DETENTION STORAGE VOLUME FOR SMALL URBAN CATCHMENTS. TECHNICAL NOTE

Although the Federal Aviation Administration's method for sizing stormwater detention basins is the most widely used method for small urban catchments, the reliability of the method depends on the estimation of average outflow. In this study, the average outflow from a detention basin is found to be related to the time of concentration of the catchment and the duration of the design storm. This modification eliminates judgment calls and warrants a consistency in volumes and flow rates between the design rainfall hyeotograph and the inflow and outflow hydrographs.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Guo, JCY
• Publication Date: 1999-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 380-382
• Serial:
  • Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management
  • Volume: 125
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9496

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Catch basins; Design; Design methods; Design storm; Drainage basins; Flow; Hydrography; Rainfall; Reliability; Runoff; Size; Storm surges; Urban areas; Volume; Watersheds
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
• Geographic Terms: Denver (Colorado)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00779609
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 7 1999 12:00AM