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JMT: Protecting the City of Charleston with the Low Battery Seawall and modern drainage design
Consulting firm Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT) leveraged InfoDrainage to ensure improvements to the Low Battery Seawall in Charleston will protect the surrounding community from future flooding. Charleston has benefitted and suffered from an abundance of water since its founding over 350 years ago on a marshy peninsula along the Eastern Seaboard. Although being surrounded…
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Bonton Associates: Technology is their key differentiator
In the heart of Louisiana stands a dedicated community of water professionals. With deep multi-generational roots anchoring them to the lush wetlands, they exhibit a profound commitment to the communities they cherish and serve. Darius Bonton is a prime example of such dedication and expertise within this community. Impeccably dressed at seemingly all times, with…
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Consor Engineers: Simulating sophisticated pump flows in a closed system
Whatcom County (PUD) tasked Consor Engineers, a water and transportation infrastructure consulting firm, with conducting hydraulic modeling simulations to assess its current industrial water system and select new high head service pumps for a proposed new water treatment plant.
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Putting the squeeze in sponge cities: Amsterdam’s Waternet and the innovative RESILIO blue-green roof project
The RESILIO project has helped Amsterdam repurpose rooftops as smart blue-green roofs to reuse rainwater and prevent localized flooding. This project, along with other sustainable water initiatives like the Amsterdam Rainproof program, continues to position the Netherlands at the forefront of water management. We examine the details of the project, how our software is used,…
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The City of Fayetteville’s flood resiliency in the face of climate change: mapping 15 watersheds
You’ll find dozens of US cities and counties named after Revolutionary War hero Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, but the city in North Carolina was the first – and probably the only one he ever actually visited. Originally called Cross Creek by the Highland Scottish immigrants who helped populate it, Fayetteville was founded next…
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Davidson Water: Going deep with surge analysis and bubbling up with community engagement
As a nonprofit membership-based organization, Davidson Water is entirely supported by the rates and fees paid by its member customers – no county taxes involved. Created over 50 years ago by enterprising businessmen who realized that this part of the popular Piedmont corridor of commerce and trade would not be able to host more business without…
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Combining BIM and hydraulic modeling expertise to (re)build a better dam in small-town Brazil
When the Diego Cuê Dam ruptured in the town of Caarapó deep in the southern tip of Brazil, it wasn’t only flooding that the authorities had to manage. The dammed lake, located in the Ayrton Senna Park, is an important recreation space for residents and is perhaps Caarapó’s only tourist attraction. The flooding of the…
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What if Hurricane Harvey had hit San Antonio?
Over eight days in August 2017, category 4 Hurricane Harvey dropped more than 50 inches of rainfall over Houston, Texas, making it the most significant rainfall event in US history since the USGS began keeping records in the 1880s. Just 200 miles away, water professionals and politicians in San Antonio asked themselves: “What if the…
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Central San reduces need for capacity planning by 30% with InfoWorks ICM
The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District – called “Central San” by the locals – is one of the larger water systems in the San Francisco Bay region. Located about 30 miles east of San Francisco, the district is responsible for the collection and treatment of wastewater for half a million residents and 3,000+ businesses, cleaning…
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Hunter Water: using InfoWorks WS Pro to help undertake an important yearly risk analysis
Hunter Water Corporation (HWC) is the second largest water and sewerage utility corporation in New South Wales. This state-owned corporation has been operating since 1892 and serves a population of almost 600,000 people spread across 6,671 square kilometres in the areas of Cessnock, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Dungog, and small parts of Singleton.…
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