Plumbing Drywell Size Calculator
Budget actual event runoff less independently justified contemporaneous infiltration against verified aggregate void fraction/installed volume; no assumed soil drainage, aquifer protection or flood design approval.
Description
Drywell storage can credit justified infiltration during the event.
Drywell storage can credit justified infiltration during the event. Aggregate void fraction converts water storage to bulk volume.1
The returned values include Required drywell void storage liters, Required drywell bulk liters, Signed installed drywell bulk margin liters. The How section below explains the calculation, input rules and interpretation.
When to use Plumbing Drywell Size Calculator
Use Plumbing Drywell Size Calculator when you need to evaluate the supplied records under the calculation and evidence rules below. No assumed soil drainage, aquifer protection or flood-design approval is supplied.
Prepare measured flows, pressures, temperatures or inventories with consistent units. For catalog tools, use independently verified capacities at the stated operating conditions and supply the explicit design demand.
How to use Plumbing Drywell Size Calculator and understand its results
- Prepare measured flows, pressures, temperatures or inventories with consistent units. For catalog tools, use independently verified capacities at the stated operating conditions and supply the explicit design demand.
- Enter observedDesignDrywellRunoffLiters, callerDuringEventInfiltrationCreditLiters, callerVerifiedAggregateVoidFraction, observedUsableDrywellBulkVolumeLiters using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
- Read requiredDrywellVoidStorageLiters, requiredDrywellBulkLiters, signedInstalledDrywellBulkMarginLiters. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
- If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.
| Input field | Meaning | Value type; see rules below | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| observedDesignDrywellRunoffLiters | Observed design drywell runoff liters | number | Required |
| callerDuringEventInfiltrationCreditLiters | Caller during event infiltration credit liters | number | Required |
| callerVerifiedAggregateVoidFraction | Caller verified aggregate void fraction | number | Required |
| observedUsableDrywellBulkVolumeLiters | Observed usable drywell bulk volume liters | number | Required |
Enter nonnegative runoff, infiltration credit and installed usable bulk liters, with void fraction in (0,1]. Return required void storage, bulk volume and signed installed-minus-required margin.
voidLiters=max(0,runoff−infiltrationCredit); requiredBulk=voidLiters/voidFraction Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.
| Output field | Meaning | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| requiredDrywellVoidStorageLiters | Required drywell void storage liters | number |
| requiredDrywellBulkLiters | Required drywell bulk liters | number |
| signedInstalledDrywellBulkMarginLiters | Signed installed drywell bulk margin liters | number |
{
"input": {
"observedDesignDrywellRunoffLiters": 1000,
"callerDuringEventInfiltrationCreditLiters": 200,
"callerVerifiedAggregateVoidFraction": 0.4,
"observedUsableDrywellBulkVolumeLiters": 1500
},
"output": {
"requiredDrywellVoidStorageLiters": 800,
"requiredDrywellBulkLiters": 2000,
"signedInstalledDrywellBulkMarginLiters": -500
}
}Limitations and assumptions
No assumed soil drainage, aquifer protection or flood-design approval is supplied.
Numeric inputs, where present, must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use Plumbing Detention Basin Volume Calculator: Detention storage routes chronological inflow and requested outflow from an empty basin. Clipping storage at zero reveals unavailable outlet demand. For a complementary task, use Plumbing Catch Basin Size Calculator: Catch-basin volume combines a retention budget with reserved sediment storage. Usable fraction converts that budget to nominal volume.
References
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- Plumbing Detention Basin Volume Calculator
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- Plumbing Catch Basin Size Calculator
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