MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE (2 points each)

1. If the soil surface has a low infiltration capacity and low hydraulic conductivity, and if
the topography allows for surface storage, then water may be stored at the surface in
small pools or depressions. (True)
2. Retention is a storage held for a long period of time and depleted by evaporation.
(True)
3. Antecedent rainfall index is a weighted summation of daily precipitation amounts,
used as an index of soil moisture. (True)
4. Depression storage is the quantity of storm water that is lost as a result of minor sur
face depressions in the ground. (True)
5. Depression storage is the volume, in inches (mm), that must be filled prior to the
occurrence of run off. (True)
6. These water-filled depressions, called vernal pools, are often seasonal features that
form because of perched water tables. (True)
7. Detention is a long-term storage depleted by flow away from the storage location.
(False) Ans. Short term
8. Depression storage may be treated as a calibration parameter, particularly to adjust
runoff areas. (False) Ans. Runoff volumes
9. Detention storage is water retained in puddles, ditches, and other
depressions in the surface of the ground. (False) Ans. Depression storage
10. Water stored as depression storage on impervious areas is depleted by sublimation.
(False) Ans. Evaporation

ENUMERATION

1-5 Factors Affecting Depression Storage

Ans. Land form, Soil Characteristics, Land use, Topography, Antecedent rainfall index

Write the formula for Volume of water stored (5 points)