waterRIDE™ SEWER: Technical Specification

Geospatial Data Inputs

waterRIDE™ SEWER Analyser supports the following file formats with no conversions required:

Data Type	Formats Supported
GIS files (vector – point/line/poly)	MapInfo TAB (.tab)* MapInfo MIF/MID (.mif)* ESRI Shape (.shp)* MicroStation DGN (.dgn)* AutoCAD DXF (.dxf)* Google Earth KML (.kml)*
Images (raster – pixel based)	JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg) Bitmap (.bmp) Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (.ecw) JPEG2000 (.j2k, .jp2, .jpx, .jpc, .j2c)* MrSID Imagery (.sid)* TIFF/GeoTIFF (.tiff)*
Text	Rich Text Format (.rtf)* Text (.txt)*
Web	HTML Web Pages (.htm, .html)
Tabular (see also OLE)	Comma – separated values (.csv)*
Object Linking & Embedding (OLE)	Installed windows – based programs that support OLE include (but are not limited to): - Microsoft Word^Ò (.doc)* - Microsoft Excel^Ò (.xls)* - Microsoft Access^Ò (.mdb)* - Microsoft Powerpoint^Ò (.ppt)* - ‘avi’ and ‘mpeg’ video - Adobe PDF (.pdf)*

Computing Requirements

w Windows® operating system (Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows ME)

w Minimum requirement; Pentium I, 200MHz, 32Mb memory

w Optimal computing requirements; Pentium III, 360MHz, 64Mb memory and 4Mb video card

w Graphics Card Settings: High Colour (16bit) or True Colour (32bit) and 1024x768 screen resolution

Import of Sewer Data

w any agency's manhole and pipe system (exported from their database as a *.csv file) can be imported to create a waterRIDE sewer network.

w a log file of the process indicating missing manholes, missing links, etc is created.

Network Editing

w combined networks

w create sewer lines (nodes and links)

w assign node properties - cover elevation, invert elevation, diameter, input loads

w assign link properties - upstream invert, downstream invert, diameter

w move, add, and delete nodes

w delete links

w interpolate missing node cover and invert elevations

w fill missing pipe diameters

w show duplicate nodes and links

w calculate cumulative loads along all network branches

Thematic Plots

w node cover and invert elevations

w node types (plan, junction, upstream end, downstream end, bifurcation, crossover)

w input and cumulative loads

w node and link edit status

w link diameter and slope

w PDwF in links

w link flow capacity (un-surcharged)

Sub-Catchments

w delineate sub-catchments

w assign loading permits in sewer network

w assign sub-catchment properties

w edit sub-catchment vertices (insert, delete, move, join)

Export of Sewer Network

w the sewer layout, with associated geometrical values (pipe diameters, pipe lengths etc.) can be exported as a GIS layer in MIF/MID format;

w the sewer layout and associated data including sub-catchment properties can be directly exported to MOUSE (ie *.und, *.dwf, *.hgf files)

Viewing Tools

Standard GIS viewing tools ie:

w spot polling

w zoom

w zoom window

w pan

w refresh

w layer toggle

Sewer Network Results Presentation

Current standard outputs, comprise:

Thematic Plots

w manhole or node water level

w manhole or node depth

w surcharge

w flow through pumps, weirs and pipes

w velocities in pipes

w frequency of manhole surcharge (long term simulation)

w average depth of manhole surcharge (long term simulation)

w frequency of weir overflows (long term simulation)

w total overflow volumes through weirs (long term simulation)

w pipe capacities

w flows as percentages of pipe capacities

Time & Profile Plots

w node water level

w culvert and ground level

w any of the time varying datasets

Animations

Any time varying variable can be animated through the storm events of a model run. All animations include the time varying, total volume of water contained in the network. Current standard animations comprise:

w node water level

w node depth

w manhole surcharge