EXAMPLE 1 PART ONE

ANALYTICAL METHOD
Month Inflow (Mcum) Demand avg monthly demand
Jan 1.4 1.4 4.78
feb 2.1 2.1 4.78
Mar 2.8 2.8 4.78
Apr 8.4 8.4 4.78
May 11.9 11.9 4.78
Jun 11.9 11.9 4.78
Jul 7.7 7.7 4.78
Aug 2.8 2.8 4.78
Sep 2.52 2.52 4.78
Oct 2.24 2.24 4.78
Nov 1.96 1.96 4.78
Dec 1.68 1.68 4.78
Total demand 57.4

min storage cap required

EXAMPLE 1 PART TWO 14

Bar graph METHOD

plot inflow against the months 12

10

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min storage reqd
20.78 4

0
Jan feb Mar Apr May
EXAMPLE 1 PART THREE
Mass curve method
Month Mcum cumulated values cumulated average demand
Jan 1.4 1.4 4.78
feb 2.1 3.5 9.56
Mar 2.8 6.3 14.34
Apr 8.4 14.7 19.12
May 11.9 26.6 23.9
Jun 11.9 38.5 28.68
Jul 7.7 46.2 33.46
Aug 2.8 49 38.24
Sep 2.52 51.52 43.02
Oct 2.24 53.76 47.8
Nov 1.96 55.72 52.58
Dec 1.68 57.4 57.36
57.4

s1-s2 s3-s4 (s1-s2)+(s3-s4) = min stora

8.04 12.74 20.78
initial storage (s1-s2)
8.04
 inflow-avg demand Stored volume (Mcum)
-3.38
-2.68 comment
-1.98 NB: there is no loss over the spill way that means dema
3.62 3.62
7.12 7.12
7.12 7.12
2.92 2.92
-1.98
-2.26
-2.54
-2.82
-3.10

orage cap required 20.78

eb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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verage demand 60

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20

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

+(s3-s4) = min storage required

way that means demand is approximately equal to inflow
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PART 1: ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER DEMAND WILL BE MET OR NOT
Month Inflow (Mcum) Demand (Mcum)
jan 135 60
feb 23 55
mar 27 80
apr 21 102
may 15 100
jun 40 121
jul 120 38
aug 185 30
sep 112 25
oct 87 59
nov 63 85
dec 42 75
comment
The demand will be met. As can be seen the maximum cumulative deficit is 332 which will be met by October

PART TWO: CALCULATION OF MINIMUM REQUIRED STORAGE CAPACITY

Month Inflow (Mcum) Demand (Mcum)
jan 135 60
feb 23 55
mar 27 80
apr 21 102
may 15 100
jun 40 121
jul 120 38
aug 185 30
sep 112 25
oct 87 59
nov 63 85
dec 42 75

SUM 870 830

Average monthly demand(Mcum) 69.2
NB: Average monthly demand(Mcum) = (total demand/12)
AND WILL BE MET OR NOT
Inflow-Demand (Mcum) Cumulative deficit (Mcum) Cumulative excess flow (Mcum)
75 75
-32 32
-53 85
-81 166
-85 251
-81 332
82 82
155 237
87 324
28 352
-22 22
-33 55 427

deficit is 332 which will be met by October

REQUIRED STORAGE CAPACITY

avg monthly demand(Mcum) Inflow-average Demand (Mcum)Stored volume (Mcum)
69.2 65.8 65.8
69.2 -46.2
69.2 -42.2
69.2 -48.2
69.2 -54.2
69.2 -29.2
69.2 50.8 50.8
69.2 115.8 115.8
69.2 42.8 42.8
69.2 17.8 17.8
69.2 -6.2
69.2 -27.2

Min Storage cap required (Mcum) 293

tal demand/12)