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International Conference on Water Management Modeling - Toronto, ON (February 25-26, 2015)
Wednesday, February 25 - Windsor Room B/C Morning Program
7:45 AM
Registration formalities and continental breakfast in main conference area
8:15 AM
Opening remarks, Open SWMM initiative - William James and Rob James, Computational
Hydraulics Int.
Session A1
8:30 AM A1.1 - On the potential of Whittington’s analytical approximation for computing
Pg.14 within-element water surface profiles in SWMM – William James, Computational Hydraulics
Int., Guelph, ON
8:50 AM A1.2 - Modeling stormwater runoff from an urban park, Singapore – K.N. Irvine, National
Pg. 14-15 Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and H.C.L. Chua, School of Engineering, Deakin University, Australia
9:10 AM A1.3 - Updated version of the National Stormwater Quality Database NSQD (version 4.0)
Pg. 16 – Robert Pitt and Alex Maestre, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
9:30 AM A1.4 - Greenfield areas and rural hydrology with SWMM5 – Gilles Rivard, Aquavidya Inc., LaPg. 16-17 val, Quebec, Louis-Andre Rinfret, MH20, Montreal, Quebec, Canada and François Chrétien, Agriculture & Agrifood Canada, Quebec, Canada
9:50 AM A1.5 - A right-of-way LID for stormwater management – James Y Li and Darko Joksimovic,
Pg. 17 Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
10:10 AM Coffee break
Session A2
10:30 AM A2.1 - SWMM enhancements for rural stormwater modeling – Cecilio Olivier, Emmons & OlivPg. 20 ier Resources Inc., Oakdale, MN, USA
10:50 AM A2.2 - Water quality and quantity analysis of agricultural BMPs using SWMM - Lake
Pg. 20 Huron South Eastern shore – Mike Talbot, Emmons & Olivier Resources Inc., Oakdale, MN, USA
11:10 AM A2.3 - Parallelization of the SWMM5 engine and more – Rob James, Tiehong Xiao, Nandana
Pg. 21 Perera, Mark Randall and Karen Finney, Computational Hydraulics Int., Guelph, ON, Canada
11:30 AM A2.4 - Integrated real time control of a central storage tunnel for minimization of sewer
Pg. 21 emissions in Graz, Austria – Roman Maier, Thomas Hofer, David Steffelbauer, Günter Gruber and
Dirk Muschalla, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
11:50 AM A2.5 - Operational implementation of collection system controls based on SWMM
Pg. 22 modeling for the City of Columbus, Ohio – Afaf Musa, Derek Wride and Ed Heyob, CDM Smith,
Columbus, OH, USA and Rob Herr and Fang Cheng, City of Columbus, Columbus, OH, USA
12:10 PM Lunch break - Please join us in the main conference area for a complimentary lunch
buffet
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International Conference on Water Management Modeling - Toronto, ON (February 25-26, 2015)
Wednesday, February 25 - Windsor Room B/C Afternoon Program
Session A3
1:10 PM A3.1 - Dual drainage modelling of the Cooksville Creek watershed, Ontario – Neelam GupPg. 24 ta, Credit Valley Conservation, Mississauga, ON, Canada and Mark Randall, Computational Hydraulics Int, Guelph, ON, Canada
1:30 PM A3.2 - A systematic review approach of long term metropolitan rainfall data from a large
Pg. 25-26 set of rain gauges – Qiuli Lu and Hazem Gheith, ARCADIS U.S., Inc., Columbus, OH, USA, Rob Herr,
Greg Barden and Fang Cheng, City of Columbus, Columbus, OH, USA
1:50PM A3.3 - Cincinnati's SWMM model: A journey through time – Sam Shamsi, Jacob Engineering
Pg. 26-27 Group, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Ben Gamble, Joe Koran and Thomas Crawford, MSDGC, Cincinnati, OH,
USA
2:10 PM A3.4 - RDII contribution from new developments – design standard versus flow
Pg. 28 monitoring and continuous modeling approach – Shyam Prasad and Hazem Gheith, ARCADIS,
Columbus, OH, USA, Rob Herr, Greg Barden and Fang Cheng, City of Columbus, Columbus, OH, USA
2:30 PM A3.5 - Integrated planning for linear assets – Vanessa Chau and Gareth Lifton, CH2M Hill, ToPg. 29 ronto, ON, Canada
2:50 PM Coffee break
Session A4
3:10 PM A4.1 - Decision support system framework for design of low impact development based
Pg. 32 on SWMM5.1 using multi-scenario analysis – Jae Y. Song and Eun-Sung Chung, Seoul National
University of Technology and Science, South Korea
3:30 PM A4.2 - Evaluation of REILP scenarios toward a long-term planning of WRM system in
Pg. 32 Saudi Arabia – Badir S. Alsaeed and Lei Liu, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
3:50 PM A4.3 - Automatic calibration for watershed runoff continuous simulation and water
Pg. 33 quality simulation of SWMM5 – Sangho Lee, Pukoung National University, Korea, Taeuk Kang, Kwater Research Institute, Korea and Taehun Jung, Pukoung National University, Korea
4:10 PM A4.4 - Selection of locally available soil adsorbents for the development of household
Pg. 34 defluoridation unit – Beraki B. Mehari, Alfred O. Mayabi and Beatrice K. Kakoi, Jomo Kenyatta
University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
4:30 PM A4.5 - On the uses of graph databases in water distribution systems – Adam Rose, XP SoluPg. 34-35 tions, Portland, OR, USA
4:50 PM Closing remarks
6:30 PM Conference dinner in Windsor Room A (cash bar)
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International Conference on Water Management Modeling - Toronto, ON (February 25-26, 2015)
Thursday, February 26 - Windsor Room B/C Morning Program
7:45 AM
Registration formalities and continental breakfast in main conference area
Session A5
8:30 AM A5.1 - Assessment of the potential for pressure transients due to trapped air
Pg. 38 compression in rapidly filling CSO tunnels – Steven J. Wright, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI, USA, Peter Klaver, LimnoTech Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA and Jose G. Vasconcelos, Auburn University,
Auburn, AL, USA
8:50 AM A5.2 - 2D hydraulic modelling of a flood vulnerable neighborhood – Robert Chan and Michael
Pg. 38-39 Heralall, TRCA, Downsview, ON, Canada
9:10 AM A5.3 - The examination of flood risk in the Caribbean on Island of Turks and Caicos and
Pg. 40-41 the solutions to address flooding – Michael Thompson and Paul Donahue, Dillon Consulting Ltd.,
Toronto, ON, Canada
9:30 AM A5.4 - Qualitative approach to define age of sewersheds using physically based models –
Pg. 41-42 Shyam Prasad , Bryant McDonnell and Hazem Gheith, ARCADIS, Columbus, OH, USA, Rob Herr, Greg
Barden and Fang Cheng, City of Columbus, Columbus, OH, USA
9:50 AM A5.5 - Development of an innovative water hazard and risk management strategy based
Pg. 42-43 on a pilot integrated modeling tool on the sensitive Thau Lagoon in France – Nelly Peyron,
HydroPraxis, France, Stephane Roumeau and Ludovic Cesmat, Syndicat Mixte du Bassin de Thau,
France
10:10 AM Coffee break
Session A6
10:30 AM A6.1 - Comparison of three methodologies for quasi-2D river flooding modeling with EPA
Pg. 46 SWMM – John Beck, ATBA SA, Moutier Bern, Switzerland
10:50 AM A6.2 - Quantifying the effect of variations in hydrologic, hydraulic, and
Pg. 47 hydrometeorological controls on inundation in urban areas – Behzad Nazari and Dong-Jun
Seo, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA and Ranjan Muttiah, City of Fort Worth, Fort
Worth, TX, USA
11:10 AM A6.3 - Water and air: sewer ventilation modeling – Scott A. Lowe, Manhattan College, Riverdale,
Pg. 47 NY, USA
11:30 AM A6.4 - Identification of biological protection zones in Coastal Plain rivers of Southeastern
Pg. 48 U.S. – Alex Maestre and Milton Ward, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL., USA
11:50 AM A6.5 - Watershed modelling for predicting in-stream pathogen levels – Pramod Pandey, UniPg. 49 versity of California, Davis, USA, Chris Rehmann and Michelle Soupir, Iowa State University, Ames,
Iowa, USA
12:10 PM Lunch break - Please join us in the main conference area for a complimentary lunch
buffet
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International Conference on Water Management Modeling - Toronto, ON (February 25-26, 2015)
Thursday, February 26 - Windsor Room B/C Afternoon Program
Session A7
1:10 PM A7.1 - High-resolution flash flood forecasting for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW)
Pg. 52 – Dong-Jun Seo, A. Rafieeinasab Norourzi, B. Nazari, A. Norourzi, P. Jangyodsuk and J. Gao, University of Texas Arlington, TX, USA, P., Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CA, USA, B.
Philips and E. Lyons, University of Massachusetts Amherts, MA, USA, R. Muttiah and C. Davis, The
City of Fort Worth, TX, USA
1:30 PM A7.2 - The water utility risk integration matrix – Mark de Lange, Richard Harvey, Yi Wang and
Pg. 52-53 Edward McBean, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
1:50 PM A7.3 - On the interaction between stormwater drainage systems and rivers in urban arePg. 53 as: A case study located in Quebec City – Philippe Tremblay, Francois Groux, WSP Canada Inc.,
Quebec, Canada
2:10 PM A7.4 - Assessment of finely discretized urban drainage models derived from WorldViewPg. 54 2 satellite imagery –Moh Moh Lin Khin, Darko Joksimovic and Ahmed Shaker, Ryerson University,
Toronto, ON, Canada
2:30 PM A7.5 - Modelling blue and green water resources availability in an Iranian data scarce
Pg. 55 watershed using SWAT model – L. Vasel and G.A. Sayyad, University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran, A. A.
Besalatpour, University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran and B. Gharabaghi, University of Guelph,
Guelph, ON, Canada
2:50 PM Coffee break
Session A8
3:10 PM A8.1 - Automating hydraulic transient model to enable efficient sensitivity analysis and
Pg. 58-59 calibration – Hailiang Shen, Juraj Cunderlik, and Chris Hunter, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, Waterloo, ON, Canada
3:30 PM A8.2 - Improving operational water quality forecasting with ensemble data assimilation
Pg. 59 – Dong-Jun Seo, Sunghee Kim and Hamideh Riazi, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
and Changmin Shin, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, Korea
3:50 PM A8.3 - Modeling the water quality difference between the near-shore and offshore zones
Pg. 59-60 of Lake Ontario – Mijanur Chowdhury and Mathew Wells, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
4:10 PM A8.4 - Selecting appropriate synthetic hyetographs for use in SWMM to model runoff
Pg. 60 from discretised catchments in South Africa – Winston N. Nxumalo, Jones & Wagener Engineering & Environmental Consultants, Rivonia, South Africa
4:30 PM Awards and conference closure
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