Development of a Drainage System Network in Kurutie Environs

Abstract

Due to the flooding in Kurutie environs, the development of a drainage system network in the Kurutie environs has been has been proposed. The development encompassed water drainage in order to channel the overflowing water around the Kurutie environs into drainage, thereby making the prevention of overland flooding possible. A 2.15 m3/s discharge was used in the evaluations. While AutoCAD and Hy8 were the tools used for the development. A trapezoidal drain was designed with a dimension of 800mm or 0.8m depth and a width of 250mm or 0.25m utilizing rational method together with a culvert of 600mm or 0.6m respectively. The HY8 gave an output of the elevations and water profile of the drain, including the culvert. It is recommended that this design should be utilized in the development of the drainage in the Kurutie community.