Stormwater is a valuable source which can be used to bridge the supply-demand gap in areas suffered from water shortage like Palestine. Stormwater can be made available through proper design of storm collection system and storage reservoirs.
In this project, hydraulic design will be conducted at the new campus of An-Najah National University. By applying hydrologic theories on the available system, we would be able to serve the campus with a good amount of stormwater by storing it for reuse.
The primary goal of this project is to design a stormwater collection which can handle the stormwater from rooftops, Squares, local roads, and other open areas.
The study was started by collecting all necessary data and accordingly new design was proposed. GIS and AutoCAD were used to process the input data for StromCAD that was needed for design purposes.
As such, the volume of stormwater that was generated out of the campus was estimated and storage reservoir was designed to capture such flows.
Finally, some management alternatives were proposed in order to utilize the harvested stormwater for irrigation of green zones, cleaning of Squares and flushing of toilets.
By using StormCAD, the design was performed in such way that fulfills all requirements of an ideal drainage system, which was performed by applying all design criteria that helps avoiding problems that could affect the efficiency of the network along with time.
The design results was studied and analyzed in such way that provides additional management options such as minimizing the conduits diameters, which could help in minimizing the total cost of the network.