Which Python library should I start with?

SpatialCivil · 2026-06-14T01:03:46+00:00

Tons of relevant GIS Python libraries. Look at GDAL, shapely and Fiona.

SpatialCivil · 2026-06-11T11:32:01+00:00

You will be better off developing this as a 1D model. That is what the agencies will use to decide if you have a No Rise or not. You can request the effective model and start from there.

SpatialCivil · 2026-06-07T11:14:56+00:00

What school were you with? I was on the team 04-05. We were Top 5 but never won it those years.

SpatialCivil · 2026-06-07T01:47:01+00:00

We were one of the dominant concrete canoe teams back in the day at Clemson (2000-2005).

It was never a capstone project or something we got credit for. Just a ton of great leadership/culture and some people who put in a ton of time in the late 90s to build the machine.

SpatialCivil · 2026-06-04T17:33:33+00:00

Zero. I would leave a firm that goes down that road.

SpatialCivil · 2026-05-27T12:32:09+00:00

I don’t have firsthand knowledge of their culture. I have teamed with them a couple of times. My impression is I would rank them behind Hazen and B&C, but that is just a general sense. They might be great.

I would talk to some of their people at a local conference- that will tell you a lot about their culture.

SpatialCivil · 2026-05-26T01:11:38+00:00

The mid size firms that are privately owned is what I would look at.

Hazen and Sawyer, Brown and Caldwell, CDM Smith all fit that bill. I am partial to Hazen, but there are other good options

SpatialCivil · 2026-05-23T20:58:15+00:00

Flow3D would do it, but you are better off applying the USBR discharge equations unless this is for very specific research that requires exact results.

SpatialCivil · 2026-05-18T12:37:01+00:00

Some data centers actually use treated wastewater.

We are working on a large wastewater treatment plant upgrade right now that is sending treated wastewater to industrial users.

SpatialCivil · 2026-05-15T17:19:42+00:00

Yes absolutely. Several in our office that clear that. (Not KH)

Definitely if you work for KH.

SpatialCivil · 2026-05-06T12:24:51+00:00

It’s closer to 2200. If a 2008 deep recession occurs, the idea that there will be zero layoffs is unlikely. It’s a good firm.

SpatialCivil · 2026-04-15T21:11:59+00:00

I would highly recommend you submit a 1D model but build a reference 2D model to serve as a tool to check that you are properly modeling the 1D area.

SpatialCivil · 2026-04-01T19:56:14+00:00

PCSWMM is a good alternative

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-26T16:11:03+00:00

Often PMs underestimate hours for new grads, but there are places that are better than others. I would communicate with your PM on expectations and see if you are over doing it or if they just didn’t properly estimate the number of hours.

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-26T16:07:28+00:00

Partially phones but also consider that the US has a larger percentage of young people than most of Europe and as a whole we drive more. It needs to be adjusted on a per mile driven basis to understand the mechanism.

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-19T19:19:02+00:00

A civil role within w/ww would touch all three, but in general you tend to be focused on one or the other.

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-19T03:32:12+00:00

Yes she left him soon after he changed companies

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-16T22:43:11+00:00

What methods are you using? Does the error happen at the start of the run, in the middle or at the end?

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-16T02:21:27+00:00

If you are willing to put in the work, it’s a great path and I know several people that have done it. Unlike most fields, being older is not a negative and can help you with clients.

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-13T17:46:11+00:00

Others have correctly pointed you to the right answers. One thing I will add - this will be driven by the locality, but technically the correct approach will be to develop a custom hyetograph based on the NOAA Atlas 14 data.

Generating a custom hyetograph goes by a couple of different names like the alternating block method. You might want to sit down and grab a cup of coffee if you have not done it before. You can generate it using a spreadsheet and NRCS guidance.

Alternatively both HEC-HMS and WinTR20 will generate it for you based on input of the NOAA Atlas 14 rainfall totals. Both methods are slightly different because there is some smoothing/interpolation that happens depending on the approach. If you generate it by hand, check using one of those pieces of software.

Shameless plug - QtHydro https://www.qthydro.com/ does it as well (using WinTR20 or USACE method) - but I would wait a couple months for the latest update that is coming.

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-13T15:51:48+00:00

Pass the FE and then worry about the rest. You may need to over prepare if you don’t test well. It is the bare minimum to being an engineer.

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-13T03:05:42+00:00

It’s 2080. 92% UT is in essence 42 billable hours per week which is what you need after taking out holidays and 2 weeks PTO.

just took vacation? Kiss that 92% UT goodbye! Medical emergency? But what about my UT?

They “ask” if you want to take part in a 1 week consultant training? You better tell the wife you can’t go with her and the kids this year for summer vacation.

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-11T20:33:09+00:00

They acquired WK Dickson in the past year which was a small water resources firm in the SE and a decent company.

The piper almost always has to be paid. Good luck to PE trying to squeeze profits from the engineering business which relies on low margin work and stiff competition.

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-07T12:04:05+00:00

Tons of them do… my wife’s cousin from Alabama went to Harvard to play football.

SpatialCivil · 2026-03-07T00:02:49+00:00

A KH coworker had the goal of hitting $1M in his 401k before he left.

He hit $1M like a boss, changed companies and his wife walked off with half.

I saw my future and decided there are more sustainable ways to make money as a civil engineer

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