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INTRODUCTION
In order to facilitate the expansion of the Kingston Container Terminal, part
of Hunts Bay to the west of the Old Portmore Causeway was reclaimed using
materials dredged from the Kingston Harbour, and the Old Causeway realigned to western boundary of the reclaimed area. This reclaimed area, is
commonly referred to as R1.
To facilitate the adequate drainage of the reclaimed area the developers of
the re-aligned Causeway, Transjamaican Highway, constructed drains under
the roadway. Five drains consisting of 900mm and 1,200mm diameter pipe
culverts were put in place. The as-built drawings of the roadway provided
by National Road Operating and Construction Company Limited (NROCC)
indicates the location of each drain, the size and number of culvert in each
drain, the length of each drain and the invert levels at the inlet and outlet
end of each drain.
CAPACITY OF THE DRAINS
Using the information given in the as-built drawings, the capacity of each
drain has been calculated. Three sets of capacities have been determined
for each drain. One for the drain flowing full (d/D=1), one for the drain
flowing 70% full (d/D = 0.7) and the other for the drain flowing 50% full (d/D
= 0.5). The drain description, the diameter and numbers of its constituent
culverts and the three sets of capacities are indicted in Table 1.
TABLE 1 CAPACITY OF DRAINS
Runoff Capacity (m3/s)
d/D =
d/D =
d/D = 1
0.5
0.7
Culvert 2
900
1.66
2.78
3.32
Culvert 3
1,200
3.32
5.56
6.65
900
1.66
2.78
3.32
Culvert 4
1,200
1.79
2.99
3.58
3.45
5.77
6.90
Culvert 5
900
3
2.28
3.81
4.55
Culvert 6
900
3
2.49
4.17
4.99
STORMWATER RUNOFF FOR TEN YEAR AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
RAINFALL EVENTS
Drain
Description
Culvert Dia.
(mm)
No. of
Culver
ts
2
2
2
1
Area
Runoff (m3/s)
(Ha)
10 year
storm
25 year
storm
2.62
1.35
3.98
0.90
0.20
1.10
1.13
0.26
1.39
9.97
1.88
2.42
2.20
0.18
0.22
12.27
2.06
2.68
12.51
1.55
2.25
0.22
2.87
0.28
8.32
2.47
3.15
6.77
1.48
1.88
1.55
0.13
0.17
8.32
1.61
2.05
1.43
0.57
0.71
Unpaved, A11
1.16
0.16
0.19
Total
2.59
0.73
0.90
Area contributing
Culvert 2
Paved, A2
Unpaved, A7
Total
Area contributing
Culvert 3
Paved, A3
Unpaved, A8
Total
Area contributing
Culvert 4
Paved, A4
Unpaved, A9
Total
Area contributing
Culvert 5
Paved, A5
Unpaved, A10
Total
Area contributing
Culvert 6
Paved, A6
to
to
to
to
to
TABLE 3
Drain
Description
Culvert
Culvert
Culvert
Culvert
Culvert
Contributing
Catchment
Area (Ha)
Runoff Capacity
d/D = 0.7
3.98
12.17
14.82
8.32
2.59
2.78
5.56
5.77
3.81
4.17
2
3
4
5
6
Expected
Runoff
for 25 year
storm
(m3/s)
1.39
2.68
3.15
2.05
0.90
Based on the information provided in Table 3, the capacity of all five drains
far exceeds the expected runoff from the respective catchment basins. As
such there should be no flooding of the R1 area from a twenty-five year
storm or any rainfall event of lesser significance.
The adequacy of the five drains may be jeopardized by any of the following:
Continuous and deliberate efforts will have to be made to ensure that none
of these things happen if flooding of area is to be averted. In addition, it
must be recognized that if the area is subjected to a rainfall event of lesser
frequency (50 years or 100 years), the area may be temporarily flooded. It
is not conventional to design drains for light industrial areas to
accommodate such major rainfall events.
A Plan of the Reclamation Area R1 showing the various catchment basins is
attached for further information.