HYDRAULIC DESIGN OF THE FORT CAMPBELL STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM

THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, AWARDED A CONTRACT IN JUNE 1963 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO SERVE A MAJOR PORTION OF THE CANTONMENT AREA OF FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY. A TOTAL OF 31,000 LINEAL FEET OF PIPE, RANGING IN SIZE FROM 12- TO 84-IN. DIAMETER, WAS REQUIRED TO DRAIN 2,000 ACRES OF LAND IN THE MAIN POST AREA. THE COST OF THIS DRAINAGE SYSTEM WAS APPROXIMATELY $2,000,000. WHILE THE PROJECT IS UNUSUAL, BASED ON PIPE QUANTITES AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS INVOLVED, IT IS ALSO SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IN THAT THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED COST OF $5,500,000 WAS DRASTICALLY LOWERED BY THE USE OF TEMPORARY PONDING TO REDUCE PEAK DISCHARGES IN THE MAIN TRUNK SEWER. THE HYDRAULIC DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM PERMITS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PONDING /AT THE MAJORITY OF STORM DRAINAGE INLETS/ AS A RESULT OF A 10-YR FREQUENCY DESIGN STORM. THIS RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF TEMPORARY STORAGE CAPACITY REDUCED REQUIRED PIPE SIZES CONSIDERABLY, BUT THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF COST SAVINGS WAS EFFECTED BY ENLARGING TWO MAJOR PONDING AREAS IN THE UPSTREAM PORTION OF THE PROJECT. THESE TWO EXCAVATED TEMPORARY RETENTION BASINS PERMITTED LARGE REDUCTIONS IN PIPE DIAMETERS FOR NEARLY THREE MILES OF TRUNK SEWER. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Leach, Laurence G
  • Kittle, Benjamin L
• Publication Date: 1966

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-7
• Monograph Title: Culverts and storm drains
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 116
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Costs; Design; Diameter; Drainage; Drainage structures; Hydraulics; Pipe; Ponding; Reduction (Chemistry); Sewers
• Identifier Terms: Fort Campbell
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Discharge; Drainage systems; Reduction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203943
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 18 1994 12:00AM