DEPRESSION

STORAGE
Group 9
Bautista, Mary Christine
Bioncio, El John
Cabahug, Jobel Hyles
Gabayan, Lorence
WHAT IS DEPRESSION STORAGE?
 Water retained in puddles, ditches, and other
depressions in the surface of the ground.

 The quantity of storm water that is lost as a result

of minor surface depressions in the ground.

 When water temporarily accumulates in a low

point with no possibility for escape as runoff

 The volume, in inches (mm), that must be filled

prior to the occurrence of run off.
DETENTION STORAGE
 When the precipitation occurs for a longer
duration and at a rate greater than the rate
of infiltration some water is collected on the
surface of the earth up to a certain depth.
On attaining a certain depth, the action of
gravity makes this water flow. Before it
starts flowing, the water stored on the
surface of earth is called detention storage.
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
IMPERVIOUS DEPRESSION STORAGE
 Water stored as depression storage on impervious
areas is depleted by evaporation.
PERVIOUS DEPRESSION STORAGE
 Water stored as depression storage is subject to
both infiltration and evaporation.
IMPORTANCE OF DEPRESSION STORAGE
 Depression storage may be treated as a
calibration parameter, particularly to adjust
runoff volumes.
 Depression storage is a type of hydrologic
abstraction on the modeling of precipitation-
runoff relationship
 Depression storage may be of considerable
magnitude and may play an important role in
hydrologic analysis and flood control.
FLOOD CONTROL
VOLUME OF WATER STORED
VOLUME OF WATER STORED
 The volume of water in depression storage at any
time during a precipitation event can be
approximated as

V is the volume of water in depression storage.

Sd is the maximum storage capacity of the depression.

Pe is the rainfall excess

k is a constant equal to 1/Sd.

FACTORS AFFECTING DEPRESSION STORAGE

1. Landform
FACTORS AFFECTING DEPRESSION STORAGE

2. Soil Characteristics
FACTORS AFFECTING DEPRESSION STORAGE
3. Topography
FACTORS AFFECTING DEPRESSION STORAGE
4. Land use
FACTORS AFFECTING DEPRESSION STORAGE
5. Antecedent rainfall index- A weighted
summation of daily precipitation amounts, used as
an index of soil moisture.
 Retention - storage held for a long period of time
and depleted by evaporation.
 Detention - short-term storage depleted by flow
away from the storage location.
 Depression storage may be of considerable
magnitude and may play an important role in
hydrologic analysis. Stock ponds, terraces, and
contour farming all tend to moderate flood by
increasing depression storage.
 If the soil surface has a low infiltration capacity
and low hydraulic conductivity, and if the
topography allows for surface storage, then water
may be stored at the surface in small pools or
depressions. These water-filled depressions,
called vernal pools, are often seasonal features
that form because of perched water tables.