Wallingford Releases FloodWorks v9.0
 WALLINGFORD,
UK, Apr 22, 2008 – Wallingford Software today announces the release of
FloodWorks v9.0, the leading real time flood forecasting and warning
software solution. Two significant advances head a large number of feature
enhancements in v9.0: the ability to include wastewater and Stormwater
models within FloodWorks and the direct integration of RADAR data into
FloodWorks.
In FloodWorks v9.0 wastewater (InfoWorks CS) and Stormwater (InfoWorks
SD) models can now be integrated directly into the FloodWorks forecasting
system. Outfalls from InfoWorks CS and InfoWorks SD models can be connected
directly to existing InfoWorks RS models of river and floodplain areas to
provide a more accurate and comprehensive representation of the runoff from
urban areas and its contribution to overall flooding.
Product Manager, Tyrone Parkinson says:
“InfoWorks CS and InfoWorks SD may be used in isolation of course to
model urban flooding from wastewater and Stormwater systems. But when
integrated with FloodWorks v9.0, the benefits of these two superb modeling
environments are combined with the unrivalled strengths of the FloodWorks
forecasting and warning system that is proven to protect property and save
lives. This is another example of the value of Wallingford Software’s
breadth of development capability and its vision for integrated modeling.”
Earlier releases of FloodWorks used radar data that had been
pre-processed into sub-catchment rainfall time series. The new RADAR
functionality in FloodWorks v9.0 directly reads raw RADAR images and
processes the data into individual sub-catchment time series using polygons
defined within FloodWorks configuration manager. Tyrone Parkinson says:
“This approach provides more flexibility to connect to a wider range of
radar systems, particularly those that don’t offer sub-catchment rainfall
post processing. It also allows the user direct control over how the sub-catchment
rainfall accumulation is performed and how the resultant rainfall time
series may be merged with other rainfall sources.”
A modular software package, FloodWorks is used extensively for the
real-time simulation and forecasting of extreme hydrological and hydraulic
conditions within river basins, drainage systems and the coastal zone. Since
its launch in 2000 FloodWorks has become recognized as the most advanced
real time flood forecasting application in the world with users across the
world, particularly in Europe and South East Asia.
About Wallingford Software
Wallingford Software develops leading water resource management software
for the worldwide water industry. Recognized for its technical superiority
and unrivalled capability, our software is the software of choice for many
leading water engineering consultancies, utilities and government bodies
throughout the world.
Wallingford Software is the only supplier of water resource software in
the world to offer integrated solutions to support planning and operations
across the disciplines of water supply, wastewater and river and coastal
management. Our product design philosophy means that our solutions are
functionally rich and incorporate as standard many applications and features
that our competitors consider as optional add-ons.
Based in the United Kingdom, Wallingford Software has offices in the
United States, Hong Kong, Malaysia, China and Australia, and a network of
approved distributors throughout Europe, Asia and South America to provide
sales and support services to Wallingford Software customers worldwide.
Wallingford Software is the software products and systems company within the
HR Wallingford Group.
For more information, visit www.wallingfordsoftware.com.
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