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DesignofStormwaterSewerNetworks
CIVL5995ProjectI

AhmadSana
DepartmentofCivilandArchitecturalEngineering
SultanQaboosUniversity,Oman

SeparateSanitaryandstormwatersewer
systems

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Stormwatersewersystem

Typesofinlet

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Typesofinlet

TypicalStormSewerwithHGLandEGL

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DesignofSewerNetwork
Asewersystemisanetworkofpipesusedtoconvey
stormrunoffand/orwastewaterinanarea.
Thedesignofsewersysteminvolvesthe
determinationof
diameters,
slopes,and
crownorinvertelevationsforeachpipeinthesystem

Design Criteria

Storm water quantities to be transported are

determined with the Rational method (other methods
are available as well).
Indicate what design frequency (return period) is used
Determine the rainfall intensity duration curve for the
required frequency
Indicate runoff coefficients to be used in Rational
method
Generally Mannings formula is used for the design of
storm sewers

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Constraints and assumptions

To prevent or reduce excessive deposition of solid

material in the sewers, a minimum permissible flow
velocity at design discharge or at barely fullpipe
gravity flow is specified
To prevent scour and other undesirable effects of high
velocity flow, a maximum permissible flow velocity is
also specified
At any junction or manhole, the downstream sewer
cannot be smaller than any of the upstream sewers at
that junction
The sewer system is a dendritic, or branching, network
converging in the downstream direction without
closed loops

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MainSpecifications
Minimumvelocity(selfcleansingvelocity)=0.6m/s
Maximumvelocity=3.5m/s
Minimumpipediameter=150mm.
Unlikesanitarysewers,stormsewersareallowedtoflowfull.
Stormsewersareevenallowedtohavesurcharge(pressurized
flow)aslongasenergygradelineremainsbelowacertainlevel
(asperlocalspecifications)withrespecttogroundsurface.

DesignSteps
Step1 Topographicalmap
Obtainordevelopamapofthecontributingarea
Addlocationandlevelofexistingorproposeddetailssuchas:
Contours
Physicalfeatures(e.g.wadis)
Roadlayout
Buildings
Sewersandotherservices
Outfallpoint(e.g.nearlowestpoint,nexttoreceivingwater
body)

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DesignSteps
Step2 Preliminaryhorizontallayout
Sketchpreliminarysystemlayout(horizontalalignment):
locatepipessothatallpotentialuserscanreadilyconnect
intothesystem
trytolocatepipesperpendiculartocontours
trytofollownaturaldrainagepatterns
locatemanholesinreadilyaccessiblepositions

Step3 Preliminarysewersizing
Establishpreliminarypipesizesandgradients

DesignSteps
Step4 Preliminaryverticallayout
Drawpreliminarylongitudinalprofiles(verticalalignment):
Ensurepipesaredeepenoughsoalluserscanconnectinto
thesystem
trytolocatepipesparalleltothegroundsurface
ensurepipesarriveaboveoutfalllevel
avoidpumpingifpossible

Step5 Reviselayout
Revisethehorizontaland/orverticalalignmenttominimizesystem
costbyreducingpipe:
Lengths
Sizes
depths