Mode (Water Overlay)

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The mode of the Water Overlay affects the taken time steps, and with it the evaluation frequency, for ground water and hydraulic structures of the simulation.

Surface water simulation time steps are only depended on this mode when surface water mode is set to the Avg Waterway or Avg Terrain.

It does not influence the evaluation frequency of the surface water simulation when surface water is set to the Shallow or Hybrid mode.

There are three modes available:

Speed: Lowest frequencies, fastest calculations. Mode factor 3.
Normal: Average mode between Speed an Accuracy. Mode factor 2.
Accuracy: Highest frequencies, greatest detail in water movements. Mode factor 1.

The mode has the following effects on timesteps:

Groundwater timestep (seconds) = min ( 5 * dx * modeFactor , 120 )
Surface water timestep (seconds) is based on whether shallow water simulation is selected.

	Average	Speed	Speed	Description
Sewer inflow speed	Once per 2 seconds	Once per 4 seconds	Once per 6 seconds	How often water flows from the surface into a sewer via a sewered Construction
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