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The storage potential of different surface coverings for various scale storms on Wu-Tu watershed, Taiwan

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An impervious surface cover is continuously spreading over the Wu-Tu upstream watershed due to the concentrated population and raised economical demands, while that area also frequently suffers from heavy storms or typhoons during the summer season. The increased flood volume due to this extended imperviousness causes a greater potential hazard than that of the past. In order to evaluate the urbanized impacts on the watershed, a set of methods were used to estimate the changes of the watershed storage. This research chose 51 observed events from three raingauges on the Wu-Tu upstream watershed, Taiwan, to study the volume characteristic of abstracted rainwater. In the study, the block Kriging method was used to estimate the area rainfall and the hourly excess was derived through the non-linear programing (NLP). A total of 40 samples were calibrated through the hydrological model and the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) model using the optimum seeking method in order to search out and establish the best parameters that illustrate the hydrological and geomorphic conditions at that time. Eleven cases were used to examine the established relationship of the parameters and the impervious coverings. A design storm approach was used to view the changes of the volume for various scale storms/typhoons because of the different degrees of urbanization. Then, a diagram was designed to show the relationships that exist among the runoff coefficient, return period, and impervious surface. The satisfactory results show that storage capability of rainwater for various scale storms on the Wu-Tu watershed would be respectively reduced about 42–156 cms in different decrements up to now.

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  1. Department of Environment and Resources Engineering, Diwan University, 87-1, Nan-shih Li, Madou, Tainan, 721, Taiwan, ROC

    Shin-Jen Cheng, Huey-Hong Hsieh & Cheng-Feng Lee

  2. Department of Information Management, Diwan University, 87-1, Nan-shih Li, Madou, Tainan, 721, Taiwan, ROC

    Yu-Ming Wang

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Cheng, SJ., Hsieh, HH., Lee, CF. et al. The storage potential of different surface coverings for various scale storms on Wu-Tu watershed, Taiwan. Nat Hazards 44, 129–146 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-007-9146-x

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