JIMMA UNIVERSITY

JIMMA, INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Faculty of civil and environmental engineering
HYDRAULIC AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ENGINEERING HYDROMETRY ASSIGNMENT FOR 3rd YEAR CIVIL

ENGINEERING STUDENT (EVENING)

1. Estimate the constant rate of withdrawal from a 1375ha reservoir in a month of 30 days
during which the reservoir level dropped by 0.75m in spite an average inflow in the
reservoir of 0.5Mm3/day. During the month the average seepage loss from the reservoir
was 2.5cm, total precipitation on the reservoir was 18.5cm and the total evaporation was
9.5cm.
2. A river reach had a flood wave passing through it. At a given instant the storage of the
water in the reach was estimated as 15.5ham. What would be the storage in the reach
after an interval of 3hours if the average inflow and out flow during the time period are
14.2m3/sec. and 10.6m3/sec. respectively?
3. a) What forms of precipitation are important in water resources engineering?
c) Describe how you are going to supplement a missing rainfall data.
b) What are the various methods available to record rainfall depths at a place?
e) What considerations will you make for selecting a precipitation measuring site?
4. Precipitation station X was inoperative for part of a month during which a storm
occurred. The respective storm totals at three surrounding stations, A, B, and C were 98,
80 and 110mm. The normal annual precipitation amounts at stations X, A, B, C, are
respectively, 880, 1008, 842, 1080mm. Estimate the storm precipitation for station X
using all the methods possible.
5. The precipitation amounts for the months of June, July, and August are missing from the
record for one gauging station in a basin. This station belongs to a network of four in that
basin. For those three months, the other three stations recorded the following:
  Station
  1 2 3
June 55 65 75
July 47 50 45
August 45 40 55
Estimate the missing precipitation values if the long-term annual average precipitation at the four
stations is:
Station
  1 2 3 4
June 60 65 70 September
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July 50 55 65 60
August 45 47 60 55
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JIMMA, INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Faculty of civil and environmental engineering
HYDRAULIC AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Use any Method.

6. A station A was inoperative during September of 1999. Six neighboring stations were
operational during the period. The coordinates of the stations on a rectangular system
superimposed on the basin map with station A coinciding (0,0) position are given below:
Station Rainfall(cm) Coordinates of the station
ΔX ΔY
B 8.3 4 5
C 10.1 6 8
D 7.7 9 6
E 12.2 3 4
F 11.3 4 6
G 12.4 5 7
A - 0 0
Calculate the missing rainfall of station A using all the methods you know and compare
the results.
7. To check the consistency of a station “x” the following data are collected from the
neighboring stations.
Year 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986
1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977
1976 1975
July ppt
Of station x 17.1 14.3 17.5 16.0 19.1 16.7 19.4 14.5 16.1
20.0 13.9 15.7 14.1 13.0 10.1 15.1 14.2 13.9
13.1 14.0
Seven
Station avg. 14.2 13.1 14.7 14.8 16.2 15.6 15.1 11.8 12.9
Precipitation 19.4 15.7 16.5 15.6 14.4 11.2 13.6 16.4 13.4
For July (cm) 14.3 12.9
Is the data of station” consistent? If no, correct the data &find out the mean precipitation over the
sub –basin.
8. Annual rain fall data for station M as well as the average rain fall value for a group of
often neighbouring stations located in meteorologically homogeneous region are given
below.
year Annual RF of station M (mm) Average Annual RF of the
s group stations(mm)
1950 675 780
1951 578 660
1952 95 110

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Faculty of civil and environmental engineering
HYDRAULIC AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

53 462 520
54 472 540
699 800
479 540
431 490
493 560
503 575
415 480
531 600
504 580
828 950
679 770
1244 1400
999 1140
573 650
596 646
375 350
365 590
497 590
386 400
438 390
568 570
356 377
685 653
1977 825 787
1978 426 410
1979 612 588

Test the consistency of the annual RF data of station M & correct the record if there is
discrepancy. Estimate the mean annual precipitation of station M
9. The coordinates of four precipitation gauging stations are A = (3,4), B = (9,4), C = (3,12),
and D = (9,12). The observed precipitation amounts at these gauges are PA = 15 mm, PB
= 23 mm, PC = 10 mm, PD = 19 mm, respectively. These stations are located in a
rectangular basin whose boundaries are defined by the following coordinates (0,0),
(14,0), (14,16), (0,16). Compute the mean areal precipitation over this basin using the
Thiessen polygons method and the arithmetic average method.

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Faculty of civil and environmental engineering
HYDRAULIC AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

10. The isohyetal map of 24hrs storm gave the area enclosed between different isohyets.
Determine the average rainfall over the basin
Isohyet 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12
in(mm)
Enclosed 543 1345 2030 2045 2955 3280 3535 3710 3880 3915
area in
sq.km

11. The sketch below represents a catchment area with precipitation observed in a year.
Calculate the mean precipitation by thiessen method& check by arithmetic mean method

16km

10km A 10cm B 15cm

E4cm 6km 16km

10km
D 6cm C 8cm
EA= ED=10KM, AB=DC=AB=BC=16KM
12. Using Penman’s formula calculate the consumptive use of rice for the month of January.
Take the following data
Wind velocity measured at 10 m height = 60km/day
Elevation of the area = 220 m
Relative humidity for February = 60%
Latitude = 230N
Mean monthly temperature = 190C

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