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About the Model
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Create Liveable Communities and Protect Stream Health
The vision for the Water Balance Model powered by QUALHYMO... as a decision support tool that bridges engineering and planning... is that it will help communities create neighbourhoods that integrate both good planning and innovative engineering designs, for overall greater sustainability (environmental, social, economic).
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The "Water Balance Model powered by QUALHYMO" - A Brief History
The Water Balance Model powered by QUALHYMO is a public domain, on-line decision support and scenario modeling tool for promoting rainwater management and stream health protection through implementation of "green" development practices. The appeal and the strength of the tool is that it is evolving to meet the "needs and wants" of participating agencies.
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Beyond the Guidebook: Why the Water Balance Model Powered by QUALHYMO
Published in 2002, 'Stormwater Planning: A Guidebook for British Columbia' set in motion a chain of outcomes that has resulted in British Columbia being recognized internationally as a leader in implementing a natural systems approach to rainwater management in the urban environment. 'Beyond the Guidebook' takes the Guidebook innovation to the next level of evolution by incorporating what has been learned to date at the site scale to achieve net environmental benefits at a watershed scale.
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An Overview of the QUALHYMO Engine
The Water Balance Model for Canada has been integrated with QUALHYMO in order to provide practitioners with a "runoff-based tool" for source control evaluation and stream health assessment. The "runoff-based approach" holds the key to assessing environmental impacts in watercourses and the effectiveness of mitigation techniques. The desire to mitigate environmental impacts has provided a driver for the "Water Balance Model powered by QUALHYMO".
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