TRRL
TRRL
General information
Road name - Kagere Nakoza Site observations, consultations
Name of stream - Unknown Site observations, consultations
Type of stream - Ephemeral Site observations, consultations
Grid reference - GPS, Google Earth or 1:50,000 maps
Northing (Latitude) E - 2° 5.809'S GPS, Google Earth or 1:50,000 maps
Easting (Longitude) S - 33° 4.661'E GPS, Google Earth or 1:50,000 maps
Input data
Area A km2 3.2 1:50,000 maps
Channel length L km 4.1 1:50,000 maps
Channel slope Sc % 2.3% 1:50,000 maps
Land slope Sl % 1.2% 1:50,000 maps
Storm rainfall for 2-year return period
R2/24 mm 70 Annex 2 of the worked example (handout) or Appendix 1 Figure 1 of TRRL report 623
Annex 3, Annex 4 and Table 1 of the worked example (handout) or Appendix 1 Figure
Ratio n-Yr to 2-Yr
2.6 2 and 3 of TRRL report 623
Ratio (Rn/24 to R2/24 rainfall) x R2/24 storm rainfall. In this case R10/24 = ratio
n-Yr, 24-Hr Rainfall Rn/24 mm 182 (R10/24 to R2/24) x R2/24
Table 2 and Annex 5 of the worked example (handout) or Fig. 15 and Table 4 of TRRL
Standard Contr. Area Coefficient Cs - 0.40 report 706
Catchment wetness factor Cw - 1 Table 3 of the worked example (handout) or Table 5 of TRRL report 706
Land use factor Cl - 1.00 Site observations, consultations and using Satelite Images
Largely bare soil 1.5 - 0.0
Intense cultivation 1.5 - 0.3
Grass cover 1 - 0.4
Dense vegetation 0.5 - 0.1 Table 4 of the worked example (handout) or Table 8 of TRRL report 706
Epheremal stream, sand filled valley 0.5 - 0.0
Swamp filled valley 0.33 - 0.0
Forest 0.33 - 0.2
Contributing area factor Ca 0.400 Ca = Cs x Cw x Cl
Rainfall time Tp hour 0.75 Annex 6 of the worked example (handout) of Fig. 16 of TRRL report 706
Initial rentention Y mm 0 Assume initial retention = 0 mm in Tanzania as per TRRL recommendations
Index n - 0.96 Table 5 of the worked example (handout) or Table 8 of TRRL report 706
Constant b - 0.33 Obtained from TRRL Report 706
Reservoir lag time k - 3 Table 6 of the worked example (handout) or Table 7 of TRRL report 706