====================================================== EPA SWMM 5.0 RELEASE NOTES ====================================================== This file contains information concerning Version 5.

0 of the EPA Storm Water Management Model (SWMM). A complete Users Manual as well as full source code and other updates are available at www.epa.gov/ednnrmrl/models/swmm. ====================================================== INSTALLATION To install EPA SWMM 5.0 run the setup program epaswmm5_setup.exe. It will place the following files into the application folder you designate: epaswmm5.exe -- the Windows user interface for SWMM epaswmm5.chm -- the SWMM 5 help file swmm5.dll -- the SWMM 5 computational engine swmm5.exe -- the command line version of SWMM 5 tutorial.hlp -- an online tutorial for SWMM 5 notes.txt -- this file The setup program will also create a Start Menu group named EPA SWMM 5.0 and will register SWMM 5 with Windows. This will allow you to use the Add or Remove Programs option of the Windows Control Panel to un-install EPA SWMM 5.0. ====================================================== EXAMPLE DATA SETS Several example data sets have been included with this package. They are placed in a sub-folder named EPA SWMM Projects\Examples in your My Documents folder. Each example consists of a .INP file that holds the model data and a .TXT file with suggestions on running it. * EXAMPLE1.INP models runoff quantity and quality from a small watershed and its routing through a network of storm sewers. It can be run in either single event mode or in continuous mode using the companion rainfall file. * EXAMPLE2.INP is Example 1 of the 1988 EXTRAN Users Manual. It illustrates how SWMM5 can graphically compare its results to observed data stored in a text file. * EXAMPLE3.INP illustrates the use of the rulebased controls feature in SWMM5 for simulating real-time control. * EXAMPLE4.INP shows how the new LID controls feature added to release 5.0.019 was used to reduce runoff produced from a 29 acre mixed development site. ====================================================== TERMS OF USE

EPA SWMM 5 is public domain software that may be freely copied and distributed. ====================================================== DISCLAIMER The software product is provided on an "as-is" basis. US EPA and Camp Dresser& McKee Inc. make no representations or warranties of any kind and expressly disclaim all other warranties express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Although care has been used in preparing the software product, US EPA and Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. disclaim all liability for its accuracy or completeness, and the user shall be solely responsible for the selection, use, efficiency and suitability of the software product. Any person who uses this product does so at his sole risk and without liability to US EPA or Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. US EPA and Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. shall have no liability to users for the infringement of proprietary rights by the software product or any portion thereof.