Hydraulics & Hydrology

For academic researchers, “Impact Factors” is a familiar term – it is designed to measure the impact of your publications. If you are outside of the academic world, you have probably never encountered it, but how much do these metrics...

When precipitation falls on land, in the short term, there are two places it can go: runoff to streams or infiltration into the ground. In the long term, evaporation also matters, but during a precipitation event, it isn’t important. Runoff...

Cities and towns often rely on local consultants to provide them with water, wastewater, and stormwater modeling. By bringing modeling efforts in house, municipalities can benefit from: Saving Money Often, even the smallest projects can come with a hefty price...

Seminal papers are groundbreaking at the time of publication and remain influential many years later. I recently received word from the ASCE that my paper, “Battle of the Network Models: Epilogue,” published in the Journal of Water Resources Planning and...

Back in the dark ages (e.g., the 1980s) before everyone had video capabilities on their cell phones, creating a training video was a big production. Video cameras (and their batteries) weighed about 30 pounds and editing tools we crude. I...