Innovyze Sustainable Urban Stormwater Best Management Practices with InfoSWMM Sustain plus InfoSWMM 2D and SWMMLive - all based on EPA #SWMM 5.1.010

1. Sustainable Urban
Stormwater Best
Management Practices
with InfoSWMM Sustain
plus InfoSWMM 2D and
SWMMLive

2. Contents
01Introduction to Sustain
02InfoSWMM Sustain
03InfoSWMM 2D
04SWMMLive
What is InfoSWMM Sustain and How Can it Help
Evaluate BMPs and LIDs for sustainability goals?
How do you use and understand the tools
in InfoSWMM Sustain?
What is SWMMLive and How it allows users to
perform multiple scenario analysis simulations,
evaluate improved real-time control strategies and
quickly see the effect of these changes on the
system.
What is InfoSWMM 2D and How Can it Help
with Flooding and CSO Studies?

3. Urban Stormwater Impacts
Water Quantity: Urban Flooding
• Costly interruptions of urban transportation and other
activities .
• Damage to property and infrastructure .
Water Quality:
• Urban stormwater is listed as the “primary” source of impairment for 13% of all
rivers, 18% of all lakes, and 32% of all estuaries.
• In 2010, stormwater caused more than 8,700 beach closing and advisory days;
sewage spills and overflows caused more than 1,800.
Hydrologic, Geomorphic, and Biological Impacts:
• Increased stormwater volume and velocity causes
flooding, reduced bank stability, and channel
erosion.
• Impaired habitat and water quality impact
fisheries and shellfish harvesting.

4. Approaches to Managing Stormwater
The Conveyance Approach
Rapidly remove stormwater from impervious
surfaces to receiving streams by way of engineered
drainage systems (e.g., culverts, storm drains, and
channelized streams ).
The Infiltration Approach (InfoSWMM Sustain)
Retain stormwater as close as possible to its originating
source(s), infiltrating as much as possible into the soil
by using best management practices and strategies.

5. Cost-Benefit
Optimization
Framework
Low Impact
Development/BMP
Siting Tool
Seamless Integration
with GIS & SWMM5
Design and Performance
Reporting of Costs,
Water Quality, & Water
Quantity
Comprehensive Urban Stormwater Treatment & Analysis Tool
Answers Key Questions:
o How effective are LIDs and
BMPs in reducing runoff and
pollutant loadings
o What are the most cost-
effective solutions for meeting
water quality and quantity
objectives?
o And where, what type, and how
extensive should the LIDs and
BMPs be?
InfoSWMM Sustain
Evaluating BMPs and LIDs for sustainability goals

6. Quickly Determine Optimal Green Infrastructure Solution with
InfoSWMM Sustain
InfoSWMM Sustain
Before (flooding) After (no flooding)
New Green Infrastructure
Solution Reduces the Peak
Flow and attenuates the
Runoff
Flooding

7. 02
ALL LID TYPES
Supported
Natively model all LID
types using latest SWMM
engine in one interface
03
CONFIGURATION
Flexible
No fields are hard-coded.
Choose a variety of
different format & fields
04
REPORTING
Powerful
Use InfoSWMM robust
reporting to easily analyze
design performance
01INTEGRATION
Under-one-hood
Seamless integration with
EPA SWMM engine,
100% GIS Integrated
(latest ArcGIS platform)
Advantages

8. What are BMPS, LIDs, SUDS? What is InfoSWMM Sustain?
Definitions:
o BMP: Best Management Practice
o LID: Low Impact Development
o GI: Green Infrastructure
o SUDS: Sustainable Urban Drainage
Systems
o SUSTAIN*: System for Urban
Stormwater Treatment and Analysis
Integration
*Developed by EPA's Office of Research and
Development (ORD)
InfoSWMM Sustain
InfoSWMM Sustain is a decision support system that assists stormwater management professionals with developing and
implementing plans for flow and pollution control measures to protect source waters and meet water quality goals. It allows
watershed and stormwater practitioners to develop, evaluate, and select optimal best management practice (BMP)
combinations at various watershed scales based on cost and effectiveness.

9. STEP 5
Apply Preferred
LID Candidates
Directly to
InfoSWMM
Scenario
STEP 3
Run Optimizer to
Optimize LID Candidate
Parameters
Applications:
o Implement TMDL plans
o Identify pollutant reductions
o Determine optimal green
infrastructure (GI) strategies for
reducing volume and peak flows to
CSOs
o Evaluate benefits of distributed GI
on water quantity/quality in
streams
o Develop a phased BMP installation
plan using cost effectiveness
curves
STEP 2
Identify which
Combination of LID
Candidates
What is the InfoSWMM Sustain Workflow Process?
STEP 1
Run Site Manager to
Locate Potential LID
Sites
STEP
Develop
Performance
Reports to Compare
LID Scenarios
4
InfoSWMM Sustain

10. InfoSWMM
Sustain LID
Control
Types
Bio
Retention
Cell
Rain
Garden
Infiltration
Trench
Rain Barrel
Vegetative
Swale
Porous
Pavement
Green Roof
Rooftop
Disconnecti
on
What are LID Control Types in InfoSWMM Sustain?
o There are 8 Types of
LID Controls allowed
in InfoSWMM
o They are defined in
the Attribute
Browser under LID
Controls
o 1. Rain Garden
o 2. Bio-Retention
o 3. Porous Pavement
o 4. Green Roof
o 5. Rain Barrel
o 6. Rooftop
Disconnection
o 7. Vegetative Swale
o 8. Infiltration Trench
o Other BMP’s such as
Wet and Dry Ponds
can be simulated
with a Storage Node
with Seepage and
Evaporation.

11. What are Possible LID Controls in InfoSWMM Sustain?
o There are 8 Types of
LID Controls allowed
in InfoSWMM
o They are defined in
the Attribute
Browser under LID
Controls
o 1. Rain Garden
o 2. Bio-Retention
o 3. Porous Pavement
o 4. Green Roof
o 5. Rain Barrel
o 6. Rooftop
Disconnection
o 7. Vegetative Swale
o 8. Infiltration Trench
o Other BMP’s such as
Wet and Dry Ponds
can be simulated
with a Storage Node
with Seepage and
Evaporation.
InfoSWMM Sustain

12. What are the possible LID’s in the Siting Manager of Sustain?
o A total of 14 possible BMP’s and LID’s can be located using the Siting Manager of InfoSWMM Sustain
o 14 Types of BMP’s
and LID’s
o Constructed Wetland
o Infiltration Basin
o Bio-Retention
o Surface Sand Filter
o Rain Barrel
o Cistern
o Wet Pond
o Dry Pond
o Grassed Swale
o Infiltration Trench
o Vegetated Filterstrip
o Non-Surface Sand
Filter
o Green Roof
o Porous Pavement
InfoSWMM Sustain

13. What are the possible LID’s in the Siting Manager?
InfoSWMM Sustain
o A total of 14 possible BMP’s and LID’s can be located using the Siting Manager of InfoSWMM Sustain

14. What are the possible LID’s in the Siting Manager?
o A total of 14 possible BMP’s and LID’s can be located using the Siting Manager of InfoSWMM Sustain
InfoSWMM Sustain

15. What are the possible LID’s in the Siting Manager?
o A total of 14 possible BMP’s and LID’s can be located using the Siting Manager of InfoSWMM Sustain
InfoSWMM Sustain

16. InfoSWMM
Sustain LID
Siting
Manager
Options
Constructe
d Wetland Infiltration
Basin
Bio-
Retention
Surface
Sand Filter
Rain
Barrel
Cistern
Wet Pond
Dry Pond
Grassed
Swale
Infiltration
Trench
Vegetated
Filterstrip
Non-
Surface
Sand Filter
Green Roof
Porous
Pavement
What are the LID Types in the Siting Manager?
o 14 Types of BMP’s
and LID’s
o Constructed Wetland
o Infiltration Basin
o Bio-Retention
o Surface Sand Filter
o Rain Barrel
o Cistern
o Wet Pond
o Dry Pond
o Grassed Swale
o Infiltration Trench
o Vegetated Filterstrip
o Non-Surface Sand
Filter
o Green Roof
o Porous Pavement

17. Urban Stormwater
Challenges
Eroding
streams &
shorelines
Higher instream
sediment levels,
Unstable shoreline
areas
Location-
specific
challenges
Preserving water
during drought
Combined System
Overflows (CSOs)
Reducing I/I
Budget
Managing costs
associated with
above challenges
Regulatory
Total Max. Daily Loads
(TMDL), NPDES
Stormwater permits,
Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer System
(MS4)
Pollutants
Bacteria,
nutrients, and
heavy metals
What Challenges InfoSWMM Sustain Helps Solve?
InfoSWMM Sustain

18. o Siting Manager to find LID’s from
GIS Data
o Add LID’s my Drawing or imported
from InfoSWMM
o LID Candidate Selection for 14
Types of LID/BMP’s
o Optimization Rules and Goals
o LID Optimization to find best LID
Solutions
o Design Report to See Optimized
LID’s and BMP’s
o Performance Report to See Effect
of the LID’s and BMP’s
o Cost Effectiveness Graph for
Recommended Solutions
o Export Best Solution to InfoSWMM
What are the Tools in InfoSWMM Sustain?
Tools:
Siting
Manager
LID
Optimization
What
LID’s
were
Optimized
What are the
Recommended
Solutions?
InfoSWMM Sustain

19. What is InfoSWMM Sustain Siting Manager?
o Siting Manager uses GIS
Layer Data (1)
o 14 Possible BMP’s and
LID’s which are selected
by the user (2)
o GIS Layer Rules to define
the possible locations for
LID Candidates.
InfoSWMM Sustain

20. What are the LID Candidates from the Sustain Siting Manger
Listed?
o The Siting Manager finds LID
Candidates bases on the LID Type
and the GIS Siting Rules
o The located LID Candidates are
shown on the Arc GIS Map and in
the Arc GIS TOC to the left
o All TOC Commands can be used
for the LID Candidates
InfoSWMM Sustain

21. What is LID Candidate Selection in InfoSWMM Sustain?
o Siting Manager to find LID’s from GIS Data
o Add LID’s my Drawing or imported from InfoSWMM
o Rules for Units, Width, Area, Thickness and Costs are defined by the User of InfoSWMM Sustain.
InfoSWMM Sustain

22. What LID Parameters are We Optimizing?
o The number of units, the width, area and soil thickness of each
LID is Optimized in InfoSWMM Sustain.
o The User defines the other parameters for each LID by Layer.
InfoSWMM Sustain

23. What are the LID Optimization Targets?
o Optimization Targets are
by Subcatchment and
include Targets based on
Runoff or Runoff and
Water Quality (you define
the Water Quality
Parameters and Type)
o The Optimization
INCLUDES all Hydrology
and Hydraulics in your
model for the active
elements. This can
include GW, WQ, BMP’s,
Seepage and RTC Rules
for the 1D St. Venant
Equation.
InfoSWMM Sustain

24. What are the LID Optimization Techniques?
o Two Types of Optimization
Techniques
o Scatter Search or a
metaheuristic search
technique
o Advanced Genetic
Algorithm (NSGA-II),
a widely used
evolutionary multi-
objective optimization
technique.
o You specify the
number of best
solutions to report
InfoSWMM Sustain

25. What is the LID Design Report?
o The number of Units,
Width, Area and Soil
thickness are listed for
each of the user defined
best solutions in the
Optimization Dialog
o The Best Solution then can
be applied to the
InfoSWMM LID Coverage
Dialog
o The Best Solution is
chosen by the User of
InfoSWMM Sustain.
InfoSWMM Sustain

26. What is the Performance Report?
o The Performance Report Shows
the Optimized Performance
(Sustain) against the Base LID
Coverage
o You can graph by Subcatchment
and by either Runoff or Water
Quality
o The Cost, and the Effective
Target is shown by Row
o You define the number of Water
Quality Parameters
InfoSWMM Sustain

27. What is the Cost-Effectiveness Curve?
InfoSWMM Sustain automatically evaluates millions of possible solutions and reports back the best ones
o Siting Manager to find LID’s from
GIS Data
o Add LID’s my Drawing or
imported from InfoSWMM
o LID Candidate Selection for 14
Types of LID/BMP’s
o Optimization Rules and Goals
o LID Optimization to find best LID
Solutions
o Design Report to See Optimized
LID’s and BMP’s
o Performance Report to See
Effect of the LID’s and BMP’s
o Cost Effectiveness Graph for
Recommended Solutions
o Export Best (Near-Optimal)
Solution to InfoSWMM
InfoSWMM Sustain

28. How do you Export your Optimal Solution to InfoSWMM?
o Once you have reviewed the Design Report and Performance Graphs you can instantly export the Optimized BMP’s
and LID’s to InfoSWMM
o Select the Best Solution (in your opinion) and Click on Apply to InfoSWMM
InfoSWMM Sustain

29. How do you Use Your Exported LID’s in InfoSWMM?
o The Exported Optimized
LID’s are added to the LID
Controls in the Attribute
Browser (AB) of InfoSWMM
o The coverage of the LID per
Subcatchment is saved to
the LID Usage DB Table.
InfoSWMM Sustain

30. How do we use LID Coverage in the Scenario’s of InfoSWMM?
o A Scenario in InfoSWMM
can have different General,
Facility and Datasets
o The exported data sets will
be saved to a predefined
LID Usage DB Table for the
current Scenario
InfoSWMM Sustain

31. How do use the Scenario’s to Show the Impact of LID Usage
in your InfoSWMM Model?
Every LID on every
Subcatchment can be
viewed or graphed
using:
- LID Reports
- LID Graphs for all
Layers in the LID
- LID Summary
Reports
InfoSWMM Sustain

32. How do you see the performance of your LID’s in the
InfoSWMM Model?
o You can look at all of the possible LID pathways using the LID Graphs and Reports
o The possible pathways include: Surface Inflow, Total Evaporation, Surface Infiltration, Pavement Percolation, Soil
Percolation, Storage Infiltration, Surface Outflow, Storage Outflow, Surface Depth, Storage Depth, Pavement
Moisture, Soil Moisture
InfoSWMM Sustain

33. How do we use the Domain Manager in InfoSWMM for
LID Modeling?
o You can use the Domain
Manager along with
Connectivity Tools such as
Upstream Trace and
Downstream Trace to make
a smaller Subset of your
Network
o The Domain can be saved
to a Selection Set for a DB
Query or Query Set
InfoSWMM Sustain

34. How do we use the Facility Manager in InfoSWMM
for LID Modeling?
o Once your Domain of
Interest is defined then you
can use the Selection Set or
DB Query to make only the
Domain Active and a
smaller model for
Optimization.
InfoSWMM Sustain

35. How do you Export the Optimized Solution to SWMM5 or ICM?
o The Optimized LID’s can be
saved to a SWMM5 file
using the Exchange
Command
o The exported SWMM 5 can
be used in ICM 6.5 which
will have SWMM5 SuDS or
LID’s.
InfoSWMM Sustain

36. Predict Flood Extent,
Depth and Velocity
Consider Dynamic
Interaction of Surface
and Underground
SystemsSeamlessly Integrate
with GIS &
InfoSWMM
Graphs, Reports, Maps,
and Time-Varying
Animations of Flood
Extent
Innovyze consistently provides top-notch, efficient, and friendly support
when you need it.
Detailed Two-Dimensional (2D) Surface Flood Modeling Tool
InfoSWMM 2D

37. Innovyze consistently provides top-notch, efficient, and friendly support
when you need it.
InfoSWMM Sustain
• Couples 2D surface flood routing
with 1D InfoSWMM network
routing.
• Simulates and displays locations
and extents of surface flooding
(i.e., onto streets and open lots,
around building).
• Includes all the advanced
hydraulic/hydrologic modeling
tools of InfoSWMM to the 1D and
2D linked network including water
quality.
What is InfoSWMM 2D?

38. Innovyze consistently provides top-notch, efficient, and friendly support
when you need it.
InfoSWMM Sustain
• Eliminate/control combined and
sanitary sewer overflows by
determining where and when
flooding occurs.
• Reduce capital & operational costs.
• Design and size drainage system
components including detention
facilities.
• Guide placement of upstream LID or
BMP features to minimize flooding.
• Create dynamic flood plain mapping
of natural channel systems.
InfoSWMM 2D Benefits

39. What are the Main Features of InfoSWMM 2D?
InfoSWMM 2D
Arc GIS TOC Layers
for 2D Elements
InfoSWMM 2D
Element Editing
InfoSWMM 2D
Tools
InfoSWMM 2D
Mesh and 1D
Elements

40. o InfoSWMM 2D has tools for
drawing polygons, polylines and
points
o 1. Mesh Related Elements
o 2. Mesh Results Elements
o 3. Mapping and Meshing Tools
What are the Meshing Tools in InfoSWMM 2D?
Tools:
Tools for Drawing
Polygons, Polylines
and Creating Point
Sources and
Boundaries
Tools for Meshing, 2D
Element Deletion and
adding 2D Result
Point, Polygons and
Lines.
Tools for 2D and
3D Mapping, Max
Mesh Extent and
Clear Mapping
InfoSWMM 2D

41. How are the nodes connected to the 2D Mesh in InfoSWMM 2D?
o A Node is connected to the 2D
Mesh by the Flood Type of 2D
o A combination weir and orifice
is used to connect the 1D
element to the 2D Mesh
o The 2D Engine and Equations
are the same as Innovyze’s
InfoWorks ICM
InfoSWMM 2D

42. How are the 2D Parameters Set in InfoSWMM 2D?
o InfoSWMM 2D using the 2D parameters as shown in the 2D Tab of the Run Manager
o It can use up to 32 Cores but not a GPU card.
InfoSWMM 2D

43. Advanced Spatial Analyst Tools in Arc GIS 10+ for Polygon
Processing in InfoSWMM
o InfoSWMM as an Extension in Arc GIS allows you to use Arc Toolbox to set up the Polygons
for meshing along with tools such as Buffer and Append
o InfoSWMM 2D also has a simplifying Polygon tool for smoother meshing
InfoSWMM 2D

44. The Mesh log in InfoSWMM 2D for a Mesh created from a
TIN or DEM?
o The meshing process in InfoSWMM 2D produces a Mesh Log of the Polygons meshed and a
list of intersecting polygons
InfoSWMM 2D

45. Rainfall and Infiltration are possible of the Mesh Elements in
InfoSWMM 2D
o The Infiltration Surfaces can use Fixed, Horton or Constant Infiltration along with Rainfall on
individual Simulation Polygons.
InfoSWMM 2D

46. What Type of Meshes are available in InfoSWMM 2D?
Meshes in 2D
1. Simulation
Polygons
2. Mesh Polygons
3. Roughness
Polygons
4. Initial Conditions
Polygons
5. Infiltration
Polygons
6. Porous Polygons
7. Infiltration IC
Polygons
Mesh
Polygon
Porous
PolygonSimulation
Polygon
InfoSWMM 2D

47. What Types of Graph Output are available in InfoSWMM
2D? Point Graphs.
Point Graphs 2D
1. Point Graphs in
the Middle of a
Mesh show
2. 2D Depth
3. 2D Speed
4. 2D Angle
5. 2D Volume
6. Unit Flow
7. 2D Froude
Number
InfoSWMM 2D

48. What Types of Graph Output are available in InfoSWMM
2D? Junction Graphs.
Junction Graphs 2D
1. Node or Junction
Graphs Show
2. 2D Inflow
3. 2D Depth
4. 2D Speed
5. 2D Angle
6. 2D Volume
7. Unit Flow
8. 2D Froude
Number
InfoSWMM 2D

49. What Types of Report Output are available in InfoSWMM
2D? 1D and 2D Modeling Reports.
Modeling Report 2D
1. The Same
Modeling
Report that is
used in ICM
2. It is shown
when clicking
on the Notepad
Icon in Run
Manager
InfoSWMM 2D

50. What Types of Report Output are available in InfoSWMM
2D? InfoSWMM Mesh Contours.
Contours 2D
1. Create
Contours of the
2D Inflow, 2D
Depth, 2D
Speed, 2D
Angle, 2D
Volume, 2D
Unit Flow and
2D Froude
Number at each
time step
InfoSWMM 2D

51. What Types of Report Output are available in InfoSWMM
2D? 2D Maximum Mesh, 2D Mesh, 2D Mesh Animation.
Mesh Mapping 2D
1. 2D Mesh at one
report Time Step
2. 2D Mesh for
Maximum Depth or
Maxima
3. 3D Mesh
4. 2D Mesh Animation
using the Animation
Viewer
InfoSWMM 2D

52. What Types of Statistical Output are available in
InfoSWMM 2D? Output Statistics Manager.
Junction Stats 2D
1. Daily,
Monthly,
Event or All
Statistics
2. 2D Inflow
3. 2D Depth
InfoSWMM 2D

53. Real-Time Modeling
and Forecasting of
Sewer Networks to
Eliminate Overflows
Use Radar and SCADA
for Operational
Forecasting
Seamlessly
Integrate with GIS &
InfoSWMM
Graphs, Reports, Maps,
Alerts/Notifications and
Animations for Sewer
Performance Evaluation
Real-Time Stormwater, Wastewater and Watershed Modeling and Operational Forecasting
SWMMLive

54. • Decision support software for
urban drainage systems
• Integrates SCADA, weather, and
hydraulic/hydrologic/water quality
modeling
• Simulates past, present, and future
situations
• Models live “what-if” scenarios
• Makes modeling accessible to
operations staff
• Used by modelers, engineers,
utility managers, and control room
operators
What is SWMMLive?
SWMMLive

55. SWMMLive Benefits
• Support proactive operation
• Verification of model vs. SCADA
• Conduct operator training
• Advanced planning for emergency
management
• Develop rapid response strategies in
real-time
• Analyze reaction to past events
• Eliminate/control combined and
sanitary sewer overflows
• Reduce capital & operational costs
SWMMLive

56. Operational Forecasting Using SWMMLive
Configuration Manager and Operator Client
Real time
data
SWMMLive
Configuration
Operational forecasts
Radar
Telemetry
• Rain gauges
• Water levels
• Flow meters
• Pump operation
• Gate movements
InfoSWMM Model
SWMMLive

57. How Do Use the SWMMLive Add-on in InfoSWMM?
SWMMLive

58. How Do You Use the SWMMLive Configuration Manager?
o Siting Manager to find
LID’s from GIS Data
o Add LID’s my Drawing or
imported from InfoSWMM
o LID Candidate Selection
for 14 Types of LID/BMP’s
o Optimization Rules and
Goals
o LID Optimization to find
best LID Solutions
o Design Report to See
Optimized LID’s and
BMP’s
o Performance Report to
See Effect of the LID’s and
BMP’s
o Cost Effectiveness Graph
for Recommended
Solutions
o Export of Best Solution to
InfoSWMM
SWMMLive

59. How Do You Use the SWMMLive Operator Client?
SWMMLive

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