InfoWorks ICM
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Scottish Canals: Turning Glasgow into a sponge city
When Scottish Canals, Glasgow City Council, and Scottish Water came together to create the Glasgow Integrated Water Management System under the wider umbrella partnership of the Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Partnership, they had a radical idea – to turn North Glasgow into a “sponge city”, utilizing long-neglected canals in an ecologically friendly way to absorb,…
Sustainability
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A Stormies Guide to InfoWorks ICM: free learning series
If you’re looking to get started with InfoWorks ICM, we have some good news. We designed a series of videos for stormwater experts that is completely free and open to everyone. This is a great way to quickly learn the details of InfoWorks ICM from someone who knows the app inside and out – one…
Storm, sewer, flood
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How Dekalb County changed their modeling approach to more accurately model RDII
Dekalb County’s water professionals take their approach to rainfall management seriously, and they attribute their success to a unique approach that uses a Groundwater Infiltration Model (GIM) in InfoWorks ICM. For this project, Dekalb Watershed Management partnered with Jacobs Engineering to calibrate the wet weather flows in Dekalb County’s collection system model. Sometimes rainfall is…
Customer stories
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The 3 biggest challenges utilities face with their storm, sewer, and flood models
Discover the 3 biggest challenges water utilities face with storm, sewer, and flood modeling and how to solve them.
Storm, sewer, flood
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MIT Webinar: Building community resilience by reducing sewer overflows and improving flood management
For 92% of the world, the highest extreme climate risk comes from precipitation-related events, with most of those driven by rain. If those numbers sound dire, they don’t brighten up when you factor in the infrastructure decline in the US. Thankfully, there are academic voices doing the difficult work of highlighting the challenges and coming…
Storm, sewer, flood
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SEERO: growing their use of InfoWorks ICM as they grow their business
Qatar is one of the most water-stressed countries on Earth. Rainfall is low and mostly seasonal, so flooding can be a concern at specific times of the year, which is intensified by a flat and low-lying landscape. Or, at least, it used to be. As Qatar strives to reach their ambitious Qatar Vision 2030 goals,…
Customer stories
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Water Talk: Modeling Basics in InfoWorks ICM
Looking for a quick, basic tutorial for InfoWorks ICM? We have lots of great content on our support portal when you want to tackle every step, but sometimes watching over someone’s shoulder is a great place to start. So grab a source of data – a node, boundary, sub-catchment or whatever you have to start…
Storm, sewer, flood
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Where to look: A quick guide to Autodesk water solutions learning content
Hydraulic modeling software is an essential tool for engineers and water professionals to effectively plan, design, and operate water infrastructure systems. However, finding the right learning materials across the Internet to get started with the right hydraulic modeling solution can sometimes be a daunting task. Here, we give you a round-up of learning content we…
Product news
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AtkinsRéalis: Using InfoWorks ICM to model rainfall runoff across multiple soil types for Reigate
Over the last 20 years, the town center of Reigate in the southern English county of Surrey has flooded on a regular basis due to a combination of fluvial flooding from the Wallace Brook, surface water, and foul flooding. One specific difficulty they faced in tackling the situation were siltation issues in the brook itself.…
Customer stories
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How Arcadis helped Hong Kong ensure security of service for extreme weather events using InfoWorks ICM
Arcadis, a global design, engineering, and management consulting firm known for their expertise in stormwater and wastewater management, was commissioned to support their client’s long-term resilience investment strategy by using catchment-level hydraulic modeling and holistic risk assessment to assess the flood risks that can arise from extreme weather events. The complexity and regional scale of…
Customer stories