ICWMM list of accepted 2026 abstracts (updated weekly)

KEYNOTE

Keeping Up: Capturing the Evolution of Stormwater Management in Municipal Review and Approval - Bert van Duin, City of Calgary, AB, Canada

Current accepted for oral presentation:

Hydro-Sedimentological Dynamics of Rainfall Interception and Soil Erosion Across Canopy Elevation Gradient - Tamim Haqdad, Yoshifumi Satofuka, Masamitsu Fujimoto, and Masahiro Murata, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Estimating Climate Change Costs for Mississauga Stormwater - Christopher Davidson, WSP, ON, Canada

A Continuous RDII Calibration Framework Using Open-Source City Data and Python-Based Multi-Objective Optimization - Chi-Han (Harry) Cheng, Independent Researcher, ON, Canada

Spatial Scale Dependence of Persistence in Annual Precipitation and Temperature Series Observed at Some Canadian Drainage Basins - Ashlyn Cherian, Yiping Guo, and Bryan Karney, McMaster University, ON, Canada

District Metered Area Planning Using Hydraulic Modeling for Water Loss Control - Saeed Hashemi and Andrew Long, Jacobs, ON, Canada and Brian Skeens, Jacobs, GA, USA

CFD Simulation of S-8 Headwater Pool Improvements and Their Impact on Pump Performance - Liqiong Zhang, Mark M. Wilsnack, and Matahel Ansar, South Florida Water Management District, FL USA

Hydrologic Model Comparisons Between Mike+ Model B Kinematic Wave and SWMM Subcatchment Runoff with Horton Infiltration - Suibing Liu, Jacobs, OH, USA

Modeling RDII Without the R: Measuring Return Periods from Flow Monitoring Data - Christopher Zuccaro, HydraTek & Associates, ON, Canada

Urban Regulatory Floodplain Mapping: Update for the City of Greater Sudbury - Menghui Xu and Claire Wittnebel, Aecom, ON, Canada

A Curious Caper of Missing Moisture: Nature Hangs in the Balance - Mike Gregory, Computational Hydraulics Inc (CHI), ON, Canada

Closing the Gap Between Field Reality and Your SWMM Model - Sam Shamsi, ALCOSAN, PA, USA, Rachel Sebian, R2O Consulting, OH, USA, Afaf Musa, CDM Smith, OH, USA and Kendall Grimm, R2O Consulting, OH, USA

Taking a Deep Dive with the JWMM - Laura-Lee Fletcher, Computational Hydraulics Inc (CHI), ON, Canada

Challenges and Lessons Learned in 2D Flood and Dual Drainage Modeling Using PCSWMM - Camila Sanchez, R2T, Inc., GA, USA

An Area-Based Approach to Replacing Single R-Value Thresholds for RDII Evaluation - Hazem Gheith, Amrit Bhusal, and Qiuli Lu, ARCADIS, OH, USA

The Cost of Water in a Desert: How Much Can Saudi Arabia Save from Water Loss Reduction? - Muhammad Javid, Grzegorz Peszko, and Fakhri Hasanov, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, Saudi Arabia

Climate Change, Industrial Water Use, and River Basin Management in the Subarnarekha, India - Hishmi Jamil Husain, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

The Whole Hydrograph: Thinking and Creating with SWMM - Alex Partridge, GKY & Associates, Inc., VA, USA

A Multicriteria Framework for Prioritizing Urban Flood Adaptation Strategies: An Integrated PCSWMM-PROMETHEE II Approach - Melanie McGrory, Francis Marleau Donais, and Jean-Luc Martel, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), QC, Canada

My Sponge Property: Private-Sector Adaptation Measures to Enhance the Resilience of the Built Environment to Stormwater Flooding - Fannie Leroux and Jean-Luc Martel, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), QC, Canada

Spatial Decoupling of Freshwater Availability and Water Quality in an Intensively Irrigated Alluvial Basin - Prajkta P. Deshpande and Shyam Prasad, Clear Water Dynamics, India

Integration of SWMM and TELEMAC for Coupled 1D/2D Modeling - Hailiang Shen, Computational Hydraulics Inc (CHI), ON, Canada

A Comparison Between Rain-on-Grid Models for Continuous Urban Watershed Modeling- Ashmita Poudel and Jose G. Vasconcelos, Auburn University, AL, USA

A Modern Approach to Comparing SWMM Models - David Meyer, Wade Trim, OH, USA

Using GI to Manage Stormwater Runoff and Reduce Erosion in a Coastal Environment - Bassam Aldhafari, San Francisco Public Works, CA, USA

Which CSO Metrics Track Overflow Loads? A Benchmark-Based Comparison - D. Muschalla, A.W. König, C. Beutle, and M. Pichler, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Enhancing Urban Water Balance Representation in EPA SWMM Using a Two-Layer Infiltration Approach - Sherif S. Ahmed, Craig Kipkie, Tara Paradis, and Lotte Veth, Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd, BC, Canada, Alexa Baker and Bert van Duin, City of Calgary, AB, Canada

Development of a Wetland Water Balance and the Impact on Groundwater Supply Wells - Ryan Bolger and Bahram Gharabaghi, University of Guelph, ON, Canada

Monitoring and Modeling of its Drainage System for the Town of Huntsville, Ontario - Michael Thompson, Chris Stilwell, and Sean Wetmore, Tulloch Engineering Inc, ON, Canada

Application of 2D Hydraulic Modeling to Diagnose and Manage Urban Spill Flooding - Aabina Sadek, Aaron Farrell, Mark Tan, and Amelia Orzechowski, HDR, ON, Canada

Feedback from a Successful Pilot Project in a Highly Complex Hydraulic Context – The case of the Drainage System in the City of Cuttack, India - Chinmaya Tripathy, Ecometrix Consultants, India and Nelly Peyron, Hydropraxis, France

PI-NSGA-II for Multi-Objective Optimization of SWMM Calibration Parameters - Vinay Kumar Chukka, Tirupati Bolisetti, University of Windsor, ON, Canada and Ian Wilson, City of Windsor, ON, Canada

PCSWMM 2-D Modelling for the Don Mills Channel Flood Control Facility and Culvert Upgrades - Jian Gao, Pippy Warburton, Vernon Brown, and Bita Pihani, AECOM Canada, ON, Canada

Adaptive Data Assimilation Framework for Robust Flow Estimation in Gravity-Driven Sanitary Collection Systems - Amin Mahdipour, Clean Water Services, OR, USA

Model-based Assessments of Smart Blue Roof - Afsana Alam Akhie and Darko Joksimovi, Toronto Metropolitan University, ON, Canada

Enhancing Urban Drainage Resilience: Integrated 1D/2D PCSWMM Modeling for Mitigate Flooding Risks in Residential Neighborhoods - Jian Gao and Bita Pihani, AECOM Canada, ON, Canada

Hybrid Nonlinear Reservoir Routing Algorithm (HNRA): A Time of Concentration-Agnostic Approach for the Rational Method Framework - Excie Guillot, Jose Vasconcelos, and Xing Fang, Auburn University, AL, USA

Differentiable Calibration for Automated, Physics Bounded Collection System Models - Mel Meng, Autodesk, ON, Canada

Greening the Stormwater Infrastructure for Cost Effectiveness - Asif Aslam, WSP, ON, Canada

Current accepted for poster presentation:

Using Hydrograph Disaggregation to Improve the Sanitary Sewer Hydrology Model Calibration Process - Cocoro Wachi and William S. Gonwa, Milwaukee School of Engineering, WI, USA

Revisiting the Design Storm Concept: From Historical Patterns to Climate-Adjusted Design - Émilie Bilodeau and Jean-Luc Martel, École de technologie supérieure, QC, Canada

Simulation of Compound Urban Flooding Using Direct Rainfall Modeling - Jang Hyer, Jeong Gwiun and Byunghyun Kim, Kyungpook National University, Korea

Interactive Hydraulic Modeling: Integrating Generative AI with EPA-SWMM Using the Model Context Protocol - Hoyeon Kim, Jiyun Jeon, and Byunghyun Kim, Kyungpook National University, Korea

Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Modelling in Stormwater Wet Ponds and Wetlands in Calgary and Implications for Sediment Control - Sherif S. Ahmed, Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd, BC, Canada Mark R. Loewen, David Z. Zhu, and Wenming Zhang, University of Alberta, AB, Canada, Tadros R. Ghobrial, Laval University, QC, Canada, Khizar Mahmood, and Bert van Duin, City of Calgary, AB, Canada

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