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Welcome to my research blog. This blog contains the detail of my works start from what is the research background, literature, detail data used during the research time and research report as well.

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[edit] The Researcher

Name
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Programme
MWI
Country
Indonesia

[edit] Research Topic

Title

Application of EPA-SUSTAIN (System for Urban Storm-water Treatment and Analysis Integration) for design of LID (Low Impact Development) Interventions

Abstract

File:Abstract.doc

SUSTAIN (System for Urban Stormwater Treatment and Analysis Integration)is a decision support system to facilitate selection and placement of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Low Impact Development (LID) techniques at strategic locations in urban watersheds. It was developed to assist stormwater management professionals in developing implementation plans for flow and pollution control to protect source waters and meet water quality goals. From an understanding of the needs of the user community, SUSTAIN was designed for use by watershed and stormwater practitioners to develop, evaluated, and select optimal BMP combinations at various watershed scales on the basis of cost and effectiveness. SUSTAIN is a tool for answering the following questions:

  • How effective are BMPs in reducing runoff and pollutant loadings?
  • What are the most cost-effective solutions for meeting water quality and quality objectives?
  • Where, what type, and how big should BMPs be?

SUSTAIN was developed by the US EPA Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory,Water Supply and Water Resources Division, Urban Watershed Management Branch under contract with Tetra Tech, a consulting engineering, program management, construction and technicalservices firm focusing on resource management and infrastructure.

Mentors
  • [User:Assela]
  • Prof. Dr. K. Vairavamoorthy

[edit] Proposal

  • Attach files of each draft of the proposal as they become ready.

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[edit] Literature

  • Attach a copy of EVERY paper that you acquire related to the research. Do this as soon as you get the copy, not after reading.
  • Write the full citation of the paper here and then attach.

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  • Pathirana, Assela (2010), EPANET Desktop Application for Pressure Driven Demand Modeling, In proceedings of The 12th annual Water Distribution Systems Analysis conference (WDSA 2010), Tuscon, Arizona, USA. File:2010-08-19 pathirana enemitter.pdf


These are yy's Literatures:

Website literatures:

  • Epa Sustain homepage [1]
  • Building Geodatabase [2]
  • International Stormwater BMPs data base [3]
  • Publication of Prof. Richard M. Vogel[4]
  • Chicago Green Forum publications [5]

SUSTAIN literatures:

  • Tetra Tech, Inc, (2009), System for Urban Stormwater Treatment and Analysis INtegration (SUSTAIN), USA, File:Epa Sustain 1.pdf
  • Tetra Tech, Inc, (2009), SUSTAIN — A Framework for Placement of Best Management Practices in Urban Watersheds to Protect Water Quality, USA, File:Epa Sustain 2.pdf

BMP opimization modeling literatures:

Stormwater Treatment Modeling Literatures:

LID and Stormwater management literatures:

  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Office of Policy Development and Research, (2003), The Practice of Low Impact Development, USA, File:LID BMP 1.pdf
  • Departement of Transportation and Environmental Services - City of Alexandria Virginia(1993), Alexandria Supplement To Northern Virginia BMP Handbook, File:LID BMP 2.pdf
  • Jonathan Ford, PE, (2009), Smart Growth & Conventional Suburban Development: Which Costs More? An infrastructure case study completed for the EPA, File:LID BMP 3.pdf
  • Fu-hsiung Lai, Leslie Shoemaker, and John Riverson, Framework Design for BMP Placement in Urban Watershed,File:LID BMP 4.pdf
  • State of Florida Departement of Transportation, (2004), Drainage Handbook Stormwater Management Facility, File:Storm Water Management 1.pdf
  • The Importance of Imperviousness - Feature article from Watershed Protection Techniques. 1(3): 100-111, File:Storm Water Management 2.pdf
  • T.H. Thomas and D.B. Martinson, (2007), Roofwater Harvesting - A Handbook for Practitioners, The Netherlands, File:Rain Water Harvesting 1.pdf
  • Mbugua,J, Rainwater harvesting , File:Rain Water Harvesting 2.pdf
  • Intermediate Technology Development Group Ltd Patron HRH, the Prince of Wales, Rainwater Harvesting - Practial Action, File:Rain Water Harvesting 3.pdf
  • Other literatures:

File:Literature.7z

[edit] Meetings

  • Log each meeting that you have with your mentor, professor or any other related to your research.
19 August 2010
Meeting with Assela:

We discussed the platform...

24 August 2010
Meeting with Assela:

Discussing error in BMP Siting Tool. Note that: All input data for the Siting tool is optional. And this is the correct way to input the BMP sitting Tool: [[]]

27 August 2010
Meeting with Assela:

Discussing errors in Sustain and also i made sustain summary File:Sustain Summary 1.ppt

20 October 2010
Meeting with Assela:
7 February 2011
Meeting with Assela:
  • The conclusion of this meeting: I will use internal land simulation of SUSTAIN, the challanges that I have to find out next are:
  1. How to perform post processor (still waiting the reply of the SUSTAIN technical support). This is very important because post processor is the center of the user to analyze and interpret the model result.
  2. How to perform view result on chart without any error messages.

All the summary of my problem this week is attached in this file: File:SUSTAIN PROBLEM.docx

Error messages that I face and have not solved yet: File:Error messages.docx

[edit] Data

  • Describe each data source as you get it and make a link.

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[edit] Tips and Tricks

Here, you can create sub-pages (any page that starts with '/') and write down any useful information related to your work. e.g.

[edit] Thesis

[edit] Draft Chapters

  • Put a copy of draft chapters that you write here (even ones that are not yet checked by your mentor, even ones that are not completely done.

[edit] Presentations

Sustain Exercise 2 is the implementation of Internal Land Simulation with BMP implementation using Infiltration Trench and Dry Pond. The Optimization decision variable is the length of both BMPs to get the cost effective curve of the project.

Sustain Exercise 4 is the use of BMP Siting Tool.

If the computer does not have .avi player, then alternatively it can be installed GOMPLAYER. The driver can be downloaded from this folder, then extract and install it File:GOM Player.7z



[edit] Data