Geographic information system (GIS) sewer network data are a fundamental input material
for urban inundation modeling, which is important to reduce the increasing damages from
urban inundation due to climate change. However, the essential attributes of the data built
by a local government are often missing because the purpose of building the data is the
maintenance of the sewer system. Inconsistent simplification and supplementation of the
sewer network data made by individual researchers may increase the uncertainty of flood
simulations and influence the inundation analysis results. Therefore, it is necessary to develop
a basic algorithm to convert the GIS-based sewage network data into input data that can
be used for inundation simulations in consistent way. In this study, the format of GIS-based
sewer network data for a watershed near the Sadang Station in Seoul and the Oncheon River
Basin in Busan was investigated, and a missing data supplementing algorithm was developed.
The missing data such as diameter, location, elevation of pipes and manholes were assumed
following a consistent rule, which was developed referring to government documents,
previous studies, and average data. The developed algorithm will contribute to minimizing
the uncertainty of sewer network data in an urban inundation analysis by excluding the
subjective judgment of individual researchers.