WTE2602 MAJOR TEST 1 2023-Sem 1

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Major Test 1 – Assessment No: 04

Semester Course

WTE2602

Water Engineering II

Examiner: Ms LZ Maduna
Marks: 50 Internal Moderator: Ms P Raophala
Weight of Assessment: 30%
Duration: 2 Hours
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QUESTION 1 [23 MARKS]

1.1 Differentiate between transpiration and evapotranspiration process. (4)

1.2 State the requirement for clouds to form? (2)
1.3 A farmer who planted crops wants you to explain the following:
1.3.1 How the water loss is influenced by the solar radiation at stages when the
crop is still very small and at a stage when the crop is fully developed. (2)
1.3.2 State the hydrological processes that dominantly control the loss of water
when the plant is small and when the crop is well developed. (2)
1.3.3 How the characteristics of the plant/crop influence the evapotranspiration
rate? (3)
1.3.4 Explain the factors that the infiltration soil capacity in this farm would be
dependent on. (6)
1.4 Differentiate between self-recording rain gauge and non-recording rain gauge.
State one self recording rain gauge instrument and one non-recording rain gauge
instrument. (4)

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QUESTION 2 [12 MARKS]

A lake with a surface area of 6000 ha, received an average inflow of 6 m3/s from
the surface runoff resources and the outflow from the lake was 4.5 m3/s. During
the same month the evaporation was 6 cm and the rainfall received by the lake
was 145 mm. Assume that there was no contribution to or from groundwater
storage.

2.1 State the water budget equation for the lake. (2)
2.2 Determine the monthly change in storage volume of the lake in m3/month.
(10)

QUESTION 3 [15 MARKS]

At Ladysmith’s weather station , long term wind speed record is available for
measurements at a height of 10 m and 15 m above the ground.For certain
calculations of evaporation the speed at 2 m is required, therefore it is desired to
extend the long term record to the 2 m level. For one set of data the speed at 10
m (ZO) and 15 m (Z) were 19.4 and 9.66 m/s respectively.

3.1 Determine the value of the exponent relating the two given speeds and
elavations? (4)
3.2 What would you predict the windspeed to be at 2 m level above the ground?
(4)
3.3 From Table 1 below, the saturation vapor is observed to be 31.82 mmHg
when the air mass temperature is 30 oC. Calculate the actual pressure if the
temperature of the air mass is 30 oC and the relative humidity is 80%. (4)

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TABLE 1: Saturation vapour pressure as a function of temperature

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3.4 Determine the mean daily and the true average daily temperature from the
data given in the table below. (3)

Time 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 24
(hr)

t (oC) 0 2 0 8 9 8 4 3

TOTAL = 50 MARKS
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