InfoWorks ICM
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InfoWorks ICM 2024.2: ICMExchange API, FEH22, improved XPStorm/XPSWMM import
Our most recent InfoWorks ICM version update (released just a month ago) added bottom opening orifices, sluice gate objects and a new level section view – among other additions. This time around, our development and QA testers have done an excellent job of making sure the latest InfoWorks ICM 2024.2 release improves your workflow efficiencies…
Product news
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Choosing a drainage design solution: InfoDrainage or InfoWorks ICM?
What are the factors that should lead us to choose a drainage design solution? Or as I am sometimes asked by customers: “Should I use InfoDrainage or InfoWorks ICM for drainage design?” This might not even be the right question to ask. Perhaps it is more about aligning the right tools with the right problems…
Commentary
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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. It resulted in 103 deaths. Just 200 miles away, water professionals and politicians in San Antonio…
Customer stories
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4 New Water Drop workflow videos: audit reporting, phase management, printing, and RTC
We've been releasing new Water Drop videos every month since we began this project. Every time we add a new one, we include it on our Water Drop YouTube playlist. You can be updated every time we release a new video by subscribing to our YouTube channel and turning on notifications.
Water Talks
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New capabilities for SSF professionals with InfoWorks ICM 2024.1, plus new XPSWMM/XPStorm and XPViewer
If the new cloud capabilities from our last InfoWorks ICM version update weren’t enough, our latest release InfoWorks ICM 2024.1 continues to improve your workflow efficiencies through new bottom orifice representation, a new level section view, and additional enhancements to culvert representation. New bottom orifice You can now better represent your real network conditions and…
Product news
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Helping ISG make a smooth migration from XPSWMM to InfoWorks ICM
ISG is a nationally recognized, 100% employee-owned, multi-disciplinary architecture, engineering, environmental, and planning firm with a diverse portfolio of water-related work throughout the Midwest US that extends from watershed planning to urban redesign and everything in between. This year, they celebrate their 50th year in business. After being diligent users of XPSWMM for many years,…
Commentary
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission uses InfoWorks ICM to model a combined system
The San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) owns and operates close to 1,000 miles of sewer mains, 3 treatment facilities, 200 million gallons of storage, 26 pump stations and 36 combined sewer discharge outfalls. Interestingly, it is the only coastal city in California with a combined sewer system that collects and treats both wastewater and…
Storm, sewer, flood
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[Video] Colby Manwaring on Scottish Canal’s unique digital twin that is revitalising Glasgow
Last year at this time, I was riding a bike along the canals of Glasgow, tagging along with an extremely talented film crew from BBC StoryWorks to help document the incredible progress Scottish Canals has made in revitalizing their waterways. The film that came out of this trip, Europe’s First Smart Canal, is beautiful. We’re…
Industry news
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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…
Customer stories
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3 fresh Water Drop workflow videos: pipe-sizing automation, fireflow analysis, and new cloud capabilities
Happy Spring, everyone. You know what they say: April showers bring May Water Drops! It’s certainly true where I live in Denver, Colorado. Earlier this month, we had 1/3 of our annual rainfall occur in just 72 hours. Streets, roads, and (unfortunately) my basement were flooded. It was a prescient reminder of why hydraulic modelers…
Water Talks