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Visual OTTHYMO 6.0 Is Here
Download Now. Click Here. The Right Tool For Your Watershed Planning, Design, and Operational Management Visual OTTHYMO is a hydrologic modelling software solution for single event and continuous modelling. VO is intuitive and provide results in less time. As municipalities are required to meet more diverse stormwater management targets, we have designed tools in VO…
Read MoreGiving Communities Real-Time Information On Infrastructure
By Tony Petrucci and Luiraf Garcia Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. By 2050, almost seven out of ten people will live in urban areas. Cities represent more than 70% of global carbon emissions and between 60% and 80% of energy consumption. Rapid urbanization has created new problems, such as…
Read MorePrivate-Side Inflow and Infiltration Reduction Success Utilizing a Public-Private Partnership (P3) Framework
The impacts of reduced sewer conveyance and treatment capacity in wastewater systems caused by inflow and infiltration (I&I), bring about problems including increased risk of basement flooding, restricted new urban development, increased wastewater operation and maintenance
costs, and increased potential for environmental spills and overflows to
receiving waters. Various studies have shown that I&I generated from private property can represent over 60% of the total I&I in a wastewater system (York Region, 2012), and thus presents unique challenges for municipalities.