Water Module overview

The purpose of this page is to provide an overview of the many components of the Water Module. It can server as a basis to further explore the details of the available components, the models and formula's behind these components and configurable parameters of these components.

Also see the testbed water module project, available in all domains, to see the components of the Water Module in a project.

Rain related components

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1. Rain (Weather)
2. Surface flow and runoff
3. Evaporation
4. Infiltration
5. Sewer infiltration
6. Sewer overflow
7. Water storage (for example: Green roof)

Flooding related components

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1. Breach
2. Initial breach width
3. Breach growth over time
4. Surface elevation
5. Impacted buildings
6. Internal (or External) area, origin of flood.

Groundwater related components

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1. Rain variation over time
2. Evaporation variation over time
3. Underground evaporation and vegetation root depths
4. Underground infiltration
5. Ground water flow
6. Rainfall runoff

Hydraulic structures

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1. Inlet
2. Weir
3. Culvert
4. Pump
5. Sewer overflow
6. Water level area

More Information

Water Module

Tutorials

Overview

Theory

Benchmarks