Technical Notes

The technical notes listed below have been produced to respond to questions that have been asked at

the various professional engineering continuing education courses presented by Hydrosphere Engineering.

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O.D.O.T. Item 304 does not drain. The use of O.D.O.T. Item 304 Aggregate base; July 2011
Why TR-20 should be used and TR-55 avoided. A comparison between TR-20 and TR-55; October 2010
Trapezoidal channel normal and critical depth. Excel spreadsheet
Residential flooding questionnaire. Determine why the basement is flooding
Flow capacity of a circular pipe. Open document spreadsheet
Flow capacity of a circular pipe. Excel spreadsheet
Flood frequency analysis for 3 USDA NRCS watersheds. Flood frequency analysis of recorded flows
Hydrosphere design rainfall temporal distributions. Design rainfall temporal distributions report
Hydrosphere design rainfall temporal distributions Appendix A. Comparing various temporal distributions
Hydrosphere design rainfall temporal distributions Appendix B. Methods for development of various temporal distributions
Hydrosphere determination of sump pump operating point. Spreadsheet for determining the operating point
Hydrosphere determination of sump pit volume. Spreadsheet for determining minimum volume
Hydrosphere determination of sump pit volume example Sump pit volume theory and example pdf file
Tailwater. Tailwater effects on flow and elevation June 2020