International Working Group on Data and Models

Welcome to the home of the International Working Group on Data and Models

The IWGDM is a working group of the IWA/IAHR Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (JCUD). IWGDM aims to furthering research and disseminating knowledge and technology related to data collection and modelling of urban drainage systems. This working group organises a conference known as the International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM)

Please browse the content for details of past meetings and workshops.

NEWS

Best student paper UDM 2022

Congratulations to Jean-David Therrien (and the team) for the Best student paper award: "Using the right wastewater characteristics for early COVID-19 pandemic warning and forecast using deep machine-learning"

13th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling 2025

The next UDM conference will take place in 2025 in Innsbruck (Austria). For information, please contact Dr. Manfred Kleidorfer (manfred.kleidorfer@uibk.ac.at).

New Chairman and Secretary for 2022-2025

The Chairman and Secretary for the 2022-2025 term are Dr. João P. Leitão (joaopaulo.leitao@eawag.ch) and the Dr. Roni Penn (roni.penn@cv.technion.ac.il), respectively. We would like to thank Dr. Manfred Kleidorfer (the outgoing Chairman) for his great contributions to the group during the last six years!