli, K.N. Irvine, and T.S. Lee

21 A Continuous Simulation Approach for Separate Sewered Areas

Mark D. Loehlein, Terry J. Meeneghan and Timothy Prevost

22 Surface Infiltration Rate of Permeable Pavements

E. Z. Bean, W. F. Hunt, and D. A. Bidelspach

23. Sources of Pollutants in Urban Areas (Part 1) – Older Monitoring Projects

Robert Pitt, Roger Bannerman, Shirley Clark, and Derek Williamson

24. Sources of Pollutants in Urban Areas (Part 2) – Recent Sheetflow Monitoring Results

Robert Pitt, Roger Bannerman, Shirley Clark, and Derek Williamson

Also includes:

Comprehensive index

Listing of acronyms and abbreviations

Listing of programs and models

SI-US unit conversion

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