Modelling Urban Runoff Quantity using Storm Water Storm

Water Management (SWMM)

Prepared by
Kamal Ahmed
(PA123084)

Supervisor
Dr. Shamsuddin Shahid
 Introduction
o EPA's Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) is used throughout
the world for planning, analysis and design related to stormwater
runoff, combined and sanitary sewers, and other drainage systems in
urban areas.

o SWMM is a comprehensive hydrological and water quality

simulation model used for single or continuous events of runoff in
urban areas.

o Stormwater monitoring programs in urban catchment are crucial for

characterizing the quality of stormwater runoff and formulate
effective pollution control strategy.

o SWMM tracks the flow rate, flow depth, and quality of water in each
pipe and channel during a simulation period made up of multiple time
steps.
 Introduction
 SWMM 5 has recently been extended to model the hydrologic
performance of specific types of low impact development
(LID) controls.
 The LID controls that the user can choose include the
following seven green infrastructure practices:
o Bio-Retension cell
o Rain gardens
o Green roofs
o Street planters
o Rain barrels
o Infiltration trenches
o Vegetative swales
 Model parameterization
 SWMM requires three major information for runoff quantity
modelling:
(1) Physical Catchment Characteristics
(2) Rainfall
(3) Infiltration
 The physical catchment data are
(a) Total catchment area (A)
(b) Percentage of impervious area (%Imp)
(c) Catchment width (W)
(d) Average slope (So)
(e) Surface depression storage
(f) Surface roughness
Study Area
Parking Lots
Landuse
Catchments
Sub
catchment Area Width Slope
S1 103 597 4
S2 41 377 3
S3 59 750 7
S4 53 592 8
S5 17 520 2
S6 11 347 2
S7 42 705 1
S8 34 259 2
Sub catchment Area Width Slope
S1 103 597 4
S2 41 377 3
S3 59 750 7
S4 53 592 8
S5 17 520 2
S6 11 347 2
S7 42 705 1
S8 34 259 2
Horton Infiltration
Junction Invert Elevation

J1 29

J2 23

J3 21

J4 18

J5 17

O 16
Conduits Length

C1 2404

C2 2204

C3 1295

C4 1584

C5 4159
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