Date: 07/03/2021

Due: 17/03/2021
[Point value: 3 pts.]

HYDROLOGY IC4-222-4-2021-2
UNIBE-BSCE
Prof. Erick F. Conde

Laboratory Report 5

Reference Activity/Objective:

Original in Syllabus:
Activity 7-2: Visit to Green Roof Garden in the Civil Engineering building at UNIBE. Students will be present with the
research data and findings from the water capture project on-site to get a better understanding on soil cover/type impacts on
infiltration volumes.

Updated Objective:
Activity 7-2: Review the concepts that drive land use and land cover influence in the generation and storage of infiltration
volumes. This, by reviewing GIS available resources and curve number (CN) tables according to the Technical Reference
Paper, TR-55, by the Soil Conservation Service (SCS). Further, a practical exercise on CN and infiltration
storage/precipitation excess calculation is presented in order to be establish a sound methodology for accounting for
infiltration volumes.

Lab Report 5 Requirements:

Based on the practical exercise displayed in Lab Session 5, and the content discussed based on the available GIS
resources,respond to the following question and proposed practical exercise:

A. Based on the discussions so far, and the factors affecting infiltration, list your top 3 factors that enable the
infiltrationprocess:

1. The precipitation that can impact infiltration.

2. Soil Texture because water moves more quickly with big pores.

3. gravity, because of the movement of the water into soil.

B. Estimate the total storage and precipitation excess generated by a precipitation event of 7 inches, over an
800 acres watershed. Hydrologic group distribution is 20% - A, 45% - B, and 35% - C. Antecedent humidity
condition is II, and the land distribution is displayed below. Use the Curve Number method and TR-55 to
assign the correspondent CN values:

- 15% of Natural desert landscaping;

- 25% of Dirt Streets and rows;
- 40% of Residential districts with average lot size of 1 acre; and
- 20% of Row Crops, contoured (C), and with crop residue over (CR).

Hydrologic Group A Hydrologic Group B Hydrologic Group C

Land use Total% %(.2) CN Product %2(.45) CN2 Product2 %3(.35) CN3
Natural 15 15x.2= 63 189 15x.45= 77 519.75 15x.35= 85
Desert 3 6.75 5.25
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Dirt streets 25 25x.2= 72 360 25x.45= 82 922.5 25x.35= 87
and rows. 5 11.25 8.75
Residential 40 40x.2= 51 408 40x.45= 68 1224 40x.35= 79
of 1 acre 8 18 14
Row crops, 20 20x.2= 64 256 20x.45= 74 666 20x.35= 81
C+CR 4 9 7

I consider a Good Hydrologic condition for the row crops C+CR

ProductA ProductB ProductC
Total Of products 1213 3332.25 2880.5

Average CN=(1213+3332.25+2880.5/100%)= 74.25 Total Precipitation= 7inches

S=1000/CN-10 S=1000/74.25-10= 3.46inches

P=(p-0.2s)^2/p+0.8s P= 3.8inches(looking at the figure 5.5.2)

3.46+3.8=7.2inches.