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    This document estimates the storage in a 4,000 km2 watershed given rates of precipitation, drainage, infiltration, and evapotranspiration. It calculates that precipitation of 4.08 km3/yr exceeds outputs of infiltration, evapotranspiration, and drainage. This results in an annual change in storage of 37.4 km3/yr and a runoff coefficient of 0.26, meaning 26% of precipitation becomes runoff.

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    This document estimates the storage in a 4,000 km2 watershed given rates of precipitation, drainage, infiltration, and evapotranspiration. It calculates that precipitation of 4.08 km3/yr exceeds outputs of infiltration, evapotranspiration, and drainage. This results in an annual change in storage of 37.4 km3/yr and a runoff coefficient of 0.26, meaning 26% of precipitation becomes runoff.

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    Natural Environmental System For Water Resources and Wastewater Treatment

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    This document estimates the storage in a 4,000 km2 watershed given rates of precipitation, drainage, infiltration, and evapotranspiration. It calculates that precipitation of 4.08 km3/yr exceeds outputs of infiltration, evapotranspiration, and drainage. This results in an annual change in storage of 37.4 km3/yr and a runoff coefficient of 0.26, meaning 26% of precipitation becomes runoff.

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    Estimate storage in watershed


    Given: watershed = 4,000 km2, precipitation = 102 cm/yr, drainage = 34.2 m3/s,
    infiltration = 5.5 x 10-7 cm/s, evapotranspiration = 40 cm/yr.
    Solution:
    a. Mass balance on watershed

    4000 km2

    Precipitation
    Evapotraspiration

    Infiltration
    Watershed

    Drainage

    b. Rates of input and output


    Precipitation = (102 cm/yr)(1 km/100000 cm)(4000 km2) = 4.08 km3/yr
    Infiltration = (5.5 x 10-7 cm/s)(1 km/100000 cm)(4000 km2)(86400 s/d)(356 d/yr)
    = 0.694 km3/yr
    Evapotranspiration = (40 cm/yr) (1 km/100000 cm)(4000 km2) = 1.60 km3/yr
    Drainage = (34.2 m3/s)(km/1000 m)3(86400 s/day)(365 d/yr) = 1.079 km3/yr
    c. Calculate change in storage (S)
    S = precipitation (infiltration + evapotranspiration + drainage)
    S = (40.8) (0.694 + 1.60 + 1.079) km3/yr
    S = 37.4 km3/yr
    d. Runoff coefficient (RC)
    rate of runoff
    RC = ------------------------rate of precipitation
    1.079 km3/yr
    RC = ------------------- = 0.26
    4.08 km3/yr

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