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Instrumentation for a dry-pond detention study

January 1, 1988

A 12.3-acre, fully urbanized, residential land-use catchment was instrumented by the U. S. Geological Survey in Topeka, Kansas. Hydraulic instrumentation for flow measurement includes two types of flumes, a pipe-insert flume and a culvert-inlet (manhole) flume. Samples of rainfall and runoff for water-quality analyses were collected by automatic, 3-liter, 24-sample capacity water samples controlled by multichannel data loggers. Ancillary equipment included a raingage and wet/dry atmospheric-deposition sampler. Nineteen stormwater runoff events were monitored at the site using the instrumentation system. The system has a high reliability of data capture and permits an accurate determination of storm-water loads.

Publication Year 1988
Title Instrumentation for a dry-pond detention study
Authors L. M. Pope, M.E. Jennings, K.G. Thibodeaux
Publication Type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Index ID 70014378
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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