Posts Tagged ‘stormwater management’
Water Modeling Gets Interactive with GIS
Posted on Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 by Kristen KocenIn Stormwater, tagged in Tags: gis water modeling, stormwater management
At Affinis, we’ve been delivering stormwater models in a new way. Using GIS, our team is mapping locations of inlets and connecting pipes to see how they work together. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed and supports the stormwater management model EPA SWMM. This software is the powerhouse engine behind our GIS integrated models. The […]
SMP Shifting Focus to Fund More Large Watershed and System Maintenance Projects
Posted on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 by Brad SchleeterIn Stormwater, tagged in Tags: smac, smp, stormwater management, stormwater management advisory council, stormwater management program
Johnson County has been working on a strategic planning effort to update their Stormwater Management Program (SMP). Since 1990, the SMP has been very successful in helping Johnson County communities address local street and structure flooding issues. However, many larger flooding issues still remain, due to their high cost and the challenges that come with […]
Crossing Jurisdictional Boundaries with a Watershed Approach
Posted on Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 by Brad SchleeterIn Stormwater, tagged in Tags: stormwater management, watershed approach
Although it’s been popular in other parts of the country for decades, using a watershed approach to stormwater management is a relatively new method in the Midwest. A watershed is simply an area bounded by an elevation divide that drains to a particular waterbody. Because watershed boundaries rarely follow jurisdictional lines, a watershed approach to […]