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GeoSWMM

  • Stormwater and sanitary sewer model
  • An ArcGIS® 10.x Extension
  • Drag-and-drop GIS data to build model
  • Custom tools for input data preparation
  • Run simulation and view results in ArcMap™
  • Ability to export to EPA SWMM

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What is GeoSWMM?

GeoSWMM™ is a hydrologic, hydraulic and water quality model integrated with ArcGIS®. It allows users to simulate flow, velocity of water, depth of water and water quality for projects ranging from a simple site development to a complex urban watershed involving open channels, sewers, pumps, hydraulic structures and Best Management Practices (BMPs). GeoSWMM is built upon EPA's SWMM 5 model which requires users to manually enter data through its interface. GeoSWMM makes the input data preparation extremely easy and efficient through the ArcMap™ based tools, geodatabase and mapping features.

What are the typical applications of GeoSWMM?

GeoSWMM can be used to model

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Designing wastewater collection system/sanitary sewer design and analysis

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Developing control strategies to minimize combined sewer overflows (CSOs)

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Evaluating the impact of inflow and infiltration (I/I) on sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs)

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Estimating runoff due to rainfall and snowmelt

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Design and sizing of drainage system components for flood control

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Flood plain mapping of natural channel systems

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Modeling water quality loads from non-point sources

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Designing and estimating the effectiveness of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Low Impact Developments (LIDs)

How is GeoSWMM different from other hydrologic and hydraulic models?

Considering the variations that are available from different vendors, EPA's SWMM 5 is the most widely used model for urban drainage as well as sanitary sewer systems. Compared to other commonly used hydrologic (e.g. HEC-HMS, HSPF, etc.) and hydraulic (e.g. HEC-RAS) models SWMM is unique because of its ability to simulate hydrology (i.e. the rainfall-runoff processes that generate flow) and hydraulics (i.e. open channel flow with backwater, flow through closed conduits, pumps and hydraulic structures, etc.) within the same model. The model can be used for a single event or a long-term simulation. Streams Tech provides SWMM resources for interested users.

Any experienced modeler would agree with the fact that a user would spend the most of his/her modeling time on preparing input data. By integrating SWMM with ArcMap, GeoSWMM helps users to significantly reduce the time it takes to prepare model input, increase the accuracy of input data, store and manage data in a database environment and visualize and inspect model objects on a map. It allows users to run simulation and view output without ever exiting the GIS environment.

Users all over
the world using GeoSWMM

GeoSWMM Highlights

100% Compatible with EPA's SWMM 5, which is approved by FEMA for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

No Learning Curve for ArcGIS® and EPA SWMM 5 Users

Model setup, simulation and output visualization completely within ArcGIS®

Support of queries and reporting of data stored in a file Geodatabase

Tabular view of input and output data

Import and Export SWMM 5 input file

Unrestricted access to ArcMap functionalities

Special Tools

  • Watershed Delineation tool (requires ArcGIS® Spatial Analysis)
  • Network Analysis tool
  • SWMM 5 User's Manual
  • Subcatchment characteristic Width Calculation tool
  • Subcatchment Slope Calculation tool (requires ArcGIS® Spatial Analysis)
  • Subcatchment Imperviousness Calculation tool
  • Subcatchment Land Use Properties tool
  • Conduit Roughness selection tool
  • Model creation from existing GIS data
  • Automatic calculation of geometric properties of model objects
  • Import from and export to SWMM input file
  • Control rules editor
  • Enhanced tabular view of model data
  • View Profile Plot
  • View Time Series Plot
  • View Time Series Comparison

SWMM Resources