Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription or Fee Access

Development of Mathematical Model to Predict Annual Runoff in Port Harcourt City, Rivers State, Nigeria

F.E. Ezeilo

Abstract


This paper is aimed at monitoring and predicting annual runoff of Port Harcourt city for a classified area type and flat land of 0–5% slope. Mathematical models were developed to monitor and simulate annual runoff of an area type of 30% impervious (paved), 50% impervious (paved) and 70% impervious (paved) within the Port Harcourt city. The analysis of annual rainfall and annual runoff data gives a coefficient of determination of  for 30% impervious,  for 50% impervious and  for 70% impervious which indicates good fit. The model developed can be used in simulating annual runoff for the study area.


Full Text:

PDF

References


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Channel stability assessment for flood control projects. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers; 1996. ISBN 0-7844-02019.

Davis LM, Susan JM. Principle of environmental engineering and science. USA: McGraw Hill; 2008. ISBN 0-07-235053-9.

Eluozo SN, Ukpaka CP, Udeh N. Predictive Model to Monitor the Spread of Crude Oil in Water surface Environment. Int J Curr Res. 2012; 4(2): 204–9p.

EPA. Storm water discharges from municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4S). Washington DC: EPA; 2009.

Gajendran C, Jayapriya C, Diana Y, et al. V. Assessment of groundwater quality in

Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India. Int J Environ Sci. 2013; 3(6): 71–80p.

Garg SK. Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, 14th Revised Edition. Delhi, India: Khanna Publishers; 2007. 25–300p.

Goel PK. Water pollution, causes, effects and controlled. India: New Age International (Pvt.) Ltd. Publishers; 2006. 1–267p.

Keith B, Robert EH. Perceptual model of infiltration processes hydrological processes. USA: Wiley Intersciences; 2004. DOI10: 1002 hyp5740.

McMahon TA, Finlyson B. Global runoff: Continental comparisons of annual flows and peak discharge. Germany: Catena Verlag; 1992. ISBN 3-923381-27-1.

Nelson R. The water cycle. Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Group; 2002. ISBN 0-8225-4596-9.

Ukpaka C, Ozota JC. Predictive Rainfall Models for Omoku in Rivers State, Nigeria. J Sci Eng Res. 2017; 4: 207–12p.

Ukpaka C, Ezeilo FE. Comparative Evaluation of of Groundwater Parameters Simulation by Method of Linear and Quadratic Shape Function. SSRG Int J Civil Engr. 2017; 4(10): 18–28p.

Ukpaka C, Ozota JC. Rating of Water Quality of Rivers Water in Asari-Toru L.G.A., Rivers State, Nigeria. Int J W Res Eng. 2017; 3(2): 1–8p.

Ukpaka CP, Pele A. Elemental analysis of soil characteristics due to municipal solid waste in Port Harcourt City. Int Res J Engg Sci Technol Inno (IRJESTI). 2012; 1(5): 13–14p.

Ukpaka C, Ikebude CF, Ozota JC. Heavy Metals Distribution in Groundwater: Concepts of Influence of Flow Rate, Recharge and Matrix Approach. Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research. 2017; 4: 245–50p.

United States National Research Council. Urban storm water management in the United State. Washington, DC: United States National Research Council; 2008. 18–20p.

Wigley TML, Jones PD. Influences of precipitation changes and direct CO2 effects on stream flow. Nature. 1985; 314: 149–52p.

Mathematical Model to Predict Annual Runoff Ezeilo and Ukpaka

JoWREM (2018) 29-36 © STM Journals 2018. All Rights Reserved Page 36

Ukpaka C, Ezeilo FE, Ozota JC. Modeling and Simulation of Groundwater for irrigational usage in Ede City, Rivers State. International Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering. 2018; 4(3): 1–7p.

Eluozo SN, Ezeilo FE. Development of Mathematical Model to predict the Transport of E. coli in a Natural Pond. Int J Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET). 2016a; 7(1): 324–36p.

Cite this Article

Ezeilo FE, Ukpaka C. Development of Mathematical Model to Predict Annual Runoff in Port Harcourt City, Rivers State, Nigeria. Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management. 2018; 5(2): 29–36p.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.3759/jowrem.v5i2.1208

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.