NCEES Civil PE Specification Hydraulics and Hydrology: Detention/retention ponds
Problem
In a stormwater drainage system, a ditch with a maximum capacity of 8 ft³/sec discharges into a detention basin with a volume of 150,000 gallons. During a storm event, the average discharge into the detention basin is 2.2 ft³/sec. Determine the shortest possible time (in hours) required to fill the initially empty basin.
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