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1. The storage, elevation and outflow data of a reservoir are given below:
Elevation(m) Storage(106m3) Outflow discharge(m3/s)
299.5 4.8 0
300.2 5.5 0
300.7 6 15
301.2 6.6 40
301.7 7.2 75
302.2 7.9 115
302.7 8.8 160

The spillway crest is at elevation 300.2m. The following flood flow is expected in to the
reservoir.
Time(h) 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27
Discharge(m3/s) 10 20 52 60 53 43 32 22 16 10
Route the flood hydrograph by using MODIFIED PUL’S METHOD and GOODRICH
METHOD to obtain the following:
a) The outflow hydrograph
b) The reservoir elevation vs time curve
c) The attenuation in the peak flow rate and lag in the peak flow time(translation)
2. A water reservoir has the following characteristics:
Elevation(m) 100 101 102 102.5 103
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Storage(Mm ) 3.5 4 5 5.5 6
Outflow(m3/s) 0 10 60 90 125
When the water level in the reservoir was 101m, a flood with the following input hydrograph
entered the reservoir.
Time(hr) 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42
3
Inflow(m /s) 10 15 25 40 28 18 13 11
Route the flood and determine by using Modified Pul’s Method and Goodrich Method to obtain:
a) The outflow hydrograph
b) The reservoir elevation vs time curve
c) The attenuation in the peak flow rate and lag in the peak flow time(translation)
3. Perform the reservoir routing for the data set in the following table.
Elevation, m Storage, m3 Outflow, m3/s
0 0 0
0.3 1233 0.425
0.61 2467 1.110
0.91 3700 1.678
1.22 4934 2.549
1.52 6167 3.540
1.83 7542 4.475
2.13 8857 5.239
When the water level in the reservoir was 0.3m, a flood with the following input hydrograph
entered the reservoir.
Time 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150
(min)

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Inflow 0 1 2.5 5 7 8.5 9 8.45 8 6.75 5.5 4.55 3.5 2.25 1 0

(m3/s)
Route the flood and determine by using Modified Pul’s Method and Goodrich Method to obtain:
a) The outflow hydrograph
b) The reservoir elevation vs time curve
c) The attenuation in the peak flow rate and lag in the peak flow time(translation)
4. For a river reach K =0 .44 days, X = 0.15 and take O1 = I1 for the beginning of time step. Route
the following inflow hydrograph, compute the outflow hydrograph and determine the values of
attenuation and translation of the peak.
Time, h) 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78
Inflow 15 70 200 250 220 180 140 90 70 50 35 25 16 13
3
(m /s)

5. In a river reach, the following inflow hydrograph was recorded. If K = 0.947 days, X = 0.20 and
outflow at t = 0hr is 10m3/s. compute the outflow hydrograph and what will be lag in peak
flow(translation) time and attenuation in the peak flow rate.
Time 0 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120
(hr)
Inflow 15 195 255 170 115 80 65 50 35 30 20
3
(m /s)

6. For a river reach K = 28 hr, X = 0.25 and take O1 = I1 for the beginning of time step. Route the
following inflow hydrograph, compute the outflow hydrograph and find the values of attenuation
and translation of the peak.
Time, 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60
hr
Inflow, 30 62 242 170 114 78 56 44 38 34 30
3
m /s

7. In a river reach, the following inflow hydrograph was recorded. If K = 10 hr, X = 0.25 and
outflow at t = 0 hr is 10m3/s. compute the outflow hydrograph and what will be lag in peak flow
time(translation) and attenuation in the peak flow rate.
Time, 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66
hr
Inflow, 10 25 50 75 80 74 65 50 40 30 20 10
3
m /s

8. Between two reaches A and B of a river, the values of Muskingum coefficients determined are K
= 24hr and X = 0.2. Take outflow at the beginning of routing step equal to inflow. Find the
outflow hydrograph at B and determine the peak lag time (translation) and attenuation.
Time, h 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 156 168
Inflow, 14 22 36 93 141 102 86 73 61 50 38 26 20 16
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9. Route the following flood through a reach for which K = 22 h and x = 0.25. Plot the inflow and
outflow hydrographs and determine the peak lag time (translation) and attenuation. At t = 0 the
outflow discharge is 40m3/s.
Time(h) 0 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144
Inflow(m3/s) 40 65 165 250 240 205 170 130 115 85 70 60 54

10. The following are the ordinates of the hydrograph of flow from catchment area of 770km2 due to
a 6-h rainfall. Derive the ordinates of the 6-h unit hydrograph. Make suitable assumption
regarding base flow.
Time(h) 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72
Discharge 40 65 215 360 400 350 270 205 145 100 70 50 42
3
(m /s)

11. The ordinates of a hydrograph of surface runoff resulting from 4.5 cm of rainfall excess of
duration 8h in a catchment are as follows:
Time(h) 0 5 13 21 28 32 35 41 45 55 61 91 98
Discharge 0 40 210 400 600 820 1150 1440 1510 1420 1190 650 520
(m3/s)
Time(h) 115 138

Discharge 290 0
(m3/s)
Determine the ordinates of the 8-h unit hydrograph for this catchment.

12. The ordinates of a 6-h unit hydrograph are given

Time(h) 0 3 6 9 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66
6-h UH 0 150 250 450 600 800 700 650 450 320 200 100 50 0
m3/s
a storm had three successive 6-h interval of rainfall magnitude of 3, 5 and 4 cm respectively.
Assuming a φ-index of 0.20 cm/h and a base flow of 30 m3/s, determine and plot the resulting
hydrograph of flow.
13. The ordinates of a 6-h unit hydrograph are given
Time(h) 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66
6-h UH 0 20 60 150 120 90 66 50 32 20 10 0
(m3/s)

If two storms, each of 1 cm rainfall excess and 6-hr duration occur in succession, calculate the
resulting hydrograph of flow. Assume base flow to be uniform at 10m3/s.

14. The 3-hr unit hydrograph for a basin has the following ordinates. Using the S-curve method,
determine the 9-hr unit hydrograph ordinates of the basin.

Time(h) 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39
3-h UH 0 12 75 132 180 210 183 156 135 144 96 87 66 54
m3/s

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Time(h) 42 45 48 51 54 57 60

3-h UH 42 33 24 18 12 6 6
m3/s

15. The following table gives the ordinates of a direct runoff hydrograph resulting from two
successive 3-hr duration of rainfall excess values of 2 and 4 cm, respectively. Derive the 3-hr
unit hydrograph for the catchment.
Time(h) 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30
3
Direct runoff (m /s) 0 20 60 150 120 90 66 50 32 20 10

16. The frequency analysis of flood data of a river by using log person type III distribution yielded
the following data: coefficient of skewness = 0.4
Return period, T(years) Peak flood, m3/s
50 10000
200 15000
Given the following data regarding the variation of the frequency factor K with the return period
T for Cs= 0.4, estimate the flood magnitude in the river with a return period of 1000 years
Return period, T 50 200 1000
Frequency factor, K 2.261 2.949 3.670

17. For a river, the estimated flood peaks for two return periods by the use of gumbels method are as
follows:
Return period, hours Peak flood, m3/s
100 435
50 395
What flood discharge in this river will have a return period of 1000 years?

18. A river has 40 years of annual flood flow record. The discharge values are in m3/s. The
logarithm to base 10 of these discharge values shows a mean value of 3.2736, standard deviation
of 0.3037 and a coefficient of skewness of 0.07. Calculate the 50 year return period annual flood
discharge by:
A) log person type III distribution

19. In a frequency analysis of rainfall based on 15 years of data of 10 minutes’ storm, the following
values are obtained:
 Arithmetic mean of data= 1.65cm
 Standard deviation = 0.45cm
Using gumbels extreme distribution, find
1) The recurrence interval of a storm of 10 minutes’ duration and depth equal to 3 cm.
Assume the sample size to be large.
2) What are 80 and 95 % confidence intervals for the predicted values?
20. The following data gives flood data statistics of two river
Rivers Length of Mean annual Standard deviation
record, years flood, m3/s

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River 1 92 6437 2952

River 2 54 5627 3360
A) Estimate the 100 and 1000 year floods for the two rivers by gumbels method
B) What are 80 and 95 % confidence intervals for the predicted values?
21. Analysis of the annual flood peak data of a river, covering a period of 21 years yielded a mean of
8520 m3/s and standard deviation of 3900 m3/s. A proposed water control project on this river
near this location is to have an expected life of 40 years. Policy decision of this project allows an
acceptable reliability of 85 %
A) Using gumbels method recommend the flood discharge for this project
B) What are 80 and 95 % confidence intervals for the predicted values?
22. The following table gives the observed annual flood values in the river starting from the year
1963 to 1975.
1, Draw flow duration curve (FDC) for the river
2, Estimate the flood peaks with return periods of 50, 100 and 1000 years by using
A) Gumbels extreme value distribution
B) Log person type III distribution
C) Log normal distribution

Year 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
Flood discharge 3210 4000 1250 3300 2480 1780 1860 4130 3110
m3/s
Year 1972 1973 1974 1975
Flood discharge 2320 2480 3405 1820
m3/s

23. The following table gives the observed annual peak flood values at a river gauging site from
1970 to 1990.
1, Draw flow duration curve (FDC) for the river
2, Estimate the flood peaks with return periods of 50, 100 and 1000 years by using
A) Gumbels extreme value distribution method
B) Log person type III distribution method
C) Log normal distribution method
Year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Flood 1065 645 1005 1350 860 150 2260 650 2840 990 870
peaks, m3/s
Year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Flood 910 750 930 750 1070 830 1095 384 2230 3210
peaks, m3/s

24. The following table gives the observed annual flood values in the river from the year 1970 to
1992.
1, Draw flow duration curve (FDC) for river
2, Estimate the flood peaks with return periods of 50, 100 and 1000 years by using
A) gumbels extreme value distribution method
B) log person type III distribution method
C) log normal distribution method

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Year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Discharge, 100.7 102.1 88.2 497 1250 964.7 138.6 177.6 141 153 142.7
m3/s
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

668 754 1003.3 1360 1128 978 489 234.5 125 134 67 50

Assignment Group Question number

Group one 1, 4, 7,10, 13, 16, 19, 22
Group two 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23
Group three 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24

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