HOMEWORK SET 5

CTC 260

Hydrology

Jayne Baran

After a 2-hour storm, a station downstream from a 45 square mile drainage basin measures 9400 cfs as a peak discharge and 3300 acre-feet as total runoff.

a) Find the 2-hour unit hydrograph peak discharge.

b) What would be the peak runoff and design flood volume if a 2-hour storm dropped 2.5 inches of net precipitation?