Horticultural Project : Holsworthy FRA

Flood Risk Assessment

Revision
Horticultural Project : Greenhouses, Packaging Building, Access Roads &
Parking Areas, Holsworthy Bio-Gas Plant, Holsworthy, Devon

1 The site is not within a designated Flood Zone. However, the site is within a
Critical Drainage Area.

2 Flowers are grown in the Greenhouse 365 days per day. As a consequence,
there is a constant demand for water. Rainwater is harvested the from the
glasshouse roofs into underground storage tanks. It will be stored until needed
and then pumped back and filtered for use in irrigating the growing plants. This
will also require the construction of three rainwater tanks. These will be of a size
to cater for flood events as well as day-to-day needs. In the case of a shortfall a
borehole will be installed to augment the supply.

3 The annual demand for water is approx. 58,200 m3 for these Greenhouses. This
significantly exceeds the Annual Average Rainfall. Based on AAR of 1,250mm,
this equates to an annual rainfall harvesting of 24,880 m3. Therefore the borehole
will have to provide some 33,320 m3 per annum.

Clearly the holding tanks will require spare capacity for a storm event. Also the
Outflow figure can only take account of the minimum water demand.

4 Assessment of Storage Capacity

Return Period : 100 years + 30% allowances for peak rainfall intensity.
Ratio of 60 minute to 2 day rainfalls of 5 year return period (BRE 365, Fig. 1),
r = 0.25

Impermeable Area A = 24,311 m2

Outflow = Min. Water Demand1 + Greenfield Run-off Rate2

O = 0.00184 m3/s + 0.0524 m3/s = 0.0542 m3/s

M5 rainfalls are calculated from table 1, BRE 365, Factor Z1

Duration M5 Growth factor 100 year Inflow Outflow Storage

rainfalls mm Z2 rainfall x 30% m3 m3 required
5 mins 6.2 1.80 14.5 352.7 16.3 336.4
10 mins 9.2 1.91 22.8 555.4 32.5 522.8
30 mins 15.0 1.99 38.8 943.4 97.6 845.8
1 hour 20.0 2.03 52.8 1283.1 195.1 1088.0
2 hours 25.8 2.01 67.4 1638.9 390.2 1248.7
4 hours 33.8 1.94 85.2 2072.4 780.5 1291.9
6 hours 39.2 1.89 96.3 2341.5 1170.7 1170.8
10 hours 47.0 1.83 111.8 2718.3 1951.2 767.1
24 hours 65.4 1.71 145.4 3534.4 4682.9 #

1 Min. Water Demand, based on 8l/m2/day = 1.84 l/s

2 Greenfield Run-off Rate : HR Wallingford calculation attached.

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5 Therefore the maximum required storage capacity for a storm event is 1,292 m3

6 If it assumed that there is no water demand from the plants, using just the
greenfield run-off rate of 0.0524 m3/s then :-
Duration M5 Growth factor 100 year Inflow Outflow Storage
rainfalls mm Z2 rainfall x 30% m3 m3 required
5 mins 6.2 1.80 14.5 352.7 15.7 337.0
10 mins 9.2 1.91 22.8 555.4 31.4 523.9
30 mins 15.0 1.99 38.8 943.4 94.3 849.1
1 hour 20.0 2.03 52.8 1283.1 188.6 1094.5
2 hours 25.8 2.01 67.4 1638.9 377.3 1261.7
4 hours 33.8 1.94 85.2 2072.4 754.6 1317.8
6 hours 39.2 1.89 96.3 2341.5 1131.8 1209.7
10 hours 47.0 1.83 111.8 2718.3 1886.4 831.9
24 hours 65.4 1.71 145.4 3534.4 4527.4 #

Then the maximum required storage capacity for a storm event is 1,318 m3.
(This demonstrates that the crop water demand is not significant.)

7 Risk Assessment
7.1 Andigestion Ltd. owns all of the land between the Greenhouse and the river on
the northern boundary. There are no properties adjacent to the proposed
development. The tributary runs to west where it joins the River Deer. The
nearest property that is adjacent to the River Deer is at Manworthy Mill. This is
some 1,500m from the proposed surface water discharge point. The next
properties on the River Deer are around Rydon Bridge, A3072. This is a further
1,200m downstream.

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7.2 In the event of a major failure, there will be localised flooding around the
proposed discharge point. There will be no immediate effect on property,
buildings or third parties.

There may be some small increase in water levels around Manworthy Mill and
possibly Rydon Bridge.

8 Proposed Flood Storage Measures

8.1 It is proposed to construct a lagoon (or grass swale) with a capacity of 1,318 m3
+ 10%, say 1,500 m3. There will be a hydrobrake (or other agreed restriction) to
restrict the outflow to the greenfield run-off rate of 0.0524 m3/s.

S J Sherry BSc, CEng, MICE, MCIWEM, MCIWM.

Sherry Consultants May 2014

 Greenfield runoff
estimation for sites

Site name: Bio-Gas Plant Site coordinates

Site location: EX22 7HH Latitude: 50.82484 N

Longitude: 4.3508 W
This is an estimation of the greenfield runoff rate limits that are needed to meet normal
best practice criteria in line with Environment Agency guidance Preliminary rainfall
runoff management for developments, W5-074/A/TR1/1 rev. E (2012) and the CIRIA
SUDS Manual (2007). It is not to be used for detailed design of drainage systems. It is Reference: gchchuru5hbk / 3.69
recommended that every drainage scheme uses hydraulic modelling software to finalise
volume requirements and design details before drawings are produced.
Date: 28 May 2014

Site characteristics Hydrological characteristics

Default Edited

Total site area 3.69 ha SAAR 1178 1178 mm

Significant public open space 1.26 ha M5-60 Rainfall Depth 20 20 mm
Area positively drained ha r Ratio M5-60/M5-2 day 0.3 0.3
2.43
FEH/FSR conversion factor 0.88 0.88
Hydrological region 8 8
Methodology
Growth curve factor: 1 year 0.78 0.78
Greenfield runoff method IH124 Growth curve factor: 10 year 1.49 1.49
Growth curve factor: 30 year 1.95 1.95
Qbar estimation method Calculate from SPR and SAAR
Growth curve factor: 100 year 2.43 2.43
SPR estimation method Calculate from SOIL type
SOIL type 4
HOST class
Greenfield runoff rates
N/A Default Edited

SPR 0.47 Qbar 21.57 21.57 l/s

1 in 1 year 16.82 16.82 l/s
1 in 30 years 42.06 42.06 l/s
1 in 100 years 52.41 52.41 l/s
Please note that a minimum flow of 5 l/s applies to any site

HR Wallingford Ltd, the Environment Agency and any local authority are not liable for the
performance of a drainage scheme which is based upon the output of this report.

www.hrwallingford.com
 Greenfield runoff
estimation for sites

Site name: Bio-Gas Plant Site coordinates

Site location: EX22 7HH Latitude: 50.82484 N

Longitude: 4.3508 W
This is an estimation of the greenfield runoff rate limits that are needed to meet normal
best practice criteria in line with Environment Agency guidance Preliminary rainfall
runoff management for developments, W5-074/A/TR1/1 rev. E (2012) and the CIRIA
SUDS Manual (2007). It is not to be used for detailed design of drainage systems. It is Reference: gchchuru5hbk / 3.69
recommended that every drainage scheme uses hydraulic modelling software to finalise
volume requirements and design details before drawings are produced.
Date: 28 May 2014

Site characteristics Hydrological characteristics

Default Edited

Total site area 3.69 ha SAAR 1178 1178 mm

Significant public open space 1.26 ha M5-60 Rainfall Depth 20 20 mm
Area positively drained ha r Ratio M5-60/M5-2 day 0.3 0.3
2.43
FEH/FSR conversion factor 0.88 0.88
Hydrological region 8 8
Methodology
Growth curve factor: 1 year 0.78 0.78
Greenfield runoff method FEH Growth curve factor: 10 year 1.49 1.49
Growth curve factor: 30 year 1.95 1.95
Qmed estimation method Calculate from BFI and SAAR
Growth curve factor: 100 year 2.43 2.43
BFI and SPR
Calculate from dominant HOST
estimation method
HOST class N/A Greenfield runoff rates
Default Edited
BFI / BFIHOST 0.00 Qbar --- --- l/s
Qmed N/A l/s 1 in 1 year --- --- l/s
Qbar / Qmed 1 in 30 years --- --- l/s
N/A
Conversion Factor 1 in 100 years --- --- l/s
Please note that a minimum flow of 5 l/s applies to any site

HR Wallingford Ltd, the Environment Agency and any local authority are not liable for the
performance of a drainage scheme which is based upon the output of this report.

www.hrwallingford.com