Penn State Surveying Program

SUR 485
Stormwater Management

Catalog Data 485 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT (3) Stormwater management, methodologies, design and regulatory requirements; technical requirements, control plans, permits and compliance. Prerequisites: SUR 162.
Texts

McCuen, Richard. Hydrologic Analysis and Design. Prentice Hall.

Supplemental Notes Seybert, T. A., Miscellaneous Notes on Stormwater Management Methods, Penn State University, Surveying Engineering Program, Wilkes-Barre Campus, Lehman, PA, June 1997.
Coordinator Thomas A. Seybert, Associate Professor, Surveying Engineering Program
Goals To introduce the student to the fundamental hydrologic and hydraulic methods used in the design of stormwater management plans for land development, including storm sewer design, detention facility design, and erosion and sedimentation control practices.
Prerequisites by Topic An understanding of continuity, energy, and friction in fluid mechanics; familiarity with topographic maps; ability to determine areas of irregular shapes.
Topics
  1. Basic hydrologic principles
  2. Peak discharge estimates
  3. Storm sewer design and culvert hydraulics
  4. Unit hydrographs and the SCS tabular hydrograph
  5. Stream channel routing
  6. Detention facility design
  1. 6 hours
  2. 4 hours
  3. 6 hours
  4. 6 hours
  5. 2 hours
  6. 6 hours
Laboratory
  1. Riser box rating curve
  2. SCS runoff and travel time methods
  3. Sewer design
  4. SCS unit hydrograph
  5. Channel routing
  6. Tabular hydrograph procedure
  7. Detention basin and outlet structure design
  8. Floating practicum periods (field trip or used as needed)
  9. Exams
  1. 1 lab
  2. 2 labs
  3. 2 labs
  4. 1 lab
  5. 2 labs
  6. 1 lab
  7. 2 labs
  8. 2 or 3 labs
  9. 1 lab
Computer Usage Students use commercial word processing and spreadsheet software to complete several practicum exercises. Students are also required to use the Virginia Tech/Penn State Urban Hydrology Model (VT/PSUHM) to complete several practicums. 
 
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