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BRIMSTOWAD
S. D. CHAWATHE
Hon. Director (Technical)
IWWA
BRIMSTOWAD SAYS
CHAWATHE ET AL : RAINFALL ANALYSIS FOR THE DESIGN OF STORM
SEWERS IN BOMBAY -1977
Chawathe has provided the most comprehensive analysis yet for storm
durations of 5 to 60 minutes, and twice per year to once in ten years
frequency . He used 1349 Colaba storms between 1944 and 1972 and
2708 santacruz storms between 1940 and 1972
BRIMSTOWAD SAYS
NEW ANALYSIS
RAINFALL ANALYSIS
PERIOD DURATION(hrs)
DURATION(hrs)
1 2 4 8 12
2 in 1 yr 25 17 12 7.6 5.9
BRIMSTOWAD USES EXTREME VALUE
PROBABILITY METHOD
MOST OF THE AREA OF MUMBAI FORMS THE CATCHMENT AREA FOR THE
LOCAL DRAINAGE SUB SYSTEM. SINCE THE UP-STREAM SUB-SYSTEM
INITIALLY COLLECTS STORM WATER RUN-OFF AND SUBSEQUENTLY
PASSES THE SAME TO THE DOWN-STREAM SUB-SYSTEM, IT IS
NECESSARY TO DESIGN IT PROPERLY AND IDENTIFY CONSTRUCTION
PROPOSALS FOR THE SAME.