DEPRESSIO

N STORAGE

Prepared By:
Astrologo, Kobe Decarl G.
BSCE-IV
WHAT IS DEPRESSION STORAGE?
 Water retained in puddles, ditches, and other
depressions in the surface of the ground.

 The quantity of storm water that is lost as a re
sult of minor surface depressions in the ground
.

 When water temporarily accumulates in a low

point with no possibility for escape as runoff

 The volume, in inches (mm), that must be

filled prior to the occurrence of run off.
DETENTION STORAGE
 When the precipitation occurs for a
longer duration and at a rate greater
than the rate of infiltration some water
is collected on the surface of the earth
up to a certain depth. On attaining a
certain depth, the action of gravity
makes this water flow. Before it starts
flowing, the water stored on the surface
of earth is called detention storage.
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
IMPERVIOUS DEPRESSION
STORAGE
 Water stored as depression storage on
impervious areas is depleted by evaporation.
PERVIOUS DEPRESSION STORAGE
 Water stored as depression storage is subject
to both infiltration and evaporation.
IMPORTANCE OF DEPRESSION
STORAGE
 Depression storage may be treated as a
calibration parameter, particularly to adjust
runoff volumes.
 Depression storage is a type of hydrologic
abstraction on the modeling of precipitation-
runoff relationship
 Depression storage may be of considerable
magnitude and may play an important role in
hydrologic analysis and flood control. 
FLOOD CONTROL
FACTORS AFFECTING DEPRESSION
STORAGE

1. Landform
FACTORS AFFECTING DEPRESSION
STORAGE

2. Soil Characteristics
FACTORS AFFECTING DEPRESSION
STORAGE
3. Topography
FACTORS AFFECTING DEPRESSION
STORAGE
4. Land use
FACTORS AFFECTING DEPRESSION
STORAGE
5. Antecedent rainfall index-  A weighted
summation of daily precipitation amounts,
used as an index of soil moisture.
 Retention - storage held for a long period of
time and depleted by evaporation.
 Detention - short-term storage depleted by
flow away from the storage location.
 Depression storage may be of considerable
magnitude and may play an important role in
hydrologic analysis. Stock ponds, terraces,
and contour farming all tend to moderate
flood by increasing depression storage. 
VOLUME OF WATER STORED
VOLUME OF WATER STORED
 The volume of water in depression storage at
any time during a precipitation event can be
approximated as

V is the volume of water in depression storage.

Sd is the maximum storage capacity of the

depression.

Pe is the rainfall excess

k is a constant equal to 1/S .