Metropolitan District of Connecticut to Use InfoSWMM
 BROOMFIELD,
CO, Jun 11, 2009 - MWH Soft, a leading global provider of environmental and
water resources applications software, today announced that the Metropolitan
District of Connecticut (MDC), has chosen MWH Soft’s industry-leading
InfoSWMM Executive Suite software for its advanced wastewater and storm
water modeling. The decision equips MDC with the most technologically
advanced ArcGIS-centric (ESRI, Redlands CA) software platform available for
modeling, designing and managing its wastewater infrastructure.
Since 1929, MDC has managed the Hartford, Connecticut, region’s water and
sewer systems, which were developed in the 1850’s. As the region has
expanded, investments in the system have increased sewer capacity and
wastewater treatment capabilities that minimize the impact of sewage on area
waterways. To further improve the area’s water quality and help protect the
health and safety of citizens during storm events, MDC has now embarked on
the $1 billion Clean Water Project.
The project includes three basic elements:
- Reduction of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) with the Hartford
central sewer system,
- Elimination of sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) in the sanitary
sewers of five adjacent towns and
- Nitrogen reduction.
The existing sewer systems have more than 38 CSOs and eight active SSOs
which release a total of over a billion gallons of wastewater to area
waterways. More than 50 times a year, over 30 miles of the Connecticut River
are impacted by untreated sewage during storm events.
“The ability to accurately model our sewer systems and provide accurate
design and analysis simulations of their hydraulic and hydrologic responses
is critical to making informed, cost-effective decisions and optimizing
capital planning,” said Constantin Banciulescu, Principal Engineer at MDC.
“Although a number of software products can generate hydraulic simulations
of sewer collection systems, we felt that MWH Soft’s InfoSWMM was the clear
choice for this complex project. It gives us the ability to quickly and
easily develop, calibrate and analyze the many hydraulic computer models we
will need for the City of Hartford and the surrounding towns.
“Many factors influenced our choice, including seamless ArcGIS
integration and the ability to create, edit, modify, run, map, analyze,
design and optimize sewer network models and instantly review, query, and
display simulation results from within ArcGIS. We also based our decision on
the responsiveness and reliability of MWH Soft’s technical support. We use
other MWH Soft products, and their support staff has always provided us with
prompt and expert service.”
As a full-featured urban drainage network analysis and design program,
InfoSWMM delivers the highest rate of return in the industry. All operations
of a typical sewer system — from analysis and design to management functions
such as water quality assessment, pollution prediction, urban flooding,
real-time control and recordkeeping — are addressed in a single, fully
integrated GIS-centric environment.
The program offers users unprecedented power in managing urban runoff and
wet weather water quality problems in combined, sanitary and storm sewers;
optimizing BMP and LID designs; and meeting SSO and CSO regulations. It also
features highly sophisticated Real-Time Control (RTC) schemes to enhance the
operational management of wastewater systems and hydraulic structures.
InfoSWMM delivers unparalleled performance modeling that sets new benchmarks
in scalability, reliability, functionality and flexibility within the
powerful ArcGIS environment. It is the world’s first and only urban drainage
modeling solution to be certified by the National Association of GIS-Centric
Software (NAGCS). Its powerful hydraulic computational engine is also
endorsed by the U.S. EPA and certified by FEMA.
The InfoSWMM Executive Suite further enhances the product with added
modules for synthesizing conduit storage, automated subcatchment
delineation, genetic algorithm-based design and calibration, accurate
calculation and allocation of dry weather loading, pond design, risk and
consequence assessment of flooding and overflows, Google Earth and
ArcExplorer integration, and rainfall-derived inflow and infiltration (RDII)
analysis tools.
“The MDC is tackling an ambitious project — to update a 19th century
collection system to 21st century standards — and InfoSWMM is the perfect
tool to assist in these efforts,” said Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D, President and
COO of MWH Soft. “We’re continuing to see progressive utilities choose the
unprecedented power, versatility, and ease of use of our GIS-centric product
line for water, sewer, and storm water modeling. Their decisions are being
driven by a range of compelling factors, including unparalleled ArcGIS
integration, speed, brevity of learning curve, powerful, comprehensive
feature sets and superior technical support. We congratulate MDC for their
commitment to using world-class software tools to benefit their customers.”
About MWH Soft
MWH Soft is a leading global provider of technical and infrastructure
software and professional solutions designed to meet the technological needs
of utilities, government industries, and engineering organizations
worldwide. Its clients include the majority of the largest North American
cities and ENR top design firms. The multifaceted, state-of-the-art CAD, GIS
and Internet enabled products created by MWH Soft empower thousands of
engineers across the globe to competitively plan, manage, design, protect,
maintain and operate highly efficient and reliable infrastructure systems.
For more information, visit
www.mwhsoft.com.
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