Ever heard of the Malcom Method? I hadn’t either, until a few years ago when a loyal Hydrology Studio user reached out with a request. They needed support for this method because a drainage authority in East Texas required it for detention pond submittals. Naturally, this user was working in…

A Step-by-Step ApproachIf you’re a newbie to hydraulics & hydrology then you’re in a good place right now. This blog is about how to design a detention pond outlet device without pulling your hair out. I can tell you first-hand, there are a lot of moving parts to a detention…

Civil Engineers are some of the most resourceful professionals I’ve ever known. They got that way in order to get through 4-years of rigorous college. So when a challenge arises they will just roll up their sleeves and get the job done. Even if it means modeling a storm sewer…

Occasionally you will be faced with the question, “Should I use an Interconnected Pond analysis for this?” To my surprise, many of our users answer, “Yes” when they should be answering “No”.  Interconnected ponds are two or more detention ponds that are hydraulically connected to each other. There’s typically an…

One of my favorite features of Hydrology Studio’s detention pond design is its charting abilities. But there’s one chart that reminds me of a smart phone. It does everything. In fact, so much that it can be overwhelming. It’s the Stage-Discharge chart for  a multistage discharge structure configured like this:This…

By now you’ve seen some of the marketing hype surrounding Hydrology Studio and its use of Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation. Called WPF for short. Hopefully your curiosity is the reason you’re about to read this blog post. WPF is not unique to Hydrology Studio. Most modern-day desktop software use this…

How an unemployed accountant changed the world of civil engineering Ever wonder about the origin of Manning’s equation? Well, even if you haven’t it’s still interesting. This well-known equation achieved its notoriety in a way parallel to many other things in our modern consumer society. Through what some may call…

This is one of those “I got to get something off my chest” blog posts. It’s about the Rational method. Before you start, imagine the theme song from Clint Eastwood’s film, “The Good, The Bad, The Ugly” playing in the background. Being a hydrology software developer has some cool and…