INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT (DAC 21502)

1. A lake has a surface area of 708 000 m2. For the month of March, this lake had an inflow of
1.5 m3/s and an outflow of 1.25 m3/s. A storage change of +708,000 m3 was recorded. If
the total depth of rainfall recorded at the local rain gauge was 225 mm for the month,
estimate the evaporation loss from the lake in mm unit. State any assumptions that you
make in calculations.

(6 marks)

2. Using data given, estimate the average precipitation using Thiessen method.

Station Area (km2) Precipitation (mm)

1 72 90
2 34 110
3 76 105
4 40 150
5 76 160
6 92 140
7 46 130
8 40 135
9 86 95
10 6 70

(6 marks)

3. (a) The drainage area of the Bekok River is 13,531 km2. If the mean annual runoff is
determined to be 159.51 m3/s and the average annual rainfall is 1.11 m, estimate the
evapotranspiration losses (m/year) for the area.

(2 marks)

(b) Using the Meyer Equations, find the daily evaporation rate (in/day) for a lake given that the
mean value for air temperature is 89 oF, the mean value for water temperature is
67 oF, the average wind speed is 9 mph, the relative humidity is 23 %. and pan empirical
coefficient is 0.36.

(4 marks)
4. (a) Calculate composite runoff coefficient.

Commercial Industrial Residential Forested

Item Cemeteries
properties areas areas areas
Value of C 0.75 0.5 0.3 0.15 0.10
Area (km2) 39 19 51 77 11

(3 marks)

(b) Calculate wetted area (ft2), wetted perimeter (ft) and hydraulic radius (ft) the stream is
flowing bank full in a trapezoidal channel.

Item Top width Base width Channel depth

Value 12’ 6’ 3’

(3 marks)

5. Calculate the discharge (m3/s) in the stream. The rating equation of the current meter is
v = 0.65 Ns + 0.03 m/s.

Distance from left of water edge 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21

(m)
Depth (m) 0 0.3 0.9 1.7 1.5 0.7 0.1 0
Revolution of current meter 0 15 45 91 79 39 9 0
Duration of observation (minute) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

(6 marks)

6. Calculate the discharge (m3/s) at the river cross section.

Vertical Section No. Section Width (m) Depth (m) Mean Velocity (m/s)
0 0 0 0
1 3.5 3 3.1
2 3.5 9 3.3
3 3.5 17 3.7
4 3.5 15 3.9
5 3.5 7 3.5
6 3.5 5 3.1
7 3.5 0 0

(6 marks)
7. Calculate number of days (N) and total of direct flow (m3/s) for 3 hectare of catchment
area.

Time
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
(day)
Total flow
1005 1199 1333 1775 2339 3075 2595 1799 1111
(m3/s)
Baseflow
1005 1011 1033 1057 1073 1091 1099 1105 1111
(m3/s)

(6 marks)