ENGINEERING 3738 HYDROLOGY

Assignment No. 3
(Due Date: Oct 14, 2014)
1. A storm gutter in Ottawa receives drainage from a 600 acres drainage area. The
profile of its longest drainage path length is shown as Profile A. The drainage
area is composed of different land use and its composition is as follows: 15%
downtown core; 20% light industry; 50% parks and the remaining is unimproved
areas. Determine the 25-year design flow of the storm gutter.
tc=0.0078L 0.77 S -0.385
Profile A
Station, ft

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000

Elevation, ft 104 106 108 110 112

114

116

118

130

142

154

220

222

252

2000 2200 2400 2600 2800 3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200
154

166

178

194

210

212

203

216

218

4400 4600 4800 5000

282
312
360
434

2. An agricultural watershed has the following hydrologic characteristics:

(a) a sub-area in fallow with hydrologic soil group B, covering 32% of the watershed.
(b) a sub-area planted with row-crops, contoured and terraced, in good hydrologic
condition with soil group C covering 68% of area.
Determine the runoff Q in cm if a 10.5 cm rainfall falls on this watershed.
Assume AMC-II condition exists in the watershed before the rainfall event.

3. (a) The hyetograph of a rainfall event which fell on a 10 km 2 watershed whose

surface was dry is as follows:
Time (hr)
Rainfall Intensity (cm/hr)

01
2

12
4

23
2

34
0

This rainfall event resulted in the volume of direct runoff of 3 cm. If the direct
runoff hydrograph is represented by a triangle with a base of 6 hours and a peak
flow occurring at 3 hours (mid point of the base). Compare the peak discharge
(m3/sec) of this hydrograph.
(b) A 6-hr unit hydrograph for a watershed is given below.
Time (hr)
Flow (ft3/s)

0
0.0

6
830

12
18
1023 455

24
212

30
156

36
99

42
27

48
0.0

Determine the peak flow from the watershed corresponding to 5 inches of rainfall.
The runoff coefficient for the watershed is 0.4 and the baseflow is 250 ft 3/s
consistent throughout.

4. Problem Nos. 9.1, 9.4 and 9.7 of Chapter 9, Introduction to Hydrology, 5 th Edition.

Reading
Section 8.1 and 8.2 of Chapter 8
All sections of Chapter 9