Rural And Urban Hydrology

This important book attempts to make the link between urban and rural hydrology. Essentially the same hydrological processes of attenuation, evaporation, infiltration and other losses occur in both urban and rural areas.Rural and Urban Hydrology provides a description of the various techniques in the Flood Estimation Handbook, which has now superseded the Flood Studies Report as the standard method of estimating flood discharges in UK rivers. Described in detail is the method of estimating low flows recommended for the United Kingdom.

Comprehensive guide and reference to city stormwater runoff and streamflow management.

The purpose of the project was to study urban watersheds as a complex system. The approach was to use mathematical models that could adjust for the major causes of variation in the system. The models used had been developed earlier using hydrologic data obtained from rural watersheds. These models were designed to be used in planning and regionalized so that model parameters can be predicted based upon site characteristics and thus the models applied at ungaged sites. A goal of this project was to extend the capabilities of these hydrologic models to include the effects of urbanization and to include water quality as a component.

This technical release analyzes the effects of urbanization in a watershed on hydraulic and hydrologic parameters and presents methods of estimating runoff volume and peak rates of discharge.