BASEMENT
Free
ETH Zurich's free 2D hydraulics and morphodynamics simulator — rivers, sediment and hazard mapping.
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QGIS Plugins for Hydrology & Water Engineering
QGIS has become the default GIS for many water engineers. Listed here: QGIS itself; plugins that build or inspect models inside it — QGISRed for EPANET, a SWMM model builder, QSWAT+ for SWAT+, pyromb for RORB, WBNM and URBS, and Crayfish for mesh results; and engines with QGIS front ends, such as TUFLOW and BASEMENT.
Crayfish
Open Source
QGIS plugin for exploring mesh model results — animate TUFLOW, Telemac and HEC-RAS 2D outputs in the GIS.
Generate SWMM inp (QGIS plugin)
Open Source
Build and read EPA SWMM models as QGIS layers — free GIS-based SWMM model construction.
QGIS
Open SourceVerified
The free, open-source GIS that has become the default spatial platform for water engineers worldwide.
QGISRed
Open Source
A QGIS plugin that turns the free GIS into a water-network modelling environment for EPANET.
QSWAT+
Open Source
The QGIS interface for SWAT+ — delineate, discretise and build a watershed model without leaving the GIS.
TUFLOW
Commercial
Benchmark-setting commercial 1D/2D flood engine with GPU acceleration — dominant in AU/UK flood studies.
pyromb
Open Source
Build RORB, WBNM and URBS model files straight from GIS shapefiles — with companion QGIS plugins.