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    The document summarizes key aspects of hydrology's role in hydraulic design. It explains that hydrologic analysis provides estimates of flood magnitudes from precipitation by considering watershed processes that transform precipitation into runoff. The design of drainage facilities requires selecting a level of protection, finding the corresponding flow rate and/or volume, and using that as the design basis. Depending on a project's needs, hydrology studies provide either a flow rate for a specified exceedance probability, a storm volume for a specified exceedance probability, or a hydrograph showing flow rate over time for a specified exceedance probability. These results come from statistical analysis of observations or empirical/conceptual watershed models.

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    The document summarizes key aspects of hydrology's role in hydraulic design. It explains that hydrologic analysis provides estimates of flood magnitudes from precipitation by considering watershed processes that transform precipitation into runoff. The design of drainage facilities requires selecting a level of protection, finding the corresponding flow rate and/or volume, and using that as the design basis. Depending on a project's needs, hydrology studies provide either a flow rate for a specified exceedance probability, a storm volume for a specified exceedance probability, or a hydrograph showing flow rate over time for a specified exceedance probability. These results come from statistical analysis of observations or empirical/conceptual watershed models.

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    The document summarizes key aspects of hydrology's role in hydraulic design. It explains that hydrologic analysis provides estimates of flood magnitudes from precipitation by considering watershed processes that transform precipitation into runoff. The design of drainage facilities requires selecting a level of protection, finding the corresponding flow rate and/or volume, and using that as the design basis. Depending on a project's needs, hydrology studies provide either a flow rate for a specified exceedance probability, a storm volume for a specified exceedance probability, or a hydrograph showing flow rate over time for a specified exceedance probability. These results come from statistical analysis of observations or empirical/conceptual watershed models.

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    10/14/2016

    HydraulicDesignManual:Hydrology

    Chapter4:Hydrology
    Section1:HydrologysRoleinHydraulicDesign
    Inthecontextofhydraulicdesign,hydrologicanalysisprovidesestimatesoffloodmagnitudesasaresultof
    precipitation.Theseestimatesconsiderprocessesinawatershedthattransformprecipitationtorunoffandthat
    transportwaterthroughthesystemtoaprojectslocation.
    Thedesignofdrainagefacilitiesrequiresthedesignerto:
    Selectthelevelofprotectiondesired,specifiedintermsofprobabilityofcapacityexceedance.
    Findthecorrespondingflowrateand/orvolume,computinginmanycasesthecorrespondingwater
    surfaceelevation.
    Usethatasabasisfordesign.
    Inthedesignoffacilitiessuchasstormdrainsystems,culverts,andbridges,floodsareusuallyconsideredin
    termsofpeakrunoffordischargeincubicfeetpersecondorcubicmeterspersecond.Forsystemsthatare
    designedtocontrolthevolumeofrunoff,suchasdetentionstoragefacilities,orwherefloodroutingthrough
    culvertsisused,thedischargepertimewillbeofinterest.Thus,dependingontheneedsofaparticularproject,
    thehydrologystudymayprovide:
    Aflowrateforwhichtheprobabilityofexceedanceisspecified.
    Avolumeofwaterexpectedwithaspecifiedstormduration,forwhichtheprobabilityofexceedance
    isspecified.
    Ahydrographflowrateasafunctionoftimeforaspecifiedprobabilityofexceedance.This
    providesinformationaboutpeak,volume,andtimingofrunofflevelofprotectiondesired.
    Theseresultsmaybeobtainedthroughstatisticalanalysisofhistoricalobservationsorthroughempiricalor
    conceptualmodelsoftherelevantwatershedandchannelprocesses.

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