Civil · Water & Environmental
Stormwater Management System Design
Intermediate 4 weeks 30-50 hours
Build a scaled catchment model with a detention basin. Simulate rainfall and measure inflow vs outflow to show how detention reduces peak flow. Validate against runoff calcs.
Major
Civil
Focus area
Water & Environmental
Total hours
30-50 hours
What you'll need
- YF-S201 water flow sensor hall effect flowmeter 2 pack
- 12V DC submersible water pump for Arduino
- Arduino Mega 2560 R3 microcontroller board
- 12V water pump with spray nozzle kit
- plastic reservoir container basin
- clear vinyl tubing food grade
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Steps
- Build a sloped catchment surface that drains into a detention basin.
- Use the spray nozzle pump to simulate rainfall at a steady rate.
- Place flow sensors at the basin inlet and outlet.
- Log inflow and outflow during simulated storms.
- Compare peak outflow to peak inflow and check against a runoff calculation.
- Chart the hydrographs and document the model for your portfolio.
What to photograph for your portfolio
- Catchment model
- inflow vs outflow curves
- peak reduction demo
- runoff validation
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Designed and built a stormwater management system design using Stormwater management, hydrology, flow measurement
Applied drainage design to implement, test, and validate the system end-to-end
Skills you'll show off
Stormwater managementhydrologyflow measurementdrainage design