Storm Drain

Storm Drain#

This advanced lesson shows how to create a storm drain from Shapefiles. Stay tuned for more lessons that will show how to set up a storm drain from a swmm.inp.

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Storm drain checklist.

For those of you who love a challenge, it’s good practice to do a “Speed Run” of the Self-Help Kit. Here is a checklist of tasks that might get skipped during storm drain model building.

  • [ ] Adjust outfall location so all outfalls rest on a left bank node.

  • [ ] Add a storage unit volume table and assign Storage1 to all storage units.

  • [ ] Ensure conduit length is a minimum of 30 ft, which is the cell size.

  • [ ] Add Type 4 rating tables to the Type 4 inlets.

  • [ ] Add a pump table and assign it to P1.

  • [ ] Auto-assign nodes.

  • [ ] Carefully inspect shapefile fields.

  • [ ] Check storm drain control settings.

  • [ ] Schematize the network.

  • [ ] Perform a test run.

Data and Resources#

Node Overview - Inlet, Junction#

Node Overview - Outfall, Storage Unit#

Create a Storm Drain from Shapefiles#

Summary and Review Results#

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Storm Drain from SWMM.INP#

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