Dr Rodney McDermott

ENE820 - Self Study Exercise

The School requires an open storm detention pond with outlet at the end of a playing field on land beside a rive
a. The storm detention pond must be circular, have an impermeable liner and have a detention time
b. There must be a free board above the Top Water Level (TWL) of the pond of 0.5 m and the pond m
c. The pond must retain water at a depth of 0.5 m from the base of the pond to the outlet invert leve
d. The outlet will be 25.0 m long from river to pond, the outlet must follow the ground gradient whic
e. The Site Investigation show the site has 0.25 m of topsoil, with stiff boulder clay thereafter.
f. The outflow of the pond must be able to allow the pond to empty the content volume from TWL to
g. For the outlet design Manning’s n can be taken as = 0.012. It may be judged that the overflow conne

Detention Time = 2 hours

Time 120 minutes
Time 7200 seconds
Time 20 per second
Volume 144000 litres in 2 hours
Flow 144 m3 in 2 hours

Trial 1
Choose diameter = 14 m
Depth 1 = 1 m (this is the maximum depth of storm water from the 2
Volume 1 = 153.938 m 3
Sufficient to take the storm volume, but tank is already
Depth 2 & 3 = 1.00 m Criteria b & c.
Volume 2 = 153.938 m3
Total volume = 307.876 m3

The chosen diameter is acceptable and has capacity, in reality the side slopes of the pond will not be
With a side slope of 45°, the average radius would be 16.0 m.

Outlet
Criteria f:
Volume 153938 litres in 2 hours
Time 360 6 minutes in seconds
Flow 427.6057 litres/second
Flow 0.427606 m3/second

Outlet Options
1. Open Channel - educational?
2. Pipe
3. Culvert?
Criteria b has a constraint in terms of the depth of the invert level of the outlet, this will not be an iss
The channel would need to be 1.5 m deep, the channel may inform students in terms of "flow measu

Use Manning's equation:

A 2 / 3 1/ 2
Q  R S
n
 A 2 / 3 1/ 2
Q  R S
n

Option 1: Rectangular open channel (1.5 m deep x 0.5 m wide)

Q m3/s Width Depth A (m2) n P (m) R^(2/3) S
1.4250 0.5 1 0.500000 0.0120 2.5000 0.341995 0.0100

Option 2: Pipe 0.525 m dia.

Q m3/s Dia. (m) A (m2) n P (m) R^(2/3) S S^(1/2)
0.4659 0.525 0.216475 0.0120 1.6493 0.258265 0.0100 0.10000

Both options have hydraulic capacity, which is the "preferred option"?

eld on land beside a river at on the periphery of the School complex. Design details are as follows:
have a detention time of 2 hours and be capable of holding an inflow volume of 20 litres/second from TWL to the invert level of the o
of 0.5 m and the pond must not be greater than 2.0 m in total depth.
to the outlet invert level
e ground gradient which is at 1/100. There is no restriction at the river connection point in terms of depth.
clay thereafter.
ent volume from TWL to invert of the outlet structure within 6 minutes.
that the overflow connector will be “losses controlled”. Manning’s equation (if required) can be taken as:

torm water from the 2 hour period when given criteria/constraints b & c.)
ume, but tank is already 0.5 m full possibly!

of the pond will not be at 90° therefore the volume will be greater.

et, this will not be an issue for a pipe.

n terms of "flow measurement", however there are hazards with associated risks … that can be controlled.
S^(1/2)
0.10000
to the invert level of the outlet.