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Analysis for Time of Concentration using velocity Method for the Siniloan,
Pagsanjan, Jala-Jala
An Output
Presented to the Faculty of Civil Engineering Department
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Sta. Mesa, Manila
By:
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction…………………………………………………………………..1
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Objective of the Study
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study
Chapter 2: Methodology…………………………………………………………………8
2.1 Study Areas
2.2 Determination of Number of Rivers and Watershed Area
2.3 Determination of Drainage Basin Slope
2.4 Gathering of Rainfall Data (August 2021)
2.5 Determination of Curve Numbers
2.6 Determination of Predicted Run-off and Hydrograph Generation
2.7 Determination of Water Velocity for Shallow Concentration
2.8 Determination of Water Velocity for Open Channel Flow
2.9 Time of Concentration Determination
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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Watershed is a geographic area through which water flows across the land and
drains into a common body of water, whether a stream, river, lake, or ocean. The
watershed boundary will more or less follow the highest ridgeline around the stream
channels and meet at the bottom or lowest point of the land where water flows out of
the watershed, the mouth of the water way. Much of the water comes from rainfall and
stormwater runoff. The quality and quantity of stormwater is affected by all the
alterations to the land mining, agriculture, roadways, urban development, and the
activities of people within a watershed. Watersheds are usually separated from other
It’s important to know that watersheds help to prevent floods and landslides
and store water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, and other productive uses. In
Authority, Laguna de Bay has 24 sub-basins. This study determines the time of
includes Siniloan, Pagsanjan, and Jala-jala. Siniloan and Jala-jala Sub-basins are
located in the northeastern part of Laguna de Bay, while the Pagsanjan Sub-basin is
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in the southeastern part. Among these three areas, Pagsanjan River in Pagsanjan is
one of the highest contributors of stream flow. By using the “velocity method”, we can
calculate the Time of concentration of the water sheds. (Press release. JICA. 2021).
back over 150 years to the introduction of the rational method. Since then, it has been
used in a variety of ways in the formulation of both unit hydrograph and distributed
particle from the furthest part of a catchment to the outlet. (Beven, K. J. 2020, May
25)
Time of Concentration (Tc) is the time required for runoff to travel from the
hydraulically most distant point in the watershed to the outlet. Tc is generally applied
only to surface runoff and may be computed using many different methods. In
hydrograph analysis, Tc is the time from end of excess rainfall to the point on the
falling limb of dimensionless until hydrograph where the recession curve begins.
(Woodward, D. 2010).
Using the velocity method is a common method of estimating river flow. As the
term implies, the flow is the product of the average velocity in the cross-section and
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the time of concentration using the velocity method for the three municipalities of the
3. Create a hydrograph for the month of Nov 2020 for each sub/sub-watershed like
the attached example, i.e., showing the peak rainfall and the peak discharge.
4. Determine the type of velocity flow method to use, as well as the appropriate
5. Determine the water velocity and tabulate in excel the evaluated/calculated data
results.
6. Calculate the "time of concentration" for each sub-watershed and the total time of
concentration.
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watershed, which includes Pagsanjan and Siniloan in the province of Laguna, and
Jala-Jala in the province of Rizal. The time of concentration was calculated from the
Atlas of Laguna de Bay that dates up to 2004. This study will help affirm the accuracy
of the hydrological data written on the atlas and serve as additional information to
serve as additional information for the utilization and conservation of the country’s
Local Government Unit. This study will be beneficial to the local government
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essential for water management. For them to be able to fully utilize their water
Other Researchers. This study will be an effective tool and reference for other
researchers who would intend to make any further relevant study regarding the
incorporation of water hyacinth fibers in concrete and the usage of eggshell powder
as cement replacement.
Community. For the locals surrounding the three areas cited on this study,
time frames of the water flow will be relevant. These time frames will be helpful for the
residents’ awareness and response to possible landslides and flooding on the lower
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Chapter 2
METHODOLOGY
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Barangay Wawa, Siniloan is the location of the Mayor River, also known as the
Romelo River, in the lower half of the watershed as cited in LLDA (Laguna Lake
Development Authority). According to LLDA the Llavac River drains the watershed's
northeast, northwest, and southwest regions. It was reported that the Llavac River
flows into the Mayor/Romelo River, which is located within the Siniloan barangays of
Buhay and Wawa, which may be explained by the practically flat terrain of the land in
the lower half of the watershed. Lagunlan River drains areas on the eastern edge of
the Siniloan-Famy Microwatershed. This river flows into the Mayor/Romero River at
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2.1.b PAGSANJAN
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Tagalog Region where Pagsanjan Sub-basin can be located. It is limited to the east
by the Paete/Pangil/Pakil sub-basins, to the west by the Sta. Cruz sub-basin, to the
north by the east bay of Laguna Lake, and to the south by Mount Banahaw. The
Majayjay, and Pagsanjan in the Province of Laguna, and Lucban Municipality in the
Development Authorities.
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2.1.c JALA-JALA
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According to Laguna Lake Development Authorities’ data, the total area of the sub-
basin is 7,311.87 hectares, with a basin length of 11.39 kilometers (km) and a
perimeter length of 67.71 kilometers (km) with an average width of 3.50 kilometers
(km).
Radar – Digital Elevation Model (SAR-DEM) from lidar data. The Laguna Lake
watershed was analyzed using ArcGIS Pro version 3.0 to identify the length of rivers
and its numbers. Slopes for basins are acquired using ArcGIS Pro.
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All of the lowest elevations were depicted using the ArcGIS Pro watershed
analysis drainage command. Rivers and streams were regarded as elevations. This
identifies all the major tributary rivers. Each tributary or river was assigned an object
ID and its length was determined. The river basin areas were also calculated using
August 2021. World Weather Online provides weather forecast and provides an
average daily, monthly and annual amount of precipitation. In this study, rainfall data
from September 2019 to August 2021 for the plotting of hydrograph. While rainfall
data from the previous two years was used to calculate the time of concentration in
The rainfall data for the month of November for Siniloan, Pagsanjan and Jala-
Jala were obtained from World Weather Online and it is being tabulated from excel.
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(1972) (Ward et al., 2016) The equations for predicting total runoff volume were
shown in the following paragraphs The excess rainfall could be calculated using the
NRCS curve number procedure. In this case the infiltration losses are combined with
(𝑃−𝐼𝑎 )2
𝑄 = (𝑃−𝐼
𝑎 +𝑆𝑖 )
Where:
Q = is the accumulated runoff of rainfall excess in inches or millimeters,
P = is the rainfall depth in inches or millimeters,
Si = is the surface storage in inches or millimeters, is a parameter given by:
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𝑆𝑖 = 𝑘( 𝐶𝑁 − 10)
Where:
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(𝑃 − 0.2𝑆𝑖 )2
𝑄=
(𝑃 + 0.8𝑆𝑖 )
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2.5. Determination of water velocity for swallow concentrated and open channel
flow
The velocity method assumes that the time of concentration is equal to the
sum of the travel times for segments along the hydraulically most distant flow. As
shown in Equation 4.
1.) Sheet flow defined as flow over planar surfaces. It is the most common in the
headwaters of a stream near the watershed’s ridgeline. Sheet flow for no more than
0.007(𝑛𝑙)0.8
𝑇𝑡 = (𝑃2 )0.5 𝑆 0.4
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Where:
𝑇𝑡 = travel time, h
n = Manning’s roughness coefficient
l = sheet flow length, ft
𝑃2 = 2-year, 24-hour rainfall, in.
S =slope of land surface, ft/ft
2.) Shallow concentrated flow occurs when sheet flow becomes shallow
approximately 100 feet. Shallow concentrated flow is assumed not to have a well-
defined channel and has flow depth of 0.1 to 0.5 feet. It is assumed that shallow
concentrated flow can be represented by one of seven flow types. These flow types
After estimating average velocity using Figure 2.1 or the equations from Table
2.2, use Equation 2.1 to estimate travel time for the shallow concentrated flow
segment
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Chapter 3
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Elevation Model (SAR-DEM) was obtained as shown in the figure. The rivers and
other stream were determined using watershed flow in ArcGIS PRO by setting up
pourpoint in the given software. Based on the ArcGIS watershed area analysis,
Pagsanjan, JalaJala and Siniloan have one major river each. Its watershed areas are
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In the tables 3.1a, 3.2b and 3.2c represents the mean average slope in areas
of Jala-Jala, Siniloan and Pagsanjan, with values of 183.88 km, 130.99 km, and
200.54 km. The slopes are generated using ArcGIS PRO by using the watershed
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3.3 Precipitation
In the table 3.3a, the daily precipitation was taken from World Weather Online.
Precipitation Precipitation
Month Month
(mm) (mm)
2019-Sep 447 2020-Sep 413.6
2019-Oct 219.7 2020-Oct 735.8
2019-Nov 210 2020-Nov 819.5
2019-Dec 335.6 2020-Dec 277.8
2020-Jan 63.5 2021-Jan 153.4
2020-Feb 61.6 2021-Feb 121
2020-Mar 21.4 2021-Mar 67.2
2020-Apr 86.3 2021-Apr 54
2020-May 225.5 2021-May 58.8
2020-Jun 382.8 2021-Jun 491.5
2020-Jul 369.3 2021-Jul 279.8
2020-Aug 375.5 2021-Aug 187.8
Table 3.3a, Jala-Jala, Siniloan and Pagsanjan precipitation during the month of
November
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273.5875 mm. The highest precipitation is on the month of October and November
2020 whose average monthly precipitation were 735.8 and 819.5 mm. It occurred.
for this month is because there is a typhoon active typhoon that occurred in the
The curve number for each municipality were computed using the average of
their territorial land uses. The composite column on the table represents the curve
number.
Watershed/Sub- Marsh,
watershed Name Arable Brushland Forest Grass rice Plantation Urban Composite
paddies
Siniloan 65 79 79 74.33
Jalajala 65 65 87 74 87 75.6
Pagsanjan 65 74 79 87 76.25
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After obtaining the curve number, Runoff and Discharge were computed using
daily precipitation from the month of November 2020 which showed the highest
amount of rainfall on the 2-Year period from September 2019-August 2021. The
stormflow of each of the municipalities were also computed and shown on the tables
below.
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The hydrograph was created using precipitation data of each municipality and
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(Source: http://hywr.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ihp/riverCatalogue/Vol_05/9_Philippines-4.pdf)
(Source: http://hywr.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ihp/riverCatalogue/Vol_05/9_Philippines-4.pdf)
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Table 3.6a shows the shallow concentrated flow for the Jalajala, Siniloan and
Pagsanjan river basins. The adopted shallow concentrated velocity equation that was
adopted was V=8.762 (s)0.5 for cultivated straight row crops. The shallow
concentrated velocity obtained were 0.09 m/s, 0.01 m/s, and 0.01 m/s for Siniloan,
Jala Jala and Pagsanjan, respectively.
Cultivated
V=8.762 (s) ^
Siniloan straight row 0.89483736
0.5
crops
Cultivated
V=8.762 (s)
Jala Jala straight row 0.81967357
^0.5
crops
Cultivated
V=8.762 (s)
Pagsanjan straight row 0.80339662
^0.5
crops
Table 3.6a Shallow Concentrated Flow
Sub-
River/Strea Average
Watershed/Subwatersh watershe
River/Stream m Length Slope
ed Name d Area
(m) (km/km)
(m2 )
Siniloan Siniloan River 12,559.49 0.0104299
17850000
Jala Jala
Jala Jala 21011.67 0.0087514
19190000 River
Pagsanjan
Pagsanjan 23853.44 0.0084072
24430000 River
Table 3.7a Watershed/sub-watershed area, river/stream length and average slope of
the river basin.
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Being able to calculate the various concentration times based on flow segments It is
necessary to identify each parameter for the particular flow segment. For instance, the slope
and Manning's coefficient for sheet flow were calculated as given in Table 3.12. The times of
contentment for the three river basins in Siniloan, Jala-jala, and Pagsanjan are shown in
Table 3.12. To compute for the Time of Concentration, data such as sub-watershed area,
River/Stream Length, and Average Slope were tabulated. These were obtained from the
results of the project accomplished in ArcGIS. These data are shown in the table below.
Equation 5 was used to determine the time of concentration. For a segment of sheet flow with
a distance of 30 feet, the Jalajala river recorded the longest time of concentration (0.22
Table 3.12
As for the travel time for the shallow concentrated flow, it is shown on the table below.
The sheet flow length was used along with the respective velocities of the
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The equations used were derived from the velocity versus slope for
shallow concentrated flow graph for various flow types according to its land cover
flow with an average Slope of 0.84 percent. Jalajala came next, with a Tc of 7.121
hours and an average slope of 0.87 percent. Last but not least is Siniloan, whose Tc
Between the three river basins (Table 3.15). Pagsanjan's attention span was
the longest at 2.32 hours. Jalajala came next, taking 2.07 hours, while Siniloan took
just 1.22 hours. It is evident that the terrain, rainfall totals, and land use within the
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Table 3.14:
Table 3.15:
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Chapter 4
Conclusion and Recommendation
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Beven, K. J. (2020, May 25). A history of the concept of time of concentration. Hydrology and
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Laguna de Bay 2012. Laguna Lake Development Authority and WWF-Philippines. Quezon City.
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