HydroTrek_-_Stormwater_Calculator_Version_2_

HydroTrek - Stormwater Calculator Version 2 Testing

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Created By: Melissa Conner
Created On: 10/27/2014

Vision Summary

Stormwater testing runs the HydroTrek Stormwater Calculator SWMM Engine. The UI is a website which contains menu options. We currently have two websites running this program at any given time. 

Our two testing websites are:

1. NSWC - http://nswc.azurewebsites.net/ Current Site 
2. SWCALC - http://swcalc.azurewebsites.net/ 

Minimum Requirements  

To run the simulation you need the following values selected:

1. You must go to each of the following pages even if you do not select anything. 
2. You must select items from each page. 

Demo Run 

To get a Demo run to work follow these instructions:

1. Sign in. 
   1. We currently have no data verification so just make up an e-mail and password. 
      1. The user name must be in e-mail format
      2. The password must be at least 6 char long but no more than 20 char
   2. You will end up on Overview page.
2. The overview page has no inputs. It is merely gives information about the application. 
   1. At the top of every page there is a navigation menu this is how you will navigate the pages to enter the inputs for the run. 
   2. Go to the Site Page.
3. The Site page is one of the locations that you can set (you do not have to set the location here)
   1. If you add the location here then you have two ways to enter it.
      1. The Recent Sites drop-down tab (The drop down is hard coded to 4 sites and should be used when demoing Stormwater Calculator)
         1. The four sites are the only ones that we have evaporation stations and precipitation stations available
         2. This drop down will appear on the Site, Soil Type, Drainage, Topography, and Scenario Description Pages. 
      2.  The user can also enter an the city and state, an address, a zip-code, or a lat-long for any place in US (Including Alaska, and Hawaii) in the Gear box. 
         1. The User can enter anyplace in the world but we only have data for Soil Type, Drainage, and Topography for the US.
         2. It should be noted that this is the only page that has this specific gear box
   2. Go to Soil Type Page.
4.  Soil Type Page is where you add the soil types to the inp file. 
   1. When the you go to this page the soil type map automatically appears as colored sections on the Bing Map. 
   2. In the gear box you need to select the soil type. 
   3. The Recent Sites drop-down tab (The drop down is hard coded to 4 sites and should be used when demoing Stormwater Calculator)
      1. The four sites are the only ones that we have evaporation stations and precipitation stations available
      2. This drop down will appear on the Site, Soil Type, Drainage, Topography, and Scenario Description Pages. 
   4. Go to Drainage Page.
5. Drainage page is where you add the Drainage type in the inp file. 
   1. When the you go to this page the Drainage map automatically appears as colored sections on the Bing Map
   2. In the gear box you need to select the Drainage type. 
   3. The Recent Sites drop-down tab (The drop down is hard coded to 4 sites and should be used when demoing Stormwater Calculator)
      1. The four sites are the only ones that we have evaporation stations and precipitation stations available
      2. This drop down will appear on the Site, Soil Type, Drainage, Topography, and Scenario Description Pages. 
   4. Go to Topography Page.
6. Topography page is where you add the Topography type in the inp file. 
   1. When the you go to this page the Topography map automatically appears as colored sections on the Bing Map. 
   2. In the gear box you need to select the Topography type. 
   3. The Recent Sites drop-down tab (The drop down is hard coded to 4 sites and should be used when demoing Stormwater Calculator)
      1. The four sites are the only ones that we have evaporation stations and precipitation stations available
      2. This drop down will appear on the Site, Soil Type, Drainage, Topography, and Scenario Description Pages. 
   4. Go to Rain Gages Page.
7. Rain Gages Page is where you set which Rain Gage you will use
   1. The gear box will be open when you click on this page. The instructions will appear in the gearbox. 
   2. When you click on one of the flags the gearbox will close. 
   3. Go to Evaporation Gages Page.
8. Evaporation Gages Page is where you set which Evaporation Gage you will use
   1. The gear box will be open when you click on this page. The instructions will appear in the gearbox. 
   2. When you click on one of the flags the gearbox will close. 
   3. Go to Land Cover Page.
9. Land Cover page stores the land cover percentage
   1. This page zooms in on the map so that you can see the what the land area looks like. Open the gear box and adjust the land cover based on what is on your screen. 
   2. Go to Runoff Controls Page.
10. Runoff Controls stores the green options used and how much they are used. 
11. If you are running the base scenario then do not change this tab. Under our current design the base scenario does not use any LIDs
12. Currently use the text boxes on the main portion of the page. The functionality of the popup boxes has not been completed. 
13. Go to Rainfall Page.
14. Rainfall Sets the type of rainfall year, sets the wet weather threshold, allows the user to ignore consecutive wet days. 
15. Open the Gear box and pick a year
16. Set a rain threshold
17. Set the ignore consecutive wet days check box
18. Go to Evaporation page. 
19. Evaporation shows a graph of the monthly evaporation data. 
20. This page currently has no input it shows a graph according to the station that you have picked
    1. In the future it will also take the year corresponding to the precipitation graph from the station. 
21. Go to Scenario Description Page.
22. Scenario Description
23.  This page will set default value for anything that has not been explicitly chosen by the user. 
24. On this page you can see most of the values that you are going to plug into the Stormwater calculator.
25. From this tab you can press the run button and run the SWMM Engine. 
26. From this tab you can also set a baseline scenario. NOTE you want to run the simulation before you set it as baseline scenario. If you set the baseline scenario before you run the simulation then there will be no results for the baseline scenario. You can correct this by re-setting the baseline scenario after you have made a run. 
27. Go to Simulation Results Page.
28. Simulation Results
29. This page will set default value for anything that has not been explicitly chosen by the user. 
30. On this page you will see the results from the simulation run in the pie chart. 
    1. The pie chart will be filled with results from a most recent run. Two pie charts should show up after you click on the Run button. 
31. From this tab you can press the run button and run the SWMM Engine. 
32. From this tab you can also set a baseline scenario. NOTE you want to run the simulation before you set it as baseline scenario. If you set the baseline scenario before you run the simulation then there will be no results for the baseline scenario. You can correct this by re-setting the baseline scenario after you have made a run. 
33. Go to Simulation Results Page.

Default Run 

This is a run with all the default values set.  

1. Site = Midtown Palo Alto, CA
2. Soil Type = B
3. Drainage = D
4. Topography = B
5. Rain Gage = Redwood City
6. Evaporation Gage = Redwood City
7. Land Cover 
   1. Forest = 0
   2. Meadow = 0 
   3. Lawn = 40 
   4. Desert = 0
   5. Impervious = 60
8. Rainfall = Dry Year
9. Ignore Consecutive Days = N/A
10. Wet Day Threshold = undefined
11. Runoff Control 
12. Disconnection = 0
13. Rain Harvesting = 0
14. Rain Gardens = 0
15. Green Roofs = 0
16. Street Planters = 0
17. Infiltration Basins = 0 
18. Porous Pavement = 0

Results 

Simulation Results 

1. Runoff = 56.29 %
2. Infiltration = 38.79 %
3. Evaporation = 4.92 %

Known Run 

    Base Run 

1. Site = Fort Mitchell, KY
2. Soil Type = B
3. Drainage = B
4. Topography = B
5. Rain Gage = KCVG
6. Evaporation Gage = KCVG
7. Land Cover 
   1. Forest = 1
   2. Meadow = 1 
   3. Lawn = 39 
   4. Desert =1 
   5. Impervious = 58
8. Rainfall = Dry Year
9. Ignore Consecutive Days = true
10. Wet Day Threshold = .1

Green Run 

Runoff Control 

1. Disconnection = 0
2. Rain Harvesting = 75
3. Rain Gardens = 14
4. Green Roofs = 12
5. Street Planters = 0
6. Infiltration Basins = 0 
7. Porous Pavement = 0

Results 

Base Simulation Results 

1. Runoff = 51.46 %
2. Infiltration = 40.63 %
3. Evaporation = 7.92 %

Green Simulation Results 

1. Runoff = 37.99 %
2. Infiltration = 57.24 %
3. Evaporation = 7.77 %