Problem 3.15.

A parking lot has a size of 240 m X 500 m and a concentration time of 20

minutes. Runoff coefficients for 30% and 70% of this area 0.7 and 0.9 respectively. Rainfall
intensities obtained from intensity-duration-frequency curves of nearest precipitation station to
this lot are given in Table 3.17. Determine the 10-yr peak discharge value at the outlet of this
lot in m3/s.

Table 3.17 I-D-F data for Problem 3.15

Intensities of rainfall (mm/hr)

Frequency (yr) Δt (min)
(return period) 5 10 15 20 30 60 120
2 60 46 36 28 24 13 7
5 96 82 68 56 48 26 14
10 119 106 90 77 65 34 18
25 149 136 116 102 85 45 23