Experiences of Integrated Modelling on the Birmingham SWMPAndrew Cox and Emma Richardson
Innovyze European User Conference 2012Birmingham September 19-20th
Contents
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● Who is involved
● How it all started
● Development of the tools
● Birmingham Surface Water Management Plan
● Useful Tips and Tricks
● Lessons Learnt
● Questions
Who is involved
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● Birmingham City Council
● Environment Agency
● Severn Trent Water
● Defra
● Sandwell MBC
● Solihull MBC
How it all started
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Wood Brook
Flood Alleviation Scheme: Feasibility Study
River Cole
● Flood Alleviation Scheme: Feasibility Study
● Also looking for environmental benefits (wetland)
● Local Flood Risk Management Plan
Birmingham Surface Water Management Plan
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Strategic Stage● High level, strategic
approach
● Existing data and records
● Scoring and weighting methodology
● Focus analysis for subsequent stages
Options
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POTENTIAL OPTIONS:●SHLAA sites to Greenfield●Property Level Protection●Storage●Surveys and model refinement●Maintenance of existing defences●Local Capacity increases (additional gullies, upsizing outfalls, brook widening etc.)●Road Realignment (open areas, roads additional gullies, etc.)
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● Scroll wheel
● CTRL Button when Opening Grids
● To open ICM with no windows open, hold SHIFT
● CTRL while drawing river reaches
● “Go to Another Element”
Problems/Solutions
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● To compare previous versions of the network,
-> select more than one version
Problems/Solutions
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● To compare previous versions of the network,
-> select more than one version
● Two sim results within one map window, drag
the second into the window holding SHIFT key.
Problems/Solutions
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● To compare previous versions of the network,
-> select more than one version
● Two sim results within one map window, drag
the second into the window holding SHIFT key.
● Simulation will continue in the background
Problems/Solutions
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Getting the Cole model right first time meant there was less need to go back and revisit
the model.
Be very careful when creating rivers and bridges.
Only do what you need to do.