• Design Discharge and Depth of Scour for design of foundation.

• The value of the design discharge will be increased by what is indicated

in the table below.
Catchment area in km2 Increase over design Discharge in
percent
0-3000 30
3000-4000 30-20
10,000- 40,000 20-10
Above 40,000 10

• Depth of Scour – The mean scour depth below Highest flood level
(HFL) for Natural channel flowing our securable bed can be calculated
theoretically from the equation
𝐷𝑏2 1/3
𝑑𝑚 = 1.34
𝐾𝑠𝑓

where Db = The Design discharge foundation per meter width of effective

waterway
Ksf = Silt factor of the bed material obtained upto the level of anticipated deepest scour.
• The values of Ksf for various types of bed material are given in IRC 78-2014.