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Instrumentation for a Dry-Pond Detention Study

by L. M. Pope, US Geological Survey, United States,
M. E. Jennings, US Geological Survey, United States,
K. G. Thibodeaux, US Geological Survey, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Soil Properties Evaluation from Centrifugal Models and Field Performance

Abstract:

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.

Subject Headings: Stormwater management | Runoff | Instrumentation | Water quality | Flow measurement | Water pollution | Rainfall-runoff relationships | Kansas | United States

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