WRU07212 – Hydrological Analysis and Design

Tutorial 3

1. A linear reservoir has a storage constant K = 2 h, and it is initially at equilibrium with inflow
and outflow equal to 100 m3/s. Route the following inflow hydrograph through the reservoir.

Table 1: Inflow hydrograph for question 1

Time(hr) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Inflow(m3/s) 100 150 250 400 800 1000 900 700

Time(hr) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Inflow(m3/s) 550 400 300 250 200 150 120 100

2. Use the data of example 1.1 to perform a reservoir routing by the storage indication method.
The reservoir storage (S) and outflow from the reservoir (O) are related by an equation
S=2(O). Use t = 1 hr.
The required table for outflow (O), the storage (S) and the storage indication quantity
[(2*S/t)+O] is shown below.

Table 2: The outflow-storage relationship for question 2

Outflow (m3/s) Storage (S) Storage indication

m3s-1-h quantity
[(2*S/t)+O] m3s-1
100 200 500
200 400 1000
300 600 1500
400 800 2000
500 1000 2500
600 1200 3000
700 1400 3500
800 1600 4000
900 1800 4500
1000 2000 5000
1100 2200 5500

This table can also be replaced by a graph of the storage indication quantity versus outflow. In
this example, this graph is as given below:
 6000

5000
Storage indication quantity

4000
3 -1
ms

3000

2000

1000

1000

1100
100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900
3 -1
Outflow (O) m s

Figure 1: The outflow-storage relationship for question 2

3. Use the data of question 2 above to perform a reservoir routing by the storage indication
method if the reservoir has an outflow-storage relationship S = kOn where k = 0.02 and n = 2.
Use t =1 hr.

Hints: It is important to construct the storage-outflow relationship table and/or graph. For
example, the corresponding table and graph for this question are given in Table 3 and Figure
1 respectively.

Table 3: The outflow-storage relationship for question 3

Outflow Storage (S) Storage indication Outflow Storage (S) Storage indication
(m3/s) m3s-1-h quantity (m3/s) m3s-1-h quantity
[(2*S/t)+O] m3s-1 [(2*S/t)+O] m3s-1
100 500.0 1100.0 540 1161.9 2863.8
140 591.6 1323.2 580 1204.2 2988.3
180 670.8 1521.6 620 1245.0 3110.0
220 741.6 1703.2 660 1284.5 3229.0
260 806.2 1872.5 700 1322.9 3345.8
300 866.0 2032.1 740 1360.1 3460.3
340 922.0 2183.9 780 1396.4 3572.8
380 974.7 2329.4 820 1431.8 3683.6
420 1024.7 2469.4 860 1466.3 3792.6
460 1072.4 2604.8 900 1500.0 3900.0
500 1118.0 2736.1
 4000

2
3500 S=0.02*O
[2S/del(t)+O ] m 3 s -1

3000

2500

2000

1500

1000
10 0
1 40
18 0
2 20

30 0

38 0
4 20

5 00

58 0

66 0
7 00
74 0
7 80

8 60
260

340

460

540

620

820

900
3 -1
Outflow [O] m s

Figure 1: The storage indication quantity versus outflow for question 3

4. Route the following hydrograph through a river reach for which K = 12.0 hr and x = 0.20. At
the start of the inflow flood, the outflow discharge is 10 m3/s.

Table 4: The inflow hydrograph for question 4

Time (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54
Inflow (m3/s 10 20 50 60 55 45 35 27 20 15