Question: You are a Hydraulic Engineer tasked with designing a stormwater detention pond for a new urban neighborhood to prevent the creek downstream of this neighborhood
You are a Hydraulic Engineer tasked with designing a stormwater detention pond for a new urban neighborhood to prevent the creek downstream of this neighborhood from flooding during extreme rain events. The catchment area of this neighborhood is 0.8 km2, 40% of this catchment is covered with impervious surfaces, and the other 60% of the catchment has an average infiltration rate of 0.125 inches/hr. You need to design this stormwater detention pond for a storm with a 20-year recurrence interval, which is 5 inches in 24 hours. You have an area of 300 m by 300 m on which to build this pond. How deep does the pond need to be
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