A SURVEY OF DRAINAGE DESIGN PRACTICE OF AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES

Results are presented of a recent survey of urban and rural drainage design practice of all local government authorities in Australia. Large inconsistencies in all aspects of design practice were revealed, and these appear to result from three causes:- 1) a lack of appreciation of the economic importance of small hydraulic structures (estimated to cost $280 million per year); 2) inconsistencies in, and between design manuals; and 3) lack of readily usable data for improvement of design methods and manuals. The survey showed that the rational method of flood estimation is used for most design work for both urban and rural areas. Main Roads Authority manuals have a major influence on design practice since they are preferred to "Australian Rainfall and Runoff" in rural areas and are used about equally with ARR in urban areas (a). (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • National Conference Publication No 80/2. Engineering Conference 1980. Adelaide, 14-18 April 1980.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Engineers

  11 National Circuit
  Barton, A.C.T.,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Pilgrim, D H
  • Cordery, I
• Conference:
  • National Conference Publication No 80/2. Engineering Conference 1980. Adelaide, 14-18 April 1980.
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 335-342

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Costs; Design; Design flood; Design methods; Design standards; Drainage; Drainage structures; Estimating; Local government; Local government agencies; Rural areas; Specifications; Standardization; Standards; State of the art studies; Textbooks; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 2937: Drainage; 192: Local authority; 328: Rural area; 187: Specification (standard); 8526: Textbook; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330272
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0 85825 124 8
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM