UNIVERSITY OF MALTA

FACULTY FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

B.Sc. (HONS.) in Built Environment Studies
YEAR 3
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014 EXAMINATION SESSION
Unit Code: SPI 3731

Unit Title: Civil Engineering Hydraulics

Date: Wednesday 22nd January 2014

Time: 09:15 10:45
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SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

USE A CALCULATOR WHEN REQUIRED
GRAPH PAPER IS PROVIDED
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1.

A new residential development is to be built. The development will

consists of a mix of low rise dwellings built around landscaped open spaces
and communal parking at ground level. Explain the measures you would
specify in order render such a development as water efficient as possible
(internally and externally).
(30 marks)

2.

Maltas groundwaters qualitative and quantitative status is very much at

risk. What solutions does Malta, in your opinion, require to start redressing
this imbalance?
(30 marks)

3.

The 1-hour 1mm unit hydrograph for a small catchment is given below.
Time (hours)
Flow (m3/s)

0
0

1
1

2
3

3
5

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4
7

5
4

6
2

7
0

For a storm having the following profile:

Time (hours)
Rainfall (mm)

1
2

2
4

3
0

4
3

Determine:
a. the magnitude of the peak flow and the time to peak;
b. the volume of water resulting from this rainfall event;

(10 marks)
(10 marks)

c. the area of the catchment;

(10 marks)
d. the size of a concrete square open channel, at the catchment outfall, that
is able to discharge the peak flow determined in (a) above, if the pipe is
laid at a gradient of 1/100 and has a manning coefficient of 0.012.
(10 marks)

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