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1 The site is not within a designated Flood Zone. However, the site is within a
Critical Drainage Area.
2 Flowers are grown in the Greenhouse 365 days per day. As a consequence,
there is a constant demand for water. Rainwater is harvested the from the
glasshouse roofs into underground storage tanks. It will be stored until needed
and then pumped back and filtered for use in irrigating the growing plants. This
will also require the construction of three rainwater tanks. These will be of a size
to cater for flood events as well as day-to-day needs. In the case of a shortfall a
borehole will be installed to augment the supply.
3 The annual demand for water is approx. 58,200 m3 for these Greenhouses. This
significantly exceeds the Annual Average Rainfall. Based on AAR of 1,250mm,
this equates to an annual rainfall harvesting of 24,880 m3. Therefore the borehole
will have to provide some 33,320 m3 per annum.
Clearly the holding tanks will require spare capacity for a storm event. Also the
Outflow figure can only take account of the minimum water demand.
Return Period : 100 years + 30% allowances for peak rainfall intensity.
Ratio of 60 minute to 2 day rainfalls of 5 year return period (BRE 365, Fig. 1),
r = 0.25
5 Therefore the maximum required storage capacity for a storm event is 1,292 m3
6 If it assumed that there is no water demand from the plants, using just the
greenfield run-off rate of 0.0524 m3/s then :-
Duration M5 Growth factor 100 year Inflow Outflow Storage
rainfalls mm Z2 rainfall x 30% m3 m3 required
5 mins 6.2 1.80 14.5 352.7 15.7 337.0
10 mins 9.2 1.91 22.8 555.4 31.4 523.9
30 mins 15.0 1.99 38.8 943.4 94.3 849.1
1 hour 20.0 2.03 52.8 1283.1 188.6 1094.5
2 hours 25.8 2.01 67.4 1638.9 377.3 1261.7
4 hours 33.8 1.94 85.2 2072.4 754.6 1317.8
6 hours 39.2 1.89 96.3 2341.5 1131.8 1209.7
10 hours 47.0 1.83 111.8 2718.3 1886.4 831.9
24 hours 65.4 1.71 145.4 3534.4 4527.4 #
Then the maximum required storage capacity for a storm event is 1,318 m3.
(This demonstrates that the crop water demand is not significant.)
7 Risk Assessment
7.1 Andigestion Ltd. owns all of the land between the Greenhouse and the river on
the northern boundary. There are no properties adjacent to the proposed
development. The tributary runs to west where it joins the River Deer. The
nearest property that is adjacent to the River Deer is at Manworthy Mill. This is
some 1,500m from the proposed surface water discharge point. The next
properties on the River Deer are around Rydon Bridge, A3072. This is a further
1,200m downstream.
7.2 In the event of a major failure, there will be localised flooding around the
proposed discharge point. There will be no immediate effect on property,
buildings or third parties.
There may be some small increase in water levels around Manworthy Mill and
possibly Rydon Bridge.
Longitude: 4.3508 W
This is an estimation of the greenfield runoff rate limits that are needed to meet normal
best practice criteria in line with Environment Agency guidance Preliminary rainfall
runoff management for developments, W5-074/A/TR1/1 rev. E (2012) and the CIRIA
SUDS Manual (2007). It is not to be used for detailed design of drainage systems. It is Reference: gchchuru5hbk / 3.69
recommended that every drainage scheme uses hydraulic modelling software to finalise
volume requirements and design details before drawings are produced.
Date: 28 May 2014
HR Wallingford Ltd, the Environment Agency and any local authority are not liable for the
performance of a drainage scheme which is based upon the output of this report.
www.hrwallingford.com
Greenfield runoff
estimation for sites
Longitude: 4.3508 W
This is an estimation of the greenfield runoff rate limits that are needed to meet normal
best practice criteria in line with Environment Agency guidance Preliminary rainfall
runoff management for developments, W5-074/A/TR1/1 rev. E (2012) and the CIRIA
SUDS Manual (2007). It is not to be used for detailed design of drainage systems. It is Reference: gchchuru5hbk / 3.69
recommended that every drainage scheme uses hydraulic modelling software to finalise
volume requirements and design details before drawings are produced.
Date: 28 May 2014
HR Wallingford Ltd, the Environment Agency and any local authority are not liable for the
performance of a drainage scheme which is based upon the output of this report.
www.hrwallingford.com