I have been using EPANET and EPASWMM for a short period of time now, but for the short time I have used these tools, I have realised that as much as EPANET is used in modeling water distribution systems, it doesn't have the capability to simulate TRANSIENT CONDITIONS that are common in most of our developing countries.
At the same, EPASWMM though used in modeling drainage systems, it has that capability of doing HYDRAULIC TRANSIENT ANALYSIS!!!
So I was thinking of integrating the hydraulic simulation engine of EPASWMM (with the capability of simulating hydraulic transients) to the GUI of EPANET!!!
So members what do you think about this? Anyone out there that has ever tried it out and therefore can give ideas, suggestions/complements etc?
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Thanks Robert for the comment/complement and for your question about whether I have access to Delphi or not, as per now I don't have but a collegue with whom I had discussed this issue, has promised to help me get one.
The SWMM 5 GUI and some of the SWMM 5 engine came from EPANET because they were both developed by the same office of the EPA in Cincinnati, Ohio. I don't know how easy it would be to add features of SWMM 5 to EPANET especially as a lot of the additions to the EPANET GUI for SWMM 5 was to add output graphics, file management and other features. It might be possible if you limit the features you want to add.
Do you have access to Delphi so you can change the GUI code?