HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC
STUDY REPORT
3. HYDROLOGY STUDY AND HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS
3.1. HYDROLOGY
Hydrology is defined as the study of rainfall events and runoff as related to the engineering
design of conveyance structure. These conveyance structures are typically designed for
a particular storm event or storm frequency and associated with a certain amount of risk
with respect to failure. The proportion of rainfall that eventually becomes streamflow is
dependent on the size of the catchment area, topography, and soil characteristics.
3.2. CATCHMENT PARAMETERS
The size of the watershed or catchment basin is the most important parameter affecting
the determination of the total surface runoff. It is defined as the limits in which the
topographic map was delineated to separate the water flow between each watershed or
catchment basin, delineated catchment area is shown in Figure 2.1
The identified catchments were then grouped together to form the hydrological model
domain and the hydraulic flood model domain. The hydrological model domain consists
of catchments upstream of the project site and is the basis for the area of the hydrological
model. This group directly contributes to the flow rate and volume of water that enters
waterways.
3.3. TIME PARAMETER
The time of concentration is a variable often used in computing surface runoff. The
variable indicates the response time at the outlet of a watershed for a rainfall event and
is primarily a function of the geometry of the watershed. In flood hydrology, the time of
concentration of a watershed is normally considered as constant, independent of the
magnitude of the flood.
Time of Concentration – Rural Catchments.
Kirpich Equation
L1.15
Tc = ; Eq 3-4, DPWH DGCS 2015, Vol. 3, p3-8
51H0.385
Where:
Tc - time of concentration, the time required for storm runoff to travel from
the most remote point of the drainage basin to the point of interest in
minutes.
L - length of water course from the farthest point to the point of interest in
meters.
H - difference in elevation between most remote point and outlet in meters.
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