<s>
WMS	B-Application
(	O
Watershed	B-Application
Modeling	I-Application
System	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
watershed	O
computer	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
and	O
modeling	O
software	O
application	O
from	O
Aquaveo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Watershed	B-Application
Modeling	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
WMS	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
water	O
modeling	O
software	O
application	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
watershed	O
computer	B-Application
simulations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
supported	O
models	O
include	O
HEC-1	B-Application
,	O
HEC-RAS	B-Application
,	O
HEC-HMS	B-Application
,	O
TR-20	O
,	O
TR-55	O
,	O
NFF	O
,	O
Rational	O
,	O
MODRAT	O
,	O
HSPF	O
,	O
CE-QUAL-W2	O
,	O
GSSHA	B-Application
,	O
SMPDBK	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WMS	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Engineering	O
Computer	O
Graphics	O
Laboratory	O
at	O
Brigham	O
Young	O
University	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
workstations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
WMS	B-Application
was	O
funded	O
primarily	O
by	O
The	O
United	O
States	O
Army	O
Corps	O
of	O
Engineers	O
(	O
COE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
WMS	B-Application
was	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
COE	O
to	O
model	O
runoff	O
in	O
the	O
Sava	O
River	O
basin	O
in	O
Bosnia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
platforms	O
in	O
the	O
mid	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WMS	B-Application
6.0	O
(	O
2000	B-Application
)	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
supported	O
version	O
for	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
,	O
OSF/1	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
WMS	B-Application
was	O
done	O
by	O
the	O
Environmental	O
Modeling	O
Research	O
Laboratory	O
(	O
EMRL	O
)	O
at	O
Brigham	O
Young	O
University	O
(	O
BYU	O
)	O
until	O
April	O
2007	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
main	O
software	O
development	O
team	O
at	O
EMRL	O
incorporated	O
as	O
Aquaveo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
planners	O
of	O
the	O
2002	O
Winter	O
Olympics	O
,	O
held	O
in	O
Salt	O
Lake	O
City	O
,	O
Utah	O
,	O
used	O
WMS	B-Application
software	O
to	O
simulate	O
terrorist	O
attacks	O
on	O
water	O
infrastructure	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Jordanelle	O
Reservoir	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2007	O
paper	O
,	O
"	O
Demonstrating	O
Floodplain	O
Uncertainty	O
Using	O
Flood	O
Probability	O
Maps	O
"	O
,	O
used	O
WMS	B-Application
to	O
demonstrate	O
a	O
new	O
method	O
of	O
floodplain	O
mapping	O
that	O
included	O
uncertainty	O
in	O
its	O
calculations	O
and	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2011	O
study	O
to	O
identify	O
areas	O
with	O
potential	O
groundwater	O
in	O
the	O
Sinai	O
Peninsula	O
was	O
performed	O
using	O
WMS	B-Application
by	O
Hossam	O
H	O
.	O
Elewa	O
and	O
Atef	O
A	O
.	O
Qaddah	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WMS	B-Application
was	O
used	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
the	O
TOPAZ	O
model	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
researchers	O
in	O
2012	O
to	O
help	O
determine	O
the	O
impact	O
of	O
land	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
tropical	O
watershed	O
in	O
the	O
Upper	O
Bernam	O
River	O
Basin	O
in	O
Malaysia	O
for	O
the	O
years	O
1989-1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
water	O
shortages	O
in	O
Iraq	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
engineers	O
used	O
WMS	B-Application
to	O
study	O
ways	O
to	O
optimize	O
water	O
collection	O
and	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
