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DHI UK & IRELAND SYMPOSIUM 2016

21st - 22nd June 2016

DHI UK & Ireland is very pleased to invite you to our annual Symposium. This free two day event is your opportunity to learn more about the varied applications of our modelling software, and our complementary technologies, through client-led presentations and training. The Symposium provides an excellent opportunity to meet DHI experts, as well as your contemporaries from consultancy, academia, regulatory authorities and research organisations.

On Tuesday 21st June 2016, there will be a full day of client-led presentations covering projects, research and more general experiences on the use of MIKE software. The programme includes urban flood resilience, forecast systems, managed realignment, wave overtopping and inundation, three-dimensional river and estuary modelling, and cyclone and tsunami modelling.

On Wednesday 22nd June 2016, our very popular free training day, there will be four parallel training streams comprising coastal flood analysis & managed realignment, green infrastructure & integrated catchment modelling, estuarine dynamics, and MIKE Powered by DHI new & future software technologies.

For more information please visit www.dhi-symposium.uk, telephone +44 2380 381961

or e-mail mike.uk@dhigroup.com

We very much hope to see you at what will undoubtedly be a very interesting and informative event.

BRIEFING FOR UK & IRELAND WATER COMPANIES

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BATHING WATER QUALITY FORECASTING & EARLY

WARNING SYSTEMS

DHI are pleased to announce that we are holding a 2-day

seminar entitled ‘Bathing Water Quality Forecasting & Early

Warning Systems’ in Southampton on 6-7 October 2016.

Bathing water quality is one of the success stories of EU

water policy and is important for the protection of human

health and the environment. The UK has a large number of

designated Bathing Waters governed by EU legislation and

maintaining the water quality at these sites can be a complex

task. Storm events, in particular, can lead to increased

discharges into the local water environment and these can

have unwanted impacts on water quality at the bathing

beaches. Water companies, as operators of emergency

outfalls, and local groups responsible for beach manage-

ment, need to be able to provide sufficient warning to beach

users to avoid public health issues and any potential

subsequent impacts on the local economy.

This two-day, thematic course provides an overview of the most important aspects

of the revised European Bathing Water Directive and gives an introduction to real

life cases of good management of bathing water and different early warning

methods. It will then focus on the benefits of integrating real-time operation with

water quality forecasting. Finally, the practicalities of creating an appropriate

forecasting system for a site, including catchment considerations, network controls

and advanced optimisation techniques will be discussed. Global examples will be

used to demonstrate the breadth of current beach water quality forecasting systems

and to show their strengths in ensuring these popular and precious assets are

maintained to the highest standards.

MODELLING OF STORM WATER FOR GREEN CITIES

Date: 4th - 5th October 2016

Location: Southampton

Fees: £495 excl. VAT

This two-day course gives you an introduction to different

approaches to the modelling of various types of green

infrastructure in MIKE URBAN and their effect on different types of

storm events. Modelling of storm water quality is also included.

TRAINING COURSE

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Bathing Water Quality

Forecasting and Early

Warning Systems

Dates: 6th - 7th

October 2016

Location:

Southampton

Fees: £245 excl. VAT

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THE NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: INDUSTRY 4.0

Originally intended by the German Government to spur its

industrial sector, and driven by the convergence of automation

technology and information technology, INDUSTRY 4.0

promotes computer based, intelligent control of complex

systems. It is, in effect, the digitisation of our industrial and

manufacturing processes by so called cyber-physical systems.

INDUSTRY 4.0 advances the embedding of sensors in

virtually all product components and manufacturing

equipment, ubiquitous cyber-physical systems and the

analysis of all relevant data. Connectivity is therefore of

primary importance, and will form the foundations of all future

proof, intelligent technologies.

WATER 4.0: DIGITISATION & AUTOMATION

At DHI, our interest lies in how INDUSTRY 4.0 can benefit the

efficient, flexible and competitive management of water in all

of its environments, driven by intelligent, autonomous and self

-learning models impacting real water systems through

actuators. Hence, WATER 4.0.

By embracing the principles of INDUSTRY 4.0, for example,

our existing drainage infrastructure can be retained and

connected, only partial replacement of devices and equipment

is necessary. This is only possible through the smart, real-time

control and optimisation of our water systems.

The well-established, operational real-time control and

warning system for Aarhus in Denmark, based upon DHI’s

flagship MIKE OPERATIONS technology, has already proved

that the ability to automatically control a wastewater system in

real time, so that the water is transported to where there is

capacity, dramatically reduces the need to invest in enlarging

and upgrading the existing drainage system.

Such model driven, real-time control and optimisation

solutions are available today in MIKE OPERATIONS.

However, DHI are now working to advance new and

innovative numerical methods, together with the knowledge

gained and technology developed for Aarhus, into

standardised and commercially available next generation

tools.

THE KLIMASPRING PROJECT: CONTROLLING WATER IN

THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM

“Klimaspring is a Realdania-funded campaign supporting

commercial development of new rainwater management

solutions in existing densely populated urban areas. The

ambition of the campaign is to create green growth and better

cities, putting Denmark on the world map of climate

adaptation. The campaign provides

professional and financial support to

consortium-driven innovation throughout

the work process from concept to

marketing. Realdania has earmarked DKK

60 million to the campaign, which is

scheduled to run from 2013 to 2017”

In collaboration with Aarhus Vand and DTU, DHI is part of the

Klimaspring project financed by RealDania. The Klimaspring

project is focussed upon the smart, real-time control of water

systems, and aims to further develop the IT-supported system

for the real-time monitoring, modelling, warning and

management of rainwater (in both drainage systems and on

the ground) originally developed for Aarhus. Accordingly, the

project’s primary objective is to make managing rainfall less

expensive.

The new and upgraded technology solution will feature a

number of innovations including; model engine optimisation

through surrogate modelling, enhanced radar data processing,

control algorithm optimisation, improved data and model

integration, and enhanced visualisation. It will have a wide

range of applications in cities and towns around the world.

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DHI will deliver this next generation real-time control toolset

through the standard MIKE Powered by DHI software suite, as

part of MIKE OPERATIONS, thereby empowering utility

companies, municipalities and their consultants to develop

their own state-of-the-art operational real-time control

systems.

“The development of the new software is based on the

concept of smart control of water systems. By comparing

information on where the water is at all times, and at the same

time predicting where and how much rain will fall in the

immediate future, it will be possible to find the optimal solution

for the entire city or town’s water system, and in this way

efficiently utilise reservoirs and purification plants”

WATER 4.0: DIGITISATION & AUTOMATION

To help shape the required new technologies, DHI have

established a WATER 4.0 working group to examine the

challenges and benefits of networking virtual and real-world

water systems, and to investigate how planning, construction

and operation can be imbued by software. The aim is to

promote the intelligent networking of water

consumers (agriculture, industry and

households) with components of future-

compliant water infrastructure considering

both the environment and the water cycle,

thereby following a holistic approach along

the value chain.

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NEW INITIATIVE PREDICTS WATER QUALITY IN

AUCKLAND’S WAITEMATA HARBOUR

by Rose Jowsey (DHI)

A new joint initiative from international water and environment

experts DHI and local council body Auckland Council has

recently gone online to the public. The Auckland Bathing Water

Forecast (AWBF), has been designed to provide forecasts of

bathing suitability for central Auckland for up to three days.

Recent high test results from some of the monitored beaches

indicate that the innovative system is needed. On February the

27th, the popular North Shore beach of Takapuna was closed to

the public due to poor water quality.

Dr Jarrod Walker, a senior marine scientist from Auckland

Council and one of the main drivers behind the initiative, says the

enterprise is beneficial for planning, "with the model, you can

jump online on a Friday afternoon and see that the beach is safe

now and over the weekend”.

The technical side of the ABWF means data is gathered from a

variety of sources, including Met Service, Auckland Council, and

the National Centre for Environmental Prediction. Tidal and wind

driven currents in the Waitemata Harbour are simulated in a three

dimensional hydrodynamic model, developed by DHI. Key

overflows in the vicinity of central city bathing beaches, which are

a significant source of pollutant to the harbour, have been

identified and a relationship between rainfall and overflows with

associated enterococci has been calculated.

Enterococci is a key indicator for swimmer safety. How the

system works is that during a rainfall event the predetermined

load of pollutant is introduced to the hydrodynamic model of the

harbour and the resulting transport and dilution of the pollutant

plume is simulated. When collated into the model, the data forms

a wide picture for simulating water quality at times of heavy

rainfall, signalling to residents and harbour users when it is again

safe to enter the harbour for swimming and leisure.

Concerned water users can click through to the site and will see

a series of flags. The flags are in accordance with Ministry for

Environment Recreational guidelines with regards to trigger

levels for swimmer safety. The flags will pop up with a window

displaying the water quality. Although the model does not

account for pollutants associated with dry weather overflows or re

-suspension of bacteria laden sediments, it does give residents a

significant indication of whether or not to go for that swim they

were planning after wet weather events.

Photo courtesy of Auckland Council

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DHI’S NEW INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES

IMPROVED RAINFALL MODELLING

In a new study published in Scientific

Reports (Nature Publishing Group),

significant improvements in simulation of

rainfall were achieved by incorporating a

comprehensive description of the terrestrial

hydrological cycle using MIKE Powered by

DHI’s MIKE SHE model.

In collaboration with research partners from Copenhagen

University (KU), Technical University of Denmark (DTU),

Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) as well as the

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), we

have developed a novel climate-hydrology modelling tool that

will better assess the effects of climate change.

NEW PROJECT ‘WATER SMART CITIES’ PROVIDES

WATER UTILITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WITH BETTER

TOOLS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

Intelligent software technologies to ensure optimal planning

and management

Named ‘Water Smart Cities’, the project is a

collaboration between DHI, the Technical

University of Denmark (DTU), Krüger,

Ramboll, the Danish Meteorological Institute

(DMI) and the four largest water companies

in Denmark: HOFOR, Aarhus Water, VCS

Denmark and BIOFOS.

The project aims to develop and test intelligent software

technologies to ensure optimal planning when cities are

challenged by heavy rains and flooding in the future. Thus, the

project partners will focus on developing and producing fast

and robust model concepts for real-time simulation and real-

time control of drainage systems. Forecast models – of floods,

overflows from sewage systems, impacts on recipients, as

well as inflow and pollution to wastewater treatment plants –

will be designed and tested during the project.

The ‘Water Smart Cities’ project is based on the current

project ‘KlimaSpring’, which is carried out jointly by DHI,

Aarhus Water, DTU Compute and DTU Environment. In

‘KlimaSpring’, basic software components for surrogate

modelling and optimisation of the management of drainage

systems are being developed.

BIOFOS APPOINTS DHI TO IMPLEMENT INTEGRATED DATA

INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

BIOFOS – the largest wastewater utility in Denmark – has

appointed DHI to deliver a data management system to help

improve the operational efficiency of its wastewater collection,

transport and treatment.

The wastewater utility services 1.2 million people and a large

number of industries in Greater Copenhagen. Wastewater from a

total of eight utility companies in 15 municipalities is treated at

BIOFOS´ three plants. The entire system is connected by large

interceptor sewers and the treatment plants produce more than 50

GWh of energy every year.

In a continued effort to improve its operations,

BIOFOS has taken the first steps towards a

fully integrated system, balancing the loads on

the sewers, plants and receiving waters. This

includes establishing a data integration and

information management system across the

eight connected sewer utility companies and

the three plants.

MONITORING OF WATER SUPPLY THROUGH SIMULATION

AND ACCESS TO REAL-TIME DATA

Founded in 1909 as the municipality of Rome’s

electric company, ACEA is a listed industrial

group and one of the most important national

public utility operators in Italy. Together with

DHI Czech Republic and a local partner, DHI

Italy has helped them develop a WebGIS-

based platform integrating MIKE URBAN to

estimate the operating parameters of their

water networks.

For more news please visit www.dhigroup.com/news and

www.mikepoweredbydhi.com/news

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Ocean Village Innovation Centre

Ocean Way, Southampton

SO14 3JZ

Tel: +44 (0)2380 381961

mike.uk@dhigroup.com

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ABOUT DHI

DHI are the first people you should call when you have a tough challenge to solve in a water environment. Whether it is a river, a reservoir, an ocean, a coastline, within a city or a factory. Our world is water, and our knowledge of water environments is second-to-none. It represents 50 years of dedicated research, and real-life experience from more than 140 countries.

We strive to make this knowledge globally accessible to clients and partners by channelling it through our local teams and unique software.

So whether you need to save water, share it fairly, improve its quality, quantify its impact or manage its flow, we can help. Our knowledge, combined with our team’s expertise and the power of our technology, hold the key to unlocking the right solution.

IFAT 2016

MODELLING WATER SYSTEMS

30 May – 3 June 2016 | Messe München | Germany Halle B1 | Stand-Nr. 126

You can expect to learn more about our water modelling software and solutions at the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. Details to follow.

We look forward to seeing you in Munich!