WTE2602 MAJOR TEST 3 2023-Sem 1
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
Major Test 3 – Assessment No: 06
Semester Course
WTE2602
Water Engineering II
Examiner: Ms LZ Maduna
Marks: 50 Internal Moderator: Ms P Raophala
Weight of Assessment: 30%
Duration: 2 Hours
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WTE2602 MAJOR TEST 3 2023-Sem 1
QUESTION 1 [18 MARKS]
1.1 Match Column A with the most suitable answer in Column B.
(Give your answer as 1.1 (e))
Column A Column B
1.1 What is runoff? (a) Average Daily Flow.
1.2 What is the quantity of water (b) The ability of vegetation to prevent
available in an area dependent precipitation from reaching the ground.
on?
1.3 In which system does storm water (c) The total precipitation which flows
enter the system over the surface of a basin.
through manholes.
1.4 Moist air moving up the side of a (d) Conventional fitting.
mountain facing the prevailing wind
results in a precipitation known as….
1.5 The average amount of sewage flow (e) Humidity of the area.
expected from a certain household.
(f) Hydrological cycle
(g) Temperature of the area.
(h) Hydrological cycle of an area.
(i) Orographic lifting
(j) Peak Daily Flow
(10)
1.2 The annual rainfall on a catchment with an area of 600 km2 is 820 mm. The surface
runoff is 330 mm/year and it is calculated that 210 x 105 m3 of water evaporates in a
year. At present 600 x 106 litres of water is abstracted daily from wells. Calculate the
available groundwater in mm/year. (8)
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WTE2602 MAJOR TEST 3 2023-Sem 1
QUESTION 2 [12 MARKS]
2.1 Calculate the discharge of a trapezoidal channel with a bottom width of 6.069 m, side
slope 1:1, flow depth of 1 220 mm, slope of 0.0009 and Manning’s coefficient of 0.025.
QUESTION 3 [20 MARKS]
Analyse the flow, for a 100 cm wide rectangular channel with a crump weir. The
following estimation have been made:
• The crest is 45 cm above the channel bottom.
• The height of the upstream water level is 250 mm
3.1. Use the step by step method to calculate the discharge through the crest crump
weir. Do only 4 iterations. (15)
3.2 Name two flow measuring devices that can be used to measure flow. Do not
mention the crest crump weir that was given in this question. (2)
3.3 Discuss what you would use the flow measurement data for? (3)
TOTAL = 50 MARKS
UNISA
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