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Tel:d Date: 14/08/17
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Soakaway capacity check

Soakaway location - England/Wales


Area draining to soakaway A = 100 m2
Invert to soakaway = 1m
Soakaway type - Trench
Length of trench L = 3.5 m
Breadth of trench B = 3.5 m
Effective storage depth D = 2.8 m
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Soil infiltration rate f = 0.000033 m/s
Rainfall ratio r = 0.25
Permeability of fill P = 30 %
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Rainfall return period = 1 in 10 year
Impact of climatic change - Yes
Percentage increase in rainfall = 30 %

Check calculations to BRE Digest 365 (February 2016)

Effective outflow area a = 0.5*((2*B*D )+(2*L*D ))


s50 e e
= 0.5*((2*3.5*2.8)+(2*3.5*2.8))
= 19.6 m2
Storage volume V = L*B*D *P /100
s e er
= 3.5*3.5*2.8*30/100
= 10.29 m3
Time of emptying half storage volume
t = V *0.5/(a *f*60*60)
s50 s s50
= 10.29*0.5/(19.6*0.000033*60*60)
= 2.2 hrs.

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D Z1 M5-D Z2 M10-D R I O S A
max
min. - mm - mm m m3 m3 m3 m2
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10 0.47 9.4 1.22 11.47 0.015 1.49 0.39 1.1 716


20 0.63 12.6 1.23 15.5 0.02 2.01 0.78 1.24 549
30 0.75 15 1.23 18.45 0.024 2.4 1.16 1.23 478
40 0.84 16.8 1.23 20.66 0.027 2.69 1.55 1.13 441
60 1 20 1.24 24.8 0.032 3.22 2.33 0.9 391
120 1.29 25.8 1.24 31.99 0.042 4.16 4.66 - -
240 1.69 33.8 1.23 41.57 0.054 5.4 9.31 - -
360 1.96 39.2 1.22 47.82 0.062 6.22 13.97 - -
600 2.35 47 1.21 56.87 0.074 7.39 23.28 - -
1440 3.27 65.4 1.2 78.48 0.1 10.2 55.88 - -

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Soakaway is satisfactory.

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