Question: QUESTION 2 [ 1 8 Marks ] The folowing information ( Table 1 ) is available for a proposed new dam site in Waterval Catchment.

QUESTION 2[18 Marks]
The folowing information (Table 1) is available for a proposed new dam site in Waterval Catchment.
Table 2
When the reservoir level was at 530.5 m , the following storm hydrograph (Table 2) was measured at the entrance to the dam, whose drainage area is \(280\mathrm{~km}^{2}\).
Table 2
2.1(a) Determine the bathymetric constants \( a \) and \( b \).
(b) how much water stored between 434 m and 440 m contours
2.2. For the hydrograph given above, determine: (Hint: Use constant base flow)
a) Volume of direct runoff \(\left(\mathrm{m}^{3}/\mathrm{s}\right)\)
b) Effective rainfall depth (cm)
c) Unit hydrograph for a duration of 12 hrs
QUESTION 2 [ 1 8 Marks ] The folowing information

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