Introduction to Integrated Catchment Modelling

Modeling is now a pre-requisite to understanding the impact of Urban

Development

Government Directives dictate that Utilities and Cities now strictly control and closely manage their drainage networks.

Understanding the interaction between underground drainage networks, local

watercourses and rivers

River models can predict inundation and overland flood routes.

Stormwater models can show street flooding and property impact.

The ability to simultaneously represent all flow paths is a necessity for integrated

studies

Requirement : To model “all sources” of flooding.

Solution : A single, fully integrated, catchment model.

Fully integrated 1D and 2D simulation of above-ground and below-ground drainage

networks in one powerful package

The first software in the world to successfully combine these advanced modelling requirements in a single application with one Simulation engine.

Estuary

Surface runoff

Groundwater

Evaporation

Precipitation

Coast

Evaporation

Utilises Existing PC Resources

The software can be installed stand-alone for single-user operation.

Existing computer hardware, such as that used with older modelling applications, can be utilised when upgrading to InfoWorks ICM.

InfoWorks ICM provides better run-time performance when compared with InfoWorks CS and InfoWorks RS on the same PC hardware.

Utilises Existing PC Resources

As hydraulic models grow and become more complex, InfoWorks ICM users can start to operate as part of a small office work-group and share local computer resources to gain maximum efficiency.

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Utilises Existing PC Resources

Full integration of 1D and 2D mathematical modelling techniques.

Below ground and above ground elements of catchments can be modelled as never before.

The hydraulics and hydrology of natural and man-made environments to be incorporated into a single model.

A full understanding of all the processes occurring over the entire catchment can be achieved.

Provides a simple and cost effective solution to what is often a complex engineering challenge.

Introduction to Integrated Catchment Modelling