MASTER DRAINAGE STUDY

SECTION 6
HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS

INTRODUCTION

Hydraulic analyses of four primary types of flood control facilities in West Jordan City
were completed for comparison with the hydrologic analyses described in Section 5 of
this report. These four types of facilities are:

1. Major storm drain pipelines (trunklines)

2. Major storm drain detention facilities
3. Creeks (major natural conveyance facilities)
4. Irrigation canals.

Hydraulic analysis results for major storm water detention facilities are presented along
with detention basin capacity estimations based on survey information and hydrologic
analysis results in Section 5 of this report. Descriptions of the hydraulic analyses which
were completed for the remaining three types of flood control facilities are presented in
this section, along with the resulting hydraulic capacity estimates. Recommended
improvements for deficient facilities will be summarized in Section 7 of this report.

MAJOR STORM WATER PIPELINES (TRUNKLINES)

Methodology

Storm drain pipe inventory data for West Jordan City were used to identify storm water
trunklines. Major pipelines were identified based on contributing area and the need for
the pipeline to convey storm water runoff to a detention basin, an irrigation canal, or a
creek. For trunklines which were recently inventoried, ground location, pipe invert
elevation, and pipe material information were extracted from the inventory.
This information was used to estimate pipe slope and roughness for each of the pipe
segments comprising a given trunkline. The estimated maximum pipe conveyance
capacities of these pipes were calculated using Manning’s equation. Trunkline capacities
were estimated as the average of the hydraulic capacities of multiple trunkline pipe
segments. Trunkline capacities were compared with the estimated 10-year peak
discharge results from the hydrologic analysis for both existing and future development
conditions. Pipelines with capacity to convey at least 85 percent of the estimated peak
discharge were considered adequate assuming that limited surcharging would allow for
safe conveyance of the peak design flow. Major pipelines that did not meet this criterion
but for which improvements were economically or physically impractical were also
evaluated under surcharged pipe conditions. Table 6-1 summarizes the results of the
hydraulic analysis for the storm drain trunklines evaluated as part of the West Jordan
Master Drainage Study. These trunklines are identified in Figure 5-6.

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CREEKS

Five major creeks serve as primary west-to-east storm water conveyance facilities in
West Jordan City. For the purposes of this study, Bingham Creek originates at the mouth
of Bingham Canyon and runs northeast through West Jordan City, discharging to the
Jordan River at approximately 7900 South. The Dry Creek, Clay Hollow, Barneys
Creek, and Barneys Wash drainages all originate in the Oquirrh Mountains and foothills,
converging to a single channel and discharging into a regional detention facility near
7800 South and 4000 West. A drainage corridor to the Jordan River for storm water
released from this regional detention facility does not presently exist. The 7800 South
storm drain trunkline, currently under construction, will help to remedy this situation.

For each of the five creeks which convey storm water in West Jordan City, the results of
recent hydraulic studies were compiled for summary in this report. Pertinent hydraulic
analysis results for Bingham Creek were taken from the 2002 Salt Lake County
Southwest Canal and Creek Study. Hydraulic analyses for the other four drainages were
compiled from the West Area Storm Drainage Master Plan completed by Thompson-
Hysell Engineers in 1997. It should be noted that the hydraulic analysis of Bingham
Creek was completed using HEC-RAS modeling software, while the hydraulic analyses
for the other drainage channels were completed by hand.

Methodology

Bingham Creek

In January 2003, BC&A completed the Southwest Canal and Creek Study for Salt Lake
County, where County-wide storm drain facilities were analyzed. This included a
hydraulic model of Bingham Creek. The results of this analysis which are pertinent to
the West Jordan Master Drainage Study are included in this report. The hydraulic
computer model of the Bingham Creek channel consists of a mathematical representation
of the geometry and flow characteristics of the drainage channel, pipes, and culverts.
The software used in this study was HEC-RAS, a hydraulic computer model developed
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This program was developed to calculate water
surface profiles in channels with irregularly shaped cross sections. A complete
discussion of the methodology used by HEC-RAS can be found in the U.S. Corps of
Engineers HEC-RAS User’s Manual.

Cross section data for the model were assembled based on survey information and
topographic aerial mapping. Survey information was collected at all major hydraulic
structures, including bridges, culverts and canal storm water overflows. Survey data at
these structures included culvert dimensions, channel invert, and road or canal bank
elevations.

Roughness coefficients for the channel were based on a visual assessment of the
condition of the channel and engineering judgment. Bingham Creek channel sections
were generally assigned a roughness coefficient between 0.030 and 0.035.
Higher roughness coefficients, ranging from 0.40 to 0.45 were used for overbank areas
alongside the main channel.

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The hydraulic analysis results for Bingham Creek demonstrated that in general, the creek
channel has adequate capacity to convey the peak discharge resulting from a 100-year
storm event. The majority of capacity deficiencies are confined to undersized culverts
and bridges. A complete inventory of the Bingham Creek culverts and bridges, along
with hydrologic and hydraulic analyses results, is shown in Table 6-2.

Dry Wash

Thompson-Hysell Engineers completed the West Area Storm Drainage Master Plan in
May 1997 for West Jordan City. Volume VII of that report contains the results of a
hydraulic analysis of the Dry Wash, Clay Hollow, Barneys Creek, and Barneys Wash
drainages. As with Bingham Creek, the majority of the hydraulic analysis for Dry Wash
and the other three drainages within West Jordan City focused on the capacity of bridges
and culverts. These results were combined with the hydrologic modeling results from the
West Jordan Drainage Master Plan. The inventory of drainage facilities for Dry Wash is
shown in Table 6-3. Apparent deficiencies for the Dry Wash drainage are associated
with the portions of the drainage which have been piped and routed through detention
basins east of 5600 West. Hydraulic and hydrologic analysis results for these pipelines
are included in Table 6-1.

Clay Hollow

An inventory of storm drainage facilities for Clay Hollow is presented in Table 6-4.
Table 6-4 also includes the results of the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for Clay
Hollow. Drainage facilities along Clay Hollow appear to have adequate capacity to
convey the design storm runoff. Storm water runoff estimates for future development
conditions which are smaller than runoff estimates for existing development conditions
are the result of proposed regional detention facilities.

Barneys Creek

Table 6-5 is an inventory of storm drainage facilities for the Barneys Creek channel.
The results of the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses summarized in Table 6-5 show that
storm water facilities along Barneys Creek generally have capacities adequate to convey
the design storm runoff. Facilities which may require upgrade in the future are limited to
the pipes and culverts downstream of the confluence of the Dry Wash, Clay Hollow,
Barneys Creek, and Barneys Wash drainages.

Barneys Wash

An inventory of existing storm drainage facilities for Barneys Wash is presented in

Table 6-6. Hydrologic and hydraulic analysis results for Barneys Wash show no major
capacity deficiencies.

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CANALS

Within West Jordan city limits there are five canals. Four of these canals have been
designated by Salt Lake County as County-wide joint-use storm drainage and irrigation
facilities. The fifth canal, the Welby Jacobs, has no significant storm water conveyance
capacity. Irrigation service from this canal essentially terminates at 8200 South and
4500 West. Any remaining flows from the Welby Jacobs Canal at this point are routed to
the Barneys Creek drainage channel. The Utah Lake Distributing, Utah & Salt Lake,
South Jordan, and North Jordan Canals are all used as irrigation and storm water
conveyance facilities. Storm water enters the canals by means of storm water discharge
pipes as well as overland flow. A number of storm water overflow structures located
along these canals allow for the release of storm water runoff accumulations to major
storm water conveyances (trunklines and creeks) which ultimately discharge to the
Jordan River. A hydraulic analysis of each of the four joint-use canals in West Jordan
City was completed as part of the 2002 Southwest Canal and Creek Study for Salt Lake
County. The results of that analysis for canal reaches within West Jordan City are
included in this report.

Methodology

As with the Bingham Creek channel, hydraulic computer models for each canal were
created utilizing HEC-RAS. Cross section data for each model were assembled based on
survey information.

Roughness coefficients for the canals were originally based on visual assessment of the
condition of the canal. They received a coefficient between 0.020 and 0.035.
These coefficients were further refined by model calibration using flow and stage data
collected by Salt Lake County personnel during the summer months.

Representatives of the four joint-use canal companies reviewed the hydraulic modeling
results, verifying their accuracy. Where problems were noted, additional information was
collected and changes were made as necessary. Canal company representatives also
provided estimates of peak canal irrigation flows for use in estimating the portion of
overall canal capacity available for storm water conveyance during summer peak
irrigation months, when design cloudburst events are most likely to occur.

Storm water capacity estimates for the canals are summarized by reach in Table 6-7.
Figures 6-1 through 6-4 are water surface profile results for each of the canals.
These figures include a summary of both the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses results.
Included in Table 6-7 are canal capacity estimates for a bank-full canal condition
(no freeboard) and canal capacity estimates for six inches of freeboard. Salt Lake County
and the various canal companies have identified six inches as the minimum allowable
freeboard for the canals. As such, the results in the far right hand column of Table 6-7
represent the estimated capacity of each canal available for storm water conveyance by
reach.

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Table 6-7
Existing Hydraulic Capacity of Canals by Reach

No Freeboard Six Inches of Freeboard

Maximum Total Capacity Total Capacity
Irrigation Canal Available for Canal Available for
Flow Capacity Storm Water Capacity Storm Water
Canal Reach (cfs) (cfs) (cfs) (cfs) (cfs)
Utah Lake Distributing Canal
Midas Creek to Bingham Creek 30 50 20 35 5
Utah & Salt Lake Canal
Midas Creek to Bingham Creek 130 275 145 240 110
Bingham Creek to 7800 South 120 250 130 210 90
7800 South to 5400 South 100 220 120 180 80
South Jordan Canal
10400 South to Bingham Creek 35(1) 45 10 30(3) 0
Bingham Creek to 7800 South 35 70 35 45 10
7800 South to 5400 South 30(2) 75 45 50 20
North Jordan Canal
Point of Diversion to Bingham Creek 80 175 95 135 55
Bingham Creek to 7800 South 65 135 70 105 40
7800 South to 7200 South 65 135 70 105 40
7200 South to 6400 South 65 135 70 105 40
(1)
Irrigation flow in the canal measured at 24 cfs on 6/14/02 at 9000 South.
(2)
Irrigation flow in the canal measured at 20 cfs on 6/14/02 at 7000 South.
(3)
Canal does not have sufficient capacity for maximum irrigation flow.

The canal companies which maintain these four canals have taken particular care to
ensure that culverts and bridges along the canals are sized so as not to pose restrictions in
canal capacity. Consequently, irrigation canal capacity deficiencies in West Jordan City
are generally associated with channel conveyance capacities, rather than capacities of
conveyance structures along the canals. A brief discussion of the results of the hydraulic
analysis for each of the canals is presented below. Canal capacity deficiencies are not
included in this report, since recommended improvements to these facilities are the
responsibility of the canal companies and Salt Lake County.

Utah Lake Distributing Canal

Of the four canals which serve as joint-use irrigation and storm water facilities in West
Jordan City, the Utah Lake Distributing Canal has the smallest storm water conveyance
capacity. This canal has essentially no capacity to accept additional storm water
discharges. Hydraulic modeling for this canal did not extend north of the Bingham Creek
overflow. Consequently, storm water conveyance capacity was not estimated for reaches
of this canal north of Bingham Creek. Representatives from the Utah Lake Distributing
Canal Company have indicated that although they maintain ownership of the canal to
6200 South, it effectively terminates as an irrigation facility at 7200 South (near Jordan
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Utah and Salt Lake Canal

The Utah and Salt Lake Canal is the largest of the four joint-use canals in West Jordan
City. It is also the canal with the greatest capacity to convey storm water. Canal storm
water capacity for reaches in West Jordan City ranges from 80 to 110 cfs (maintaining six
inches of freeboard).

South Jordan Canal

Like the Utah Lake Distributing Canal, the South Jordan Canal has very little storm water
conveyance capacity. Present storm water outfalls to this canal have the potential to
discharge storm runoff in excess of the existing storm water capacity, prohibiting any
additional storm water discharges to this canal under present conditions.

North Jordan Canal

The significant capacity for storm water conveyance shown in the hydraulic analysis
results for the North Jordan Canal is largely associated with the abundance of storm water
overflow structures located along this canal. Present storm water discharges to this canal
have the potential to exceed storm water conveyance capacity. The canal has limited or
no capacity to accept additional storm water discharges under present conditions.

CANAL STORM WATER OVERFLOW STRUCTURES

As part of the Southwest Canal and Creek Study, Salt Lake County completed a
hydraulic analysis of the capacities of storm water overflow structures located along the
four joint-use canals. These overflow structures are located at points where the canals
cross the creeks or other major storm drain facilities, and are ideally intended to
automatically release storm water accumulations during storm events. A summary of the
results of hydraulic analysis of canal storm water overflow structures located in West
Jordan City is included in Table 6-8 for reference purposes. It should be noted that
although these structures are designed to release storm water automatically be means of
an overflow weir, canal operators rely heavily on the use of manually operated gates at
each location to relieve pressure on the canals during storm events.

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Table 6-8
Estimated Capacity of Canal Storm Water Overflow Weirs
Estimated Stop Logs Present Stop Logs Removed
Canal Storm Overflow Overflow Overflow Overflow
Water Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity
Six Inches Six Inches No Six Inches No
Freeboard Freeboard Freeboard Freeboard Freeboard
Overflow Location (cfs) (cfs) (cfs) (cfs) (cfs)
Utah Lake Distributing Canal
Bingham Creek 5 44 89 277 353
Utah & Salt Lake Canal
Bingham Creek(1) 110 NA NA 317 395
South Jordan Canal
Bingham Creek 0 83 125 129 178
North Jordan Canal
7800 South(2) 40 NA NA NA NA
7200 South(1) 40 NA NA 161 223
6400 South 40 33 67 44 80
Welby Jacobs Canal
Bingham Creek(1) NA NA NA 0 22
(1)
No stop logs presently in place at these locations.
(2)
Gate only. No overflow weir present.

In addition to the locations listed above, Salt Lake County expects that storm water
overflow structures will be installed on the Utah Lake Distributing, Utah & Salt Lake,
and South Jordan Canals at 7800 South. These structures will provide for the release of
storm water from the canals to the 7800 South trunkline, currently under construction.

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