Code No: RT32014 R13 SET - 1

III B. Tech II Semester Supplementary Examinations, October/November -2020

WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING–I
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)
2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
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PART –A (22 Marks)
1. a) How will you test the consistency of rainfall record? [3M]
b) Explain the difference between evaporation, interception and transpiration? [4M]
c) Write the applications of Unit Hydrograph. [4M]
d) What do you understand by routing of a flood? [4M]
e) Define the terms aquiclude and aquitard. [4M]
f) Define the Instantaneous unit hydrograph and write its uses. [3M]

PART –B (48 Marks)

2. a) Explain the types of rain gauges with their relative advantages and disadvantages. [8M]
b) A catchment has six rain gauge stations. The annual rainfall values in a year [8M]
recorded by these gauges are 130, 140, 118, 108,145 and 102 cm respectively. For
a 5% error in the estimation of mean rainfall, calculate the optimum number of rain
gauge stations in the catchment. Also determine the percentage of error in
recording rainfall if an extra five rain gauge stations are installed in the catchment.
3. a) Explain briefly the evaporation process. Explain the factors that influence the [8M]
process of evaporation?
b) The average rainfall over 45 ha of watershed for a particular storm is given below. [8M]
The volume of runoff from this storm was determined as 2.25 ha-m. Determine
w-index and ɸ-index.
Time (hr) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Rainfall (cm) 0 0.5 1.0 3.25 2.5 1.5 0.5 0

4. a) What are the various factors affecting the runoff? Explain. [8M]
b) The ordinates of a 12-hr unit hydrograph are given below. Compute 6-hr unit [8M]
hydrograph ordinates using S-curve technique.
Time (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72
12-hr UH
0 1 4 8 16 19 15 12 8 5 3 1 0
(cumec)

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5. a) Explain the various methods of flood control. [8M]

b) Derive the Muskingum routing equation and the expression for the routing [8M]
coefficients C0, C1 and C2.
6. a) Derive expression for computing discharge of a well in unconfined aquifer fully [8M]
penetrating as per Dupuit’s theory.
b) A well penetrates into an unconfined aquifer having a saturated depth of 100 m. [8M]
The discharge is 250 lit/min at 12 m drawdown. Assuming equilibrium flow
conditions and a homogeneous aquifer, estimate the discharge at 18 m drawdown.
The distance from the well where the drawdown influences are not appreciable may
be taken to be equal for both the cases.
7. a) Explain the concept of Clark’s IUH. [8M]
b) Explain any one of general hydrological model in detail. [8M]

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