Surface Water Solutions quarterly newsletter | June 2021
2021 mid-year update:
new webinars, courses, and more!
In this issue we'll highlight some new hydraulic modelling resources with upcoming courses and webinars designed to provide water sector practitioners with the latest, most relevant tools of the trade.
Want to know what's new in HEC-RAS Version 6.0?
After 6 months of beta testing, we were excited about last month's release of HEC-RAS 6.0! Whether you are just starting to dive into HEC-RAS as a modelling tool, or have been using it for years, our private tutorial sessions can help optimise your own model. Half-day screen-sharing sessions are available starting at only $500. We can focus strictly on the features and skills that you need with a tailored agenda. Contact us for more information or sign up for a training session using the link below:
Upcoming 2021 online courses
While our face-to-face courses are on hold, online courses are the next best thing! Join us for next week's online course covering 1D and 2D HEC-RAS Essentials. Other upcoming courses include dam breach, sediment transport, HEC-HMS, Python for water modellers, QGIS for water modellers, rating curve development, and more!
New webinar recordings
We've had a busy year so far with the AWS webinar series. Our free 2021 webinars available to view on YouTube include:

Other previous webinar recordings are available at the link below.

Upcoming free webinars
We've got more webinars in the works, including technological advances in the water sector that address some of these questions and more:
  • How are drones changing the way we capture high water marks?
  • How can augmented reality and 3D visualisation improve flood safety?
  • How can ERT and ground penetrating radar changing help map palaeofloods? 
Have ideas for future webinars? Send us your suggestions here!
New video tutorials
We've been adding monthly video tutorials to the RAS Solution YouTube channel. Our 2021 tutorials include flood hazard mapping, rip rap sizing, afflux mapping, terrain modification, dam breach modelling, and more. Let us know if there are topics you would like to see us cover in future videos.

Surface Water Solutions: Celebrating 5 years young!
It's been a challenging but exciting 5 years since we opened our doors, especially with some of the changes that we've all had to roll with. Here's a recap by the numbers:

  • 120 face-to-face courses
  • 250 online courses
  • 28 countries visited
  • 240,000 frequent flyer miles
  • 15,000 live webinar attendees
  • Half a million YouTube views
  • More about the 5-year adventure here

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