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Example 4 ========= This example illustrates how the new Low Impact Development (LID) modeling feature added

into release 5.0.019 works. The data file represents a 29 acre mixed-use subdivision that has been divided into 9 subcatchments. Six different types of LID processes have been defined and deployed within the subcatchments -- rain barrels and an infiltration trench in subcatchment S1, street planters in S4, a green roof and porous pavement area in S5, and vegetative swales in subcatchments Swale3, Swale4, and Swale6. After loading the example, select the LID Controls category from the Data Browser to see what types of LID controls and their design parameters have been defined for the project. Then use the View | Query command to locate subcatchments that have been assigned LID controls or select LID Usage as the Subcatchment Theme to view on the map. Bring up the Property Editor for a selected subcatchment and click on the LID Controls property to see how a particular LID process was deployed within the subcatchment. Run the example and view a summary of LID performance in the LID Results section of the Status Report. Edit one of the LID units deployed within a subcatchment (e.g., the green roof in subcatchment S5) to produce a detailed report file for it. Then re-run the example and open the report file with a text editor (or with Excel) to view a detailed time history of water fluxes and storage levels in the LID unit.

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