AT AHL ada oer arart ale RASH Sea AISA GOVERNMENT OF INDIA CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION HYDROLOGY STUDIES ORGANISATION aiteed ag stipe Prearactt MANUAL ON ~ ESTIMATION OF DESIGN FLOOD ow WReaHeaeeaeaesSe | tr | op eee 8 © 3 6 9 42 15 18 21 TIME (hr) ae feet NEW DELHI art , 2001 MARCH, 2001aftrrct ae stinert Pract MANUAL ON ESTIMATION OF DESIGN FLOOD Sret PIS SAT WTS HYDROLOGY STUDIES ORGANISATION trsfla oret are CENTRAL WATER COMMSSION ag fect NEW DELHI He, 2009 MARCH, 2001FOREWORD ‘The importance of Hydrology and its fundamental role in Planning, Development and rational utilisation of Water Resources have been increasingly recognised in India with the advent of planned development under the Five Years Plans. The determination of the flood magnitude, especially ts maximum peak tobe adopted in the design of major dams is an important study in Hydrology. Similarly design flood to be adopted for fixing water ways of hydraulic structures and bridges on ungauged streams has been associated with uncertainties and consequential risks. For the benefit of the designifield engineers, a Manual viz; ‘Estimation of Design Flood - Recommended Procedures’ was brought out in the year 1972 by the Central Water Commission (erstwhile Central Water & Power Commission). Before that empirical methods were in vogue. With the advent of higher standards of hydrometeorolgy and better knowledge of hydrometeorological phenomenon, itis now possible to make reliable estimate of design flood for different kinds of hydraulic structures and bridges. Regional studies for determination of storm rain-fall or specific rotuen perigd and estimating the design flood values for small caichments have been carried out jointly by the India Meteorology Department (IMD), Research Design and Standard Organization (ROSO), Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Transport (MOT) and Central Water Commission. Based on these scientific studies, formulae for estimation of flood have been developed for different return period. This will help the designers in estimating design flood, reasonable accurate for un-gauged catchments: The need to update the manual has been felt for quite sometime. ‘In the revised manual, various approaches such as Hydro-meteorological, probabilly, regional studies etc. have been discussed in detail with case historids and the approach to be adopted to evaluate a reasonable design flood. It is put on record the strenuous work done by Shri V.V. Badareenarayana, Chief Engineer (HSO) (Retd,) and his team to prepare the first draft of this manual and they deserve ‘appreciation for their dedicated and excellent efforts put in to bring out this Publication, itis hoped that design enginoers will ind the "Manual" very useful Dr. B-K.Mittal Member (D&R), CWC New Delhi ‘ March, 2001 UL