The USEPA Guidance Document for complying with the Groundwater Rule discusses the use and benefits of hydraulic computer models. American Water applied the hydraulic model to support the approval of Representative Source Water Monitoring Plans avoiding costly sampling efforts. In this webcast, you will learn how to use the hydraulic model output to indicate the extents and various incremental percentages that each supply source would likely contribute to a system's Total Coliform Rule monitoring sites...

Thank you to the recent Los Angeles County Hydraulic Model User Group (LACHMUG) attendees, as well as those that considered but could not make it... With the City of Arcadia hosting, esri and Glendale Water & Power (GWP) delivered content-rich presentations to the group on topics including latest applications of ArcGIS V10 for water/wastewater utilities and hydraulic model applications to maximize system storage while increasing fire flows and prioritizing (and saving) CIP dollars.

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The Institute for Hygiene and Public Health has created a useful mapping application with GeoExt for the diffusion of water and health data.

See Esri and network with fellow water/wastewater professionals August 5th at the LA County Hydraulic Model Users Group meeting, hosted by IDModeling and the City of Arcadia.From 11:30-1:30, enjoy lunch and presentations from IDModeling, Esri, and Glendale Water & Power (Full agenda below). This event is open to all water/wastewater utilities. To attend, please RSVP with Paul Hauffen of IDModeling at paulhauffen@idmodeling.com

Los Angeles County Hydraulic Model Users Group

City of Arcadia
Council Chambers Conference Room

Metadata is essentially information that describes data and can be loosely defined as “data about data”.  Metadata is sometimes overlooked in the hydraulic modeling community.  However, if available, metadata can be useful in understanding the quality of data and can enhance hydraulic model development.  Metadata that might accompany a water or wastewater GIS dataset, for example, may provide a wealth of information including horizontal and vertical projection information, overall data accuracy and completeness, user constraints, contact information, accuracy and source of attribute information, and other important details.  This type of information can answer fundamental questions a modeler may have during the initial stages of hydraulic model development. 

Join us for the next Industry Expert Webcast featuring Dr. Tom Walski’s presentation on ‘How NOT to Calibrate Hydraulic Models’ on June 29th.

For more information, visit http://www.idmodeling.com/training/webcasts/how_not_to_calibrate.html

Being a full-time mom and a full-time engineer is not always easy.  You have to deal with deadlines and diapers, tech memos and tantrums, business casual and banana smeared on your favorite khakis.  Finding the balance is easier said than done.

…looking for a project manager

The ideal individual will be highly-skilled, motivated, client and team focused, and ready to fill the role of Project Manager. The focus of this position is to manage a dedicated, passionate group of hydraulic modelers & planners who have committed their careers to growth in this specialized field, while delivering internal and external technical guidance and best-management practices for hydraulic modeling, system evaluations, and water/wastewater planning activities.