‫ مركز ديوان المحاسبة للتدريب والبحوث واالستشارات‬- ‫ديوان المحاسبة الليبي‬

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‫تصميم شبكات تصريف مياه األمطار في المناطق الحضرية‬

- ‫ مدينة البيضاء‬- ‫دراسة حالة (منطقة تجميع مياه األمطار الشمالية بالبيضاء> الجديدة‬
)‫ليبيا‬

Design of Stormwater Drainage Networks in Urban Areas

Case Study (The Northern Catchment Area in New Al-Bayda -
Al-Bayda City - Libya)

)‫(نبذة مختصرة‬
)Abstract(

New AL-Bayda area is the most deteriorated area in the city of Al-Bayda , and has a
vital need of services, especially the stormwater drainage system, due to the heavy rain
in the city of Al-Bayda, which records the largest precipitation rates among all the
cities of Libya, most of the new AL-Bayda area lacks a stormwater drainage system, as
for what is exists, it is either in a bad condition or is not of sufficient capacity causing
flooding problems.

According to the topographic characteristics, the new Al-Bayda area is divided into
three major areas, based on the presence of natural watersheds (Catchments).

The respective study area corresponds to the North catchment of new AL-Bayda with a
total area of (107) ha, which is delimited on North by the coastal road 4,000, this area
includes in general “family houses” villas and buildings (3/4 floors) blocks, three
mosques , two schools , service Buildings and one hotel.

The drainage system design will take into account the standard specifications adopted
by the American Federation of Transportation and Highway Officials (AASHTO)
(Guidance Document - Design Standards - Revision ner 02).

The design will start with carrying out a hydrological study by processing precipitation
rates data recorded for more than 20 years in Al-Bayda city, obtained from the Libyan
National Center of Meteorology, by relying on statistical probability distributions and
using Excel and statistical software, in order to construct (IDF) curves for different
return periods (recurrence intervals) equal to 2, 5, 10, 50, 100 years, and inferring
Equation to calculate the rainfall intensity at any duration for each return period.
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Since the study area is large and for considerations of time constraints, a sample will
be selected and prepared for the detailed design of the storm drainage network, the
sample will include major roads near the low point (Outfall-Downstream), in other
words, they represent a path for the final pipelines of the network.

Accordingly, the specific roads will be designed: (Roads Layout, Longitudinal

Profiles, Typical Cross Sections) , and determining the locations of catch basins
(Inlets) based on the transverse and longitudinal slopes of the roads and design
considerations, with defining the sub-catchment areas for each catch basin, in addition
to modeling the storm water network in the sample and assuming initial diameters of
the pipes, all this using (Autodesk - Civil 3D) software.

Then comes the stage of hydraulic analysis, where the peak flow rates are calculated
using the Rational Method for the entire study area, and start the process of Pipes
Sizing to determine the final suitable diameters and gradients of the network, this
iterative process considers the “Manning-Strickler” formula and is supported by the
(OpenFlows-StormCAD) software, specifically developed for this purpose and
recommended by “the Libyan Standards”, which will be used for the hydraulic
calculations.

The case study will also include the evaluation of the final discharge point, which is
the existing culvert located north of the new Al-Bayda area, in terms of its capacity to
discharge the calculated quantities of stormwater, as well as the suitability of the
elevations of the designed network to connect it to the existing culvert, and what are
the proposed alternatives.

A 3D (structural) modelling of the designed stormwater network will be performed,

and finally, running different simulations of the same designed network to find out the
potential for flooding when different larger return periods are used to calculate the
peak flow rates.

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