Information, support and training
For information on DRAINS pricing, Software Support and Training, please contact Watercom:
Watercom Head Office
Office Address: Level 11, 66 Clarence Street,Sydney, NSW 2000
Postal Address: PO Box 199, Port Kembla, NSW 2505
Phone: (02) 6649 8005, international: +612 6649 8005
General email: info@watercom.com.au
Website: watercom.com.au
General software support for DRAINS is available by lodging a support ticket on the Watercom Support Website: watercom.com.au/support
For workshop enquires including public, custom or private workshops, individual or corporate self-paced online training check our website: watercom.com.au/training, or email us at training@watercom.com.au, or call the Watercom Training team on 0407 647 108.
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Overview
DRAINS performs design and analysis calculations for urban stormwater drainage systems and models the flooding behaviour of rural and urban catchments. Operating on PCs in Microsoft Windows environments, it has many applications from sizing of single ...
The origins and development of DRAINS
DRAINS was developed by Bob Stack and Geoffrey O’Loughlin and is distributed by Watercom Pty Ltd. It was released in 1998 and is used by hundreds of engineering organisations throughout Australia. Bob Stack is a specialist in water supply engineering ...
DRAINS Examples
Files for a number of short examples are located in the folders C:\ProgramData\Drains, in folders named 'LiteExamples' and 'FullUnsteadyExamples' (C:\ProgramData\Drains may not be visible because it is often hidden in Windows. To make it visible, ...
Capabilities of DRAINS
The hydrological and hydraulic methods in DRAINS can be used to design new drainage systems and to analyse established or trial systems. These systems can range from small property drainage systems, through street and trunk drainage systems, up to ...
Inputs and outputs
Broadly, DRAINS requires three types of input: the data needed to set up a model - indicators selecting the type of hydrological model, the parameters or significant numbers associated with models, and data that is stored in data bases, such as pit ...