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ASCE 2025 Infrastructure Report Card for America: How did water do?
The highly anticipated ASCE 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure has just been released. How did America do? How did water do? Since 1998, the American Society of Civil Engineers has released these assessments every four years, providing both a grade score…
Industry news
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Do you need a Rainwater Management Plan? This Irish manual provides excellent guidance.
Anthony McCloy is the managing director of McCloy Consulting and regularly speaks at conferences and seminars, provides university lectures, delivers national SuDS training workshops and has recently contributed to Ireland’s Rainwater Management Plans: Guidance for Local Authorities. Does your municipality need an…
Drainage design
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How does cellular storage work for stormwater control?
Certain stormwater controls are designed in ways that effectively divert water away from a site – but not cellular storage systems. Sometimes also called geocellular systems, geocellular attenuation tanks, or soakaway tanks, these Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS – aka LIDs/BMPs/WSUDs) capture stormwater…
Drainage design
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The benefits of porous pavement in drainage design
Sometimes called permeable pavement, porous pavement is an innovative and environmentally friendly approach to managing stormwater runoff in urban areas. As cities have grown, the sheer number of impermeable surfaces like roads, parking lots, and sidewalks has only increased, leaving traditional drainage…
Drainage design
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How do swales work? Understanding what a swale is and how they should be designed.
Swales are essential components in modern drainage design and play a significant role in managing stormwater runoff, rainwater runoff, and promoting sustainable drainage practices. These shallow, vegetated channels are designed to slow down, capture, and filter stormwater by controlling the flow of…
Drainage design
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How does InfoDrainage compare to HydroCAD, TR-20 & TR-55?
In the world of stormwater management and drainage design, selecting the right software tool is crucial for effective planning, analysis, and implementation. Among the myriad of options available in the water industry, we often get asked how Autodesk InfoDrainage compares to potential…
Storm, sewer, flood
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What is an infiltration trench and how does it work?
As the world’s drainage challenges grow, designers are constantly looking for new ways to handle stormwater. Commonly known as stormwater controls (SWCs), a subset of sustainable drainage systems, known as SuDS (LIDs/BMPs/WSUDs), have grown popular globally. SuDS work with nature, rather than…
Storm, sewer, flood
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The AI/ML revolution in sewer inspection pipeline condition assessment and management has already begun
Sewer pipeline assessment can be a dirty job. To make it easier, Autodesk’s Tim Medearis and VAPAR’s Michelle Aguilar teamed up at Autodesk University to show customers How AI/ML in Info360 Asset Can Assist in Sewer Pipeline Condition Assessment and Management. If…
AI and Machine Learning
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Generate dynamic digital twin hydraulic models with InfoWater Pro and Info360 Insight
Water distribution utilities around the world are facing a rising number of challenges to maintain and operate their increasingly complex networks on tighter and tighter budgets. In the United States, 6 billion gallons of treated water is lost daily and 30% of…
Operational analytics
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Arcadis is advancing clean water management for water utilities with InfoWater Pro
Everybody knows the name Arcadis. They stand out as a global leader in engineering solutions that address complex challenges throughout the water cycle. With a strong focus on collaboration and innovation, Arcadis partners with water utilities across the US to tackle present…
Water distribution