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Evaluation of Hydrologic and Hydraulic Procedures for Small Urban Watersheds in the Southwest

From the Proceedings of the 1985 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Association and the Hydrology Section - Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science - April 27, 1985, Las Vegas, Nevada / Hydrologic and hydraulic design procedures developed by the Pima County Department of Transportation and Flood Control District were proposed for use by the Department of Transportation, Engineering Division of the City of Tucson, Arizona. These procedures were evaluated with respect to their reasonableness of approach and in comparison with other methods and existing data used to derive similar methodology and standards. The proposed criteria/methodology were found to be consistent with procedures used in other cities in the Southwest, and with the current state of the art in urban hydrology and hydraulic engineering practices and procedures. However, locally derived rainfall intensity -duration relationships were found to be superior to regionally based relationships, and minor modifications were suggested for channel design procedures.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/296362
Date27 April 1985
CreatorsLane, L. J., Ward, T. J., Stone, J. J.
ContributorsUSDA, ARS Southwest Rangeland Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ 85719, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003
PublisherArizona-Nevada Academy of Science
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, Proceedings
RightsCopyright ©, where appropriate, is held by the author.

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