MIKE by DHI UK and Ireland Blog

2015 DHI UK & Ireland Symposium - Programme is complete and places are filling up fast!

The programme for both days is now complete and can be viewed here www.dhi-uk.info/programme.

Many thanks to all of you who have offered to give presentations. We really appreciate your efforts!

Lots of delegates have already registered for the event but we still have spaces available. If you would like to come along to either day (or even better both!), please register here as soon as possible www.dhi-uk.info/register.


Attendance at the Symposium (including the Symposium Dinner on the Tuesday night) is completely free!

Bed & Breakfast is available at Ansty Hall for a special discounted rate of £87.50 per night, or you can make your own arrangements.

If you have not been before and are considering coming, we would extend a warm welcome to you. No experience of DHI or MIKE software is required. There will be lots of opportunities to meet your contemporaries in both the formal sessions and afterwards over a drink or meal. Feel free to drop us a line at mikebydhi.uk@dhigroup.com if you would like to know more.

We look forward to receiving your conference registrations and meeting you all at the event.

Steve, Suzie and Mark
The UK & Ireland Team

Registration is now open for 2015 UK & Ireland Symposium!

For the 2015 event we have a new venue:  Ansty Hall in the Midlands http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/macdonald-ansty-hall/.

We are still developing the Agenda for both days – thanks to everyone who has offered exciting presentations for the first day.  If you are interested in sharing your applications and experiences of the MIKE software with your contemporaries, please send an email to mikebydhi.uk@dhigroup.com and we will reserve a slot for you.

The first day of presentations ends with the Symposium dinner. The second day consists of series of seminars.

If you would like to come along to either (or, even better, both days) please register here http://www.theacademybydhi.com/course-sessions/united-kingdom-and-ireland-symposium-26600001-04


Attendance at the Symposium is completely free!

Bed & Breakfast is available at Ansty Hall for a special discounted rate of £87.50 per night, or you can make your own arrangements.

If you have not been to the event before and would simply like to know more, feel free to have a look at our symposium website http://www.dhi-uk.info/symposium  or email us at mikebydhi.uk@dhigroup.com.

We look forward to receiving your conference registrations and presentation abstracts.

Steve, Suzie and Mark
The UK & Ireland Team

Annual DHI UK Symposium

The dates for the 2015 DHI UK Symposium have now been confirmed as: -

Tuesday 21st April – User-led Presentations followed by the Conference Dinner
Wednesday 22nd April – Training and Innovation Seminars

We would like to welcome anyone who is interested in learning more about the varied applications of the MIKE software and our complementary technologies, as well as existing and new software users. The Symposium offers the chance to meet people in both the formal sessions, but also over dinner and during breakout sessions.

The event is free of charge* again this year and will be held at Macdonald Ansty Hall near Coventry, chosen to ensure easy access from road, rail and air. It should offer an excellent opportunity to meet your local DHI team and DHI staff from Head Office, as well as your contemporaries from consultancy, academia and research in a well-appointed setting. The presentation line up and training sessions cover a wide range of fields from urban, rivers and catchments to marine and groundwater.

We are in the process of setting up an exciting programme of events for the Seminars on the second day. This year, in readiness for the MIKE 2016 release, we will include a half day workshop on our new MIKE 21 FM Shoreline model as part of an 'Innovation in Marine Modelling' day. All participants of the Symposium will be entitled to a discount off the price of the new Shoreline Model when available.

For a successful first day, as usual, we need your help! If you would like to give a presentation at the event please let us know by e-mailing mikebydhi.uk@dhigroup.com. Everyone is welcome to present projects they have worked on, research they are undertaking – or more general experiences on the use of the MIKE software. You are guaranteed an interested and enthusiastic audience!

For inspiration, please peruse the papers which were presented last year https://www.slideshare.net/sjf_dhi/2014-mike-by-dhi-uk-symposium-user-group-meeting-presentations-and-papers-13-may-2014. The quality of the papers was truly amazing and all the presenters in 2014 continue to have our sincere thanks. Let's see if we can match them this year!

If you would like to attend, feel free to drop us a line at mikebydhi.uk@dhigroup.com and we will keep you updated. We will also be launching a website shortly for online registrations.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The DHI UK Team

* Bed and breakfast is available at the venue for participants who wish to stay overnight on Monday or Tuesday nights, and a reduced rate has been negotiated for Symposium participants. Other hotels are available nearby if you wish to make your own arrangements. Attendance at the day sessions and the Conference Dinner is free of charge.

UK Annual Symposium 2015

We are in the early stages of planning the UK Annual Symposium 2015.

We are thinking about a new venue - but the date is likely to be April 2015.

We love creating the opportunity for you to meet both the UK Team and the wider DHI Team and for you all to meet each other and share what you have been using the MIKE by DHI software for.

The conference usually includes a wide range of presentations and workshop to inspire those who are new to our software as well as those who have been using it for many years.

If you have been working on a project that would like to tell everyone about - Feel free to drop us a line at mikebydhi.uk@dhigroup.com and reserve your presentation slot.

2014 MIKE by DHI UK Symposium:
Knowledge sharing for water and environmental professionals
Website: http://www.dhi-uk.info/ugm
Date: 13th to 14th May 2014
Venue: Coombe Abbey Hotel, Warwickshire, UK
Cost: Free event
Registration: http://www.mikebydhi.com/GlobalEvents/UKUGM2014.aspx

Please see the final programme below (there is still time to sign up for the event!): -

2014 MIKE by DHI UK Symposium:
Knowledge sharing for water and environmental professionals
Website: http://www.dhi-uk.info/ugm
Date: 13th to 14th May 2014
Venue: Coombe Abbey Hotel, Warwickshire, UK
Cost: Free event
Registration: http://www.mikebydhi.com/GlobalEvents/UKUGM2014.aspx

There is now only one week before the 2014 MIKE by DHI UK Symposium (including the User Group Meeting), and it promises to be a well-supported event again this year.

The programme is almost complete and the latest version can be viewed here. We are very excited to be adding Clifford Williams (Environment Agency) to the list of speakers. Clifford has kindly agreed to give a talk on 'Real Time Flood Forecasting in the Environment Agency'. Read more >>>

We have now finalised our training plan for the second day, and would encourage you all to take full advantage of these free sessions. Highlights include: -

• Wave transformation, overtopping of coastal defences & flooding (MIKE 21 BW 1D & MIKE 21 FMHD)
• Fully integrated riverine, urban pipe & overland flow flood modelling (MIKE FLOOD 3-way coupling)
• Step-by-step guide on creating an unstructured grid groundwater model (FEFLOW). Read more >>>
• Technical briefing on innovative forecasting technologies (MIKE CUSTOMISED)

Please view the programme here for full details.

To celebrate our 50th Anniversary, there are also several special offers ranging from additional free training, to free or discounted software for all those who attend the event.

Online booking is available here, so don’t miss out, make your booking now!


If you would like more information about the event please contact: -

• Steve Flood on 01752 691723 or sjf@dhigroup.com
• Suzie Clarke on 02476 462188 or scl@dhigroup.com

We very much hope to see you at what will undoubtedly be a very interesting and informative event.

The UK Team

FEFLOW Essentials

With our new FEFLOW Essentials package, you can take advantage of FEFLOW’s effective concepts, tools and workflows for your everyday projects at an attractive price.

FEFLOW Essentials provides all FEFLOW functionality for: regional groundwater modeling in 2D and 3D, single-species solute transport with sorption and 1st order reaction, heat transport in groundwater and porous media, and groundwater age, lifetime expectancy and exit probability computation. Read more >>>


Celebrate the launch of FEFLOW Essentials with a FREE training course at the 2014 MIKE by DHI UK Symposium!
Date: 14th May 2014
Venue: Coombe Abbey Hotel, Warwickshire, UK

Learn how to set up a steady state groundwater model from scratch using new functionality in FEFLOW 6.2. Set up a transient flow model; varying the boundary conditions and material parameters. Learn how to add mass transport to the model. Evaluate the model, display results and more…

To sign up please call 01752 691723 or visit www.dhi-uk.info/ugm

Latest presentations confirmed for the MIKE by DHI Symposium on 13th May 2014

Clifford Williams (Modelling and Forecasting, Environment Agency) has kindly agreed to give a talk on 'Real Time Flood Forecasting in the Environment Agency'. In the context of the recent winter floods and storm surges, the presentation will focus upon flood forecasting systems used by the Environment Agency, how the Environment Agency interfaces with the Met Office, the hydraulic models used by the Environment Agency (incl. MIKE 11) and how the service is delivered (e.g. to Flood Resilience Teams).

Since 2002 DHI has operated an early warning system for bathing water quality. It all began in Copenhagen when the harbour bath was a reality, but since then the forecast system has spread to a number of Danish and Swedish municipalities and most recently a New Zealand municipality has also initiated a similar system. The advantages of the bathing water system are manifold: 1) It complies with the EU bathing water directive, 2) it protects the public from getting exposed to sewage water and 3) it allows the municipalities to proactively monitor and manage the bathing waters.

Adam Leonard-Williams (Senior Metocean Scientist, Met Office) will also be giving a presentation on 'Just how severe was the 2013/14 winter and how did the Met Office wave model perform?'. These topical presentations will be followed up within the training sessions on the second day of the conference by seminar style briefings on our own innovative forecasting technologies: -

• Introduction to MIKE CUSTOMISED Real Time – monitoring, flood forecasting, early warning and efficient operational controls for urban and riverine environments – comprising a live demonstration of the technology, selected relevant case studies and Q&A session.

• Introduction to a MIKE CUSTOMISED Bathing Water Forecasting System, for example http://ostjylland.badevand.dk/ (in Danish but self-explanatory!). The presentation will introduce the bathing water forecast system and the data / models needed to build a similar system. It will be followed by Q&A session.

There is still time to register for this free event! Please visit the Symposium website at http://www.dhi-uk.info/ugm or register now at http://www.mikebydhi.com/GlobalEvents/UKUGM2014.aspx

2014 MIKE by DHI UK Symposium:
Knowledge sharing for water and environmental professionals
Website: http://www.dhi-uk.info/ugm
Date: 13th to 14th May 2014
Venue: Coombe Abbey Hotel, Warwickshire, UK
Cost: Free event (excepting accommodation costs - see below)
Registration: http://www.mikebydhi.com/GlobalEvents/UKUGM2014.aspx

There are now only two weeks before the 2014 MIKE by DHI UK Symposium, and it promises to be a well-supported event again this year.

The Symposium is a free-of-charge knowledge sharing event for water and environmental professionals comprising both conference-style presentations (during the User Group Meeting on the first day) and workshop-style training sessions.

The programme is being finalised and the latest version can be viewed here.

As a flood professional, you may be interested in talks on 'Modelling Extreme Water Levels in the Swan and Canning Rivers in Perth, WA', 'Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Studies in Ireland' and 'The CORFU Flood Damage Assessment Toolbox'. The training on the second day will include the setup and review of fully integrated riverine, urban pipe & overland flow flood models.

If you work within the coastal or marine environment, you may find talks on 'Using MIKE 21 for the Estimation of Japan Typhoon Risk', 'How Severe was the 2013/14 Winter, and How Did the Met Office Wave Model Perform?' and 'Water Level and Tidal Current Calibrations in Ramsey Bay' interesting. Training on the following day includes guidance on wave transformation, overtopping of coastal defences and associated flood inundation.

Other presentations and training sessions will cover diverse topics including water quality and groundwater behaviour.

To celebrate our 50th Anniversary, there are also several special offers ranging from additional free training, to free or discounted software for all those who attend the event. You may find the offer of a free 'Natural Flood Management Workshop' with complimentary MIKE SHE 'Pilot Project' licence of particular interest.

For up-to-date information, including a full agenda, please visit the event website at http://www.dhi-uk.info/ugm. Online booking is now available at http://www.mikebydhi.com/GlobalEvents/UKUGM2014.aspx, so don’t miss out, make your booking now!

As usual, our Symposium is free of charge and participants will receive lunch and refreshments on both days. Overnight accommodation is available at the venue for a special rate of £94.50 per person per night, including evening meal and breakfast.

If you would like more information about the content of the event please visit http://www.dhi-uk.info/ugm or contact:

• Steve Flood on 01752 691723 or sjf@dhigroup.com
• Suzie Clarke on 02476 462188 or scl@dhigroup.com

We very much hope to see you at what will undoubtedly be a very interesting and informative event.

The UK Team

2014 MIKE by DHI UK Symposium
Date: 13th to 14th May 2014
Venue: Coombe Abbey Hotel, Warwickshire, UK
Cost: Free event (excepting accommodation costs - see below)
Registration: http://www.mikebydhi.com/GlobalEvents/UKUGM2014.aspx



To download and distribute the latest 2014 MIKE by DHI UK Symposium flyer please click here: -

2014 MIKE by DHI UK Symposium
Date: 13th to 14th May 2014
Venue: Coombe Abbey Hotel, Warwickshire, UK
Cost: Free event (excepting accommodation costs - see below)
Registration: http://www.mikebydhi.com/GlobalEvents/UKUGM2014.aspx

We are now very close to finalising the agenda for the 2014 MIKE by DHI UK Symposium (see below). This event hosts our annual User Group Meeting as well as a free-of-charge Training Day. For the latter, we are aiming to provide discussion led, seminar style training sessions in a diverse range of subjects including: -

• Wave transformation, overtopping of coastal defences and flooding (MIKE 21 BW 1D & MIKE 21 FMHD)
• Fully integrated riverine, urban pipe & overland flow flood modelling (MIKE FLOOD 3-way Coupling & Flexible Mesh)
• Introduction to FEFLOW

Preparations are well under way for our 16th Annual UGM, to be held this year at the sublime Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire. If you are new to MIKE by DHI software, this annual event attracts participants from across industry and academia. The format of the meeting allows exchange of experiences through formal presentations plus informal interaction with both UK and Head Office DHI staff.

On the 13th May 2014 we look forward to a selection of presentations by both DHI staff and UK users that will introduce new features and reveal the wide range of applications of the MIKE by DHI software. Presentations confirmed to date include: -

• From hazard to impact: The CORFU flood damage assessment tools
• Using MIKE 21 for the estimation of typhoon risk in Japan
• Riverine water quality modelling, with a focus on nutrients, using MIKE 11 ECO Lab
• Modelling extreme water levels in the Swan and Canning Rivers, Perth, Western Australia

If you would like to present a paper please contact us without delay.

We would encourage all attendees to stay for the gala dinner in the evening of 13th May 2014, as this is a relaxed and informal opportunity to share experiences and talk through problems, debate frustrations and feature requests, and (most importantly!) include us in your discussions.

On the following day, 14th May 2014, we are planning a series of topical seminar-style training sessions and informal open discussions. For example, in the Marine training session, we hope to present a step-by-step methodology for deriving wave overtopping volumes over embankments using a 1D Boussinesq Wave (MIKE 21 BW) approach. This can be used with the enhanced MIKE 21 FMHD dike structures available in Release 2014 to investigate inland flooding (this session will be followed by an informal discussion on the direction of this development).

2014 is a special year for DHI and, during the User Group Meeting, we hope you will help us to celebrate our 50th Anniversary!

We would like to invite all customers attending this year’s UGM to choose a gift from the three options below: -

Option 1: Recognising that our first commercially available software product was MOUSE, our 1D pipe flow model, we are pleased to offer prospective and existing users of MIKE FLOOD a significant discount on the addition of one MIKE FLOOD 1D Urban module to their installation. For the price of one year’s support and maintenance (a discount of over 80%), you can create the most flexible 3-way 1D-2D integrated flood modelling tool yet available. So now you can see for yourselves how MOUSE has evolved.

Option 2: We are pleased to offer everyone attending this year’s UGM a free pass to a one-day MIKE SHE public workshop (date to be confirmed) with a focus on natural flood management. In view of recent events in the UK, we hope to promote a more sustainable and natural total flood risk management solution. We feel that MIKE SHE, and its companion models, are ideal tools for the quantitative assessment and optimisation of land management techniques for natural flood mitigation; including the use of restored wetlands, tree planting, reconfigured flow routes, riverine buffer strips, etc. Attendees of the MIKE SHE workshop will receive a free 6-month 'commercial' evaluation licence for MIKE SHE for use on live projects.

Option 3: We would like to offer customers with valid SMA (on MIKE 21 FMHD, MIKE 3 FMHD or MIKE 21 BW) a free-of-charge copy of MIKE Animator Plus, or a 50% discount on the purchase price of the MIKE 21/3 FM ECO Lab and ABM Lab modules.

All offers are limited to one ‘gift’ per customer / organisation (UK only) and are subject to change or withdrawal without notice. All software discounts are valid on Corporate licences only, for a maximum period of three months from the date of the UGM, and prerequisite modules may be required. Places on the MIKE SHE workshop are limited so please contact us as soon as possible if you would like to take part.

Online booking is now available here, so don’t miss out, make your booking now!


As usual, our UGM is free of charge and participants will receive lunch and refreshments on both days. Overnight accommodation is available at the venue for a special rate of £105.00 per person per night, including evening meal and breakfast. Book by 18th April 2014 (now extended) to receive a further 10% discount to £94.50 per person.

If you would like more information about the content of the event please contact: -

• Steve Flood on 01752 691723 or sjf@dhigroup.com
• Suzie Clarke on 02476 462188 or scl@dhigroup.com

We very much hope to see you at what will undoubtedly be a very interesting and informative event.

The UK Team

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our Spring 2014 User Group Meeting on the 13th of May 2014, and Seminar Day on 14th of May 2014, at the new venue of Coombe Abbey in the Midlands.

The event is now in its 16th year, and we are very pleased to announce that the event is once again free of charge to all existing and potential users of MIKE by DHI software, as well as those with a general interest in water modelling, engineering and management.

If you are new to MIKE by DHI software, this annual event attracts participants from across industry and academia. The format of the meeting allows exchange of experiences through user presentations plus formal and informal interaction with both UK and Head Office DHI staff.

On the first day, 13th May 2014, there will be a mixture of presentations of new and forthcoming software features and technologies, as well as practical case studies. If you would like to present a paper please contact us without delay.

On the second day, 14th May 2014, we will host a number of seminar style training and open discussion sessions.

2014 is a special year for DHI and, during the User Group Meeting, we hope you will help us to celebrate our 50th Anniversary!

On the 25th of February, exactly half a century ago, DHI was established as The Hydraulic Engineering Institute – an offshoot of the Technical University of Denmark. Initially, the conceptual basis was to combine calculations of underwater currents with large model tests, so that the impact of waves and currents in harbours and on coasts could be explored. The first tasks included the establishment and expansion of several ports on the west coast of Jutland, Denmark.

At a time when physical models were perceived to be the only option, DHI was one of the inventors of computational hydraulics. The roots of DHI's commercial software can be traced back to 1970 - starting with System 11 and System 21 (later MIKE 11 and MIKE 21) for mainframe computers. MIKE by DHI software is still being developed and reinvented today, and is an important tool in making our 50-years of knowledge globally accessible.

Online booking is now available here, so don’t miss out, make your booking now!


Participation in the event is free of charge and includes lunch and refreshments on both days. Overnight accommodation is available at the venue for a special rate of £105.00 per person per night, including evening meal and breakfast. Book by 11th April 2014 to receive a further 10% discount to £94.50 per person.

If you would like more information about the content of the event please contact: -

• Steve Flood on 01752 691723 or sjf@dhigroup.com
• Suzie Clarke on 02476 462188 or scl@dhigroup.com

We very much hope to see you at what will undoubtedly be a very interesting and informative event.

The UK Team

River Almond Valley Water Quality Modelling Strategic Study

Atkins was commissioned to produce a dynamic water quality model of the River Almond using MIKE 11 ECO Lab. Vera Jones presents the project details which considered the impacts of Scottish Water’s local assets and identified strategies for compliance with the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD).

Combined Thermal Plumes from Multiple Power Stations in the Arabian Gulf

George Mitchell (TechnoEconomica) and James Tomlinson (Atkins) present a discussion of the impacts of thermal discharges on sensitive flora and fauna in the Arabian Gulf, investigated using MIKE 3 FM, and outline the need for a full understanding of the relevant water column processes contributing to the thermal budget.

Shellfisheries Waters Compliance Assessments at Pegwell Bay, Kent, UK

Improvements to the waste water discharges in and around Pegwell Bay, Kent, were investigated by considering compliance with the Guideline bacteriological standard of the Shellfish Waters Directive. Jonathan Short (URS) presents the challenges and findings of the study which used MIKE by DHI software as the water quality assessment tool.

MIKE FM Series HPC trial at the University of Southampton

DHI is working with the University of Southampton, with input from ABPmer, on a UK trial of MIKE 21 FM HPC using IRIDIS (the University's 12,000 core HPC cluster). The current results, as presented by Steve Flood (DHI), are impressive.

TeraWatt : A collaborative research project funded under the EPSRC Grand Challenge

A general overview of the TeraWatt project and wider context (MASTS, EcoWatt2050), followed by a description of the model domain, boundary conditions, calibration points, and so on as presented by Arne Vögler (UHI).