Waweru Muthumbi

F16/28392/2009
Hydrology Assignment
FCE 425

Questions:
1.Use the data in the table below to determine the
average infiltration.
2.
3.Using an excel sheet
a.Plot the rainfall and infiltration
b.Determine the total runoff from the catchment.
Rainfal
l
(mm/hr
)
6.35
6.35
7.62
10.16
12.7
20.32
24.13
25.4
15.24
12.7
10.16
5.08
1.27

Losse
s
(mm/hr
)
6.35
6.35
5.08
2.54
1.651
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27

Solutions:
STATION
i
ii
iii
iv
v
vi
vii
viii
ix
x
xi
xii
xiii

RAINFALL
(mm/hr)
6.35
6.35
7.62
10.16
12.7
20.32
24.13
25.4
15.24
12.7
10.16
5.08
1.27

LOSSES=
n = 13
AVERAGE INFILTRATION

STATION
i
ii
iii
iv
v
vi
vii
viii
ix
x
xi
xii
xiii

RAINFALL
(mm/hr)
6.35
6.35
7.62
10.16
12.7
20.32
24.13
25.4
15.24
12.7
10.16
5.08
1.27
LOSSES=

LOSSES
(mm/hr)
6.35
6.35
5.08
2.54
1.651
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
TOTA
32.131 L
2.472
LOSSES
RUN(mm/hr)
OFF
6.35
0
6.35
0
5.08
2.54
2.54
7.62
11.04
1.651
9
1.27
19.05
1.27
22.86
1.27
24.13
1.27
13.97
1.27
11.43
1.27
8.89
1.27
3.81
1.27
0
125.3 TOTA
32.131
5 L

RAINFALL AND INFILTRATION CHART

30
25
20
RAINFALL 15
RAINFALL AND INFILTRATION

INFILTRATION

10
5
0
i

ii

iii

iv

vi

vii viii ix

xi

xii xiii

STATIONS

Submit YOUR work, Hard copy printed and soft copy by email, by 2.10 pm on
the 12th November 2012.