topic What are the best practices for categorizing open channel? in Water Utilities Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/water-utilities-questions/what-are-the-best-practices-for-categorizing-open/m-p/293400#M601 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://solutions.arcgis.com/water/help/stormwater-utility-network-foundation/DataDictionary/DataDictionary/#StormwaterLine-Open%20Channel" title="https://solutions.arcgis.com/water/help/stormwater-utility-network-foundation/DataDictionary/DataDictionary/#StormwaterLine-Open%20Channel">Stormwater Data Dictionary</A>&nbsp;describes the Open Channel asset type "Natural" as: "<SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff;">A natural open channel.", the asset type "Vegetated" as: "<SPAN>A vegetated open channel.", and so on. First off, I don't think these are helpful descriptions and should be updated to be... descriptive. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff;"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff;"><SPAN>So that brings me to my main question, what are the best practices for categorizing open channels?</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff;"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff;"><SPAN>In my city's stormwater network, there are numerous waterways that I would describe as "Natural". They are creeks. They exit the network at the city boundary, which I would describe as a terminal discharge point, but neither of those devices come with default rules to connect to natural channels (only vegetated). Are they to be categorized as "Vegetated", the same asset type as a roadside ditch?</SPAN></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:46:44 GMT WillHouston 2020-04-03T14:46:44Z What are the best practices for categorizing open channel? https://community.esri.com/t5/water-utilities-questions/what-are-the-best-practices-for-categorizing-open/m-p/293400#M601 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://solutions.arcgis.com/water/help/stormwater-utility-network-foundation/DataDictionary/DataDictionary/#StormwaterLine-Open%20Channel" title="https://solutions.arcgis.com/water/help/stormwater-utility-network-foundation/DataDictionary/DataDictionary/#StormwaterLine-Open%20Channel">Stormwater Data Dictionary</A>&nbsp;describes the Open Channel asset type "Natural" as: "<SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff;">A natural open channel.", the asset type "Vegetated" as: "<SPAN>A vegetated open channel.", and so on. First off, I don't think these are helpful descriptions and should be updated to be... descriptive. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff;"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff;"><SPAN>So that brings me to my main question, what are the best practices for categorizing open channels?</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff;"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff;"><SPAN>In my city's stormwater network, there are numerous waterways that I would describe as "Natural". They are creeks. They exit the network at the city boundary, which I would describe as a terminal discharge point, but neither of those devices come with default rules to connect to natural channels (only vegetated). Are they to be categorized as "Vegetated", the same asset type as a roadside ditch?</SPAN></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:46:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/water-utilities-questions/what-are-the-best-practices-for-categorizing-open/m-p/293400#M601 WillHouston 2020-04-03T14:46:44Z