Dam Hydrology-1:-

1-The monthly inflow of a river, reservoir losses and a community demands are given in the
table below (in m
3
*10
9
). If the storage system is annual system, what is the reservoir capacity
required?
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Inflow 50 40 15 5 5 5 3 2 1 1 1 1
Losses 0.58 0.81 0.91 0.99 1.21 1.17 1.34 1.09 0.60 0.40 0.25 0.15
Demand 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

2-An unregulated river has a mean flows (in m
3
/s) as given in the table below. Allowing
compensation water of 4.0m
3
/s and reservoir losses of 0.5m
3
/s, what storage capacity of
reservoir is required to ensure that, on average, no water is spilled? Assume 30-day month.
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Inflow 5.4 8.3 9.1 8.8 6.3 6.9 10.20 13.70 19.40 16.70 11.0 21.90

3- The following table gives the flow of a certain river in m
3
/sec during the different months.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.0 4.0 5.5 9.5 16.5 27.0 16.0 8.0 7.0 5.5 4.5 3.0

If the total flow is utilized uniformly along the year, plot hydrographs and mass curves for both
supply and demand and find;
1) Capacity of reservoir needed.
2) Storage at beginning of the year.
3) Approximate date when reservoir is completely empty.
4) Approximate date when it is completely full.
4 - The following table gives the average monthly supply of a certain stream in m3/sec.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
36.0 17.0 13.0 8.0 7.0 3.0 4.0 6.0 9.0 16.0 26.0 37.0

If the total flow is uniformly utilized along the year, draw hydrographs and mass curves for both
supply and demand and find;
1) Capacity of reservoir needed.
2) Storage at beginning of the year.
3) Approximate date when reservoir is completely empty.
4) Approximate date when it is completely full.
5- The following table gives the average monthly supply of a certain river in m
3
/sec.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
44.0 20.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 7.0 8.0 10.0 18.0 22.0 28.0 38.0

If for irrigation requirements a uniform rate of 13.33m
3
/sec of water is required throughout the year,
plot the hydrographs and mass curves for both supply and demand and find;
1) Volume of surplus water.
2) Capacity of reservoir needed.
3) Storage in the reservoir at the beginning of the year.
4) Approximate data when reservoir is completely empty.
5) Approximate data when the reservoir is completely full.

6-The following table gives the average monthly supply of a certain river in m
3
/sec.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.0 4.0 4.5 7.0 11.5 17.0 31.0 32.0 20.0 17.0 10.5 7.5

A power station is constructed on the river to develop a uniform power of 850H.P along the year with
efficiency of 85% and under a constant head of 7.5m; Plot hydrographs and mass curves for both
supply and demand and find;
1) Volume of surplus water.
2) Capacity of reservoir needed.
3) Storage in the reservoir at the beginning of the year.
4) Approximate date when reservoir is completely empty.
5) Approximate date when it is completely full.
Dam Hydrology-2:-

1-Below are the annual mean daily inflow (in m
3
*10
6
) to a reservoir during 20 consecutive years:
Year 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Inflow 7.31 6.90 6.64 5.08 5.37 5.75 7.30 7.22 6.48 5.20
Year 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Inflow 6.38 5.51 5.65 5.82 5.81 6.30 5.63 6.12 6.06 6.07

The mean and standard deviation of the data are 6.175 and 0.68 (m
3
*10
6
) respectively. Use
Gumbles method to fit the data and estimate the 100-year daily inflow.
2- Table given below, is the annual runoff and the recorded peak flood of the Yammuna river in
India for a period of 36 year. It is required to calculate the maximum reservoir capacity for the
long-term storage system and apply Gumbles method to detect the spillway capacity of 1000
year return period.
S. No.

Year

Annual runoff
x10
3
m
3

Peak flood
m
3

S. No.

Year

Annual runoff
x10
3
m
3

Peak flood
m
3

1 1924 85.2 14200 19 1942 38.7 6450
2 1925 13.62 2270 20 1943 25.5 4250
3 1926 20.22 3370 21 1944 17.16 2860
4 1927 32.1 5350 22 1945 16.5 2750
5 1928 14.28 2380 23 1946 27.84 4640
6 1929 49.8 8300 24 1947 95.82 15970
7 1930 61.56 10260 25 1948 23.1 3850
8 1931 13.86 2310 26 1949 25.32 4220
9 1932 45.18 7530 27 1950 21.24 3540
10 1933 15 2500 28 1951 52.68 8780
11 1934 15.36 2560 29 1952 22.26 3710
12 1935 12.96 2160 30 1953 26.16 4360
13 1936 20.04 3340 31 1954 42.84 7140
14 1937 60.6 10100 32 1955 79.2 13200
15 1938 14.82 2470 33 1956 76.5 12750
16 1939 7.32 1220 34 1957 54 9000
17 1940 15.84 2640 35 1958 25.14 4190
18 1941 14.46 2410 36 1959 30.6 5100
37 1960 15.12 2520

3- For 90 year records of annual discharge of the Nile River at Aswan, the mean value was
92.0*10
9
m
3
with a standard deviation of 19.6*10
9
m
3
. Use Hursts empirical formula to detect the
required life storage S that can guarantee a constant annual flow of 84.0*10
9
m
3
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