The main technical expertise within Clear lies in the production of robust, fit for purpose sewer hydraulic models. Our staff have developed a wealth of experience in sewer hydraulic modelling from the early days of WASSP through to the latest developments of InfoWorks and InfoNet. Clear’s staff posses a comprehensive understanding of the modelling process and its underlying principles that allow the company to exploit current modelling technology to the full.

Equally important, Clear understands and advises on the suitability and limitations of hydraulic models as tools for analysis and design.

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Clear staff are experienced in the construction and verification of a large number of sewer models, from catchments of a few hundred people to catchments of a few hundred thousand people. Over the course of these studies, extensive experience has been developed in many hydraulic software applications including InfoWorks, HydroWorks, Mouse, ISIS, HEC-RAS, Mike 11, StormPAC and Wallrus

Clear has extensive expertise in the following key areas of Hydraulic Modelling:

  • Model building for a range of catchment sizes with differing needs
  • Model conversion and enhancement
  • Model combination
  • Model hydraulic verification against detailed flow surveys
  • Model water quality calibration against sample data
  • RTC, and the interaction between ancillary operation and sewer conditions
  • Overland flow modelling
  • Application of complex rainfall analysis techniques
    Water quality and sediment modelling
  • River modelling
  • Integrated catchment modelling
  • UPM studies
  • Model audits

Clear is experienced in the more complex aspects of modelling, such as RTC, water quality, rainfall analysis, value engineering and options development.

We place great emphasis on model build documentation, to identify the strengths and limitations of a model, and to provide a clear audit trail throughout the whole modelling process.