Which option is closer to the estimated size of a detention basin required to hold the runoff from a 10-yr (volume) storm for the 3000-ac Megginnis Arm catchment in Tallahassee, Florida? The rainfall-runoff regression for the catchment is: rounoff=0.308 (rainfall-0.059) Use the table below for finding rainfall depth:
Which option is closer to the estimated size of a detention basin required to hold the runoff from a 10-yr (volume) storm for the 3000-ac Megginnis Arm catchment in Tallahassee, Florida? The rainfall-runoff regression for the catchment is: rounoff=0.308 (rainfall-0.059) Use the table below for finding rainfall depth:
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Transcribed Image Text:Which option is closer to the estimated size
of a detention basin required to hold the
runoff from a 10-yr (volume) storm for the
3000-ac Megginnis Arm catchment in
Tallahassee, Florida?
The rainfall-runoff regression for the
catchment is:
rounoff=0.308 (rainfall-0.059)
Use the table below for finding rainfall depth:
Storm Date
9/20/69
IDF
7/17/64
IDF
12/13/64
7/28/75
7/21/70
IDF
8/30/50
6/18/72
26.0
25
Return Period* (yr)
13.0
10
8.7
6.5
5.2
5
4.3
3.7
54
24
33
24
36
53
20
24
36
46
Duration (hr)
Depth (in.)
13.41
10.08
9.76
8.64
9.73
8.84
8.18
7.32
7.34
7.17
Intensity (in./hr)
0.25
0.42
0.30
0.36
0.27
0.17
0.41
0.31
0.20
0.16

Transcribed Image Text:2.9*107 ft³
O 2.1*107 ft³
O 3.2*107 ft³
O 2.7*107 ft³
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