The Corte Madera Creek watershed, also named the Ross Valley watershed, is located about 20km north of San Francisco in California. Due to its location, the area is naturally prone to flooding, causing events that threaten residents, local businesses and public safety. As a part of the ‘Ross Valley Watershed Flood Protection Program’, Stetson Engineers analysed alternatives for reducing flood damage in the area. For this purpose, they chose to apply MIKE by DHI hydraulic modelling tools to simulate the flood events and to create floodplain mapping for education of the surrounding community.

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In order to reduce the threat of socioeconomic losses and ecological damage due to inefficient management of pollution incidents of the Tai Lake Basin, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (PRC) approached us to come up with a solution. We developed various mathematical models of the Basin. Based on these models and our Decision Support System (DSS) technology, we also created a water environment risk management system, thereby facilitating better management of the precious resource.

We mainly used our MIKE 11 software to simulate one-dimensional river network and the water quality condition within Tai Lake Basin. Meanwhile, MIKE 21 software was used to simulate two-dimensional Tai Lake and its surrounding lake area. The result was enhanced water management capacity of the Tai Lake Basin and reduced risk of pollution incidents, socioeconomic losses and environmental damage.

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Flood risk and dike safety with respect to climate change, are of concern to the Vidaa river system in Denmark. In order to understand the expected impacts of climate change on the river, we conducted extensive hydrological and hydraulic studies. As a result of our comprehensive analyses and projections, informed decisions on climate adaptation can now be taken with confidence.

We set up and calibrated a MIKE 11 integrated hydrological and hydraulic model of the Vidaa River catchment. We used Regional Climate Model (RCM) projections from the ENSEMBLES data archive for two projection horizons. We also used the Extreme Value Analysis (EVA) software for the risk analysis studies. The project showed how much flood risk is expected to increase in the future due to climate change. The results obtained in the study are currently used for evaluating different adaptation options for reducing future flood risks in the long-term planning of the area.

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FEFLOW 'Down Under' User Group Meeting 2013
19-21 June 2013

The 2nd Australian and New Zealand FEFLOW User Group Meeting will be held in Adelaide. The event will be a joint event with National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT), which reinforces the DHI-NCGRT partnership. The workshop will consist of two days of presentations. This will include keynotes from leading industry speakers as well as the FEFLOW 6.1 development team, highlighting the new capabilities of FEFLOW 6.1 and explaining future development directions.

An additional training day will give both beginners and experienced users the possibility to explore our groundwater modelling software more in detail. This includes an introduction to FEFLOW and MIKE SHE, using FEFLOW with PEST and the usage of FEFLOW according to the groundwater modelling guidelines.

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For more information and registration, please contact Tine Arvid, Customer Care Unit, DHI Australia.

Annual MIKE by DHI User Group Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand
27-28 June 2013

The User Group Meeting will include, amongst others, a mixture of presentations of the new software features of Release 2012 as well as case studies presented by Thai users and DHI experts. Training sessions and specialised seminars will be held in conjunction with the event.

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For more information and registration, please contact Varaporn Buranautama, Customer Care Unit, DHI Thailand.

Annual MIKE by DHI User Group Meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland
11-12 September 2013

The User Group Meeting will include a mixture of presentations of new software features and technologies, as well as practical case studies presented by Swiss users.

Everybody interested in MIKE by DHI software is welcome to join the seminar which will be presented in German!

For further information and registration, please contact Heike Stoschek, Customer Care Unit, DHI-WASY, Germany.

From 22-26 April 2013, 12 motivated and skilled professionals from public, academic and private sectors in Japan attended a five days detailed FEFLOW course. The comprehensive training course was held in Yokohama and was provided by Julia Mayer from DHI-WASY and DHI Japan. The training covered basic and advanced topics with a special focus on geothermal issues. Other topics included FEFLOW 6.1 usage and hints, unsaturated flow, density-dependent flow, fracture flow and chemical reactions. We express our deepest thanks to all participants for their positive feedback and for a successful week.

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The very first MIKE HYDRO Basin training course was organised by DHI France for Gambia River Basin Development Organization (OMVG). During six days in March, nine participants from OMVG received training in how to use the tool. The training took place in Dakar in Senegal and included professionals such as hydrologists, rural and environmental engineers and hydropower specialists.

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On 27 March 2013, we co-hosted and participated in a one-day open workshop with special emphasis on the management and protection of the Florida coastline. The workshop, titled “Modelling Coastal Processes and their Effect on Shoreline Morphology”, attracted 25 local professionals and representatives from regulatory authorities, government agencies, engineering firms, environmental consultants and universities.

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