ModelDescriptionForm.PDFVIP

Texas AM University Hydrologic Modeling Inventory Model Description Form Response requested by: May 25, 2007 Name of Model: Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) Model Type: SWMM is a physically-based, distributed, unsteady, continuous urban stormwater runoff quantity and quality model. Model Objective(s): - to design and size drainage system components, including detention facilities; - to generate non-point source pollutant loadings for TMDL studies; - to evaluate BMP and LID stormwater controls to meet sustainability goals; - to alleviate combined and sanitary sewer overflows; - to control flooding of urban areas and natural channel systems. Agency and Office: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio. Technical Contact and Address: Lewis Rossman, US EPA – NRMRL 26 W. M.L. King Drive Cincinnati, OH 45268 Email: rossman.lewis@ Model Structure or Mathematical Basis: Hydrology: Spatial Representation User-defined subcatchment areas Rainfall User supplied Interception/Evaporation User supplied Infiltration Horton Curve Green-Ampt method SCS Curve Overland Flow Nonlinear reservoir model Groundwater Localized two-zone flux model Snowmelt Heat balance/degree day model Please see the HMI web page: /hmi Forms are available in Text file, HTML, MS Word and WordPerfect formats This effort is being conducted by River Systems Meteorology Group: /rsmg Hydr