Article Sidebar
Article Details
Copyright belongs to the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
The contents of the articles are the sole opinion of the author(s) and not of NIJOTECH.
NIJOTECH allows open access for distribution of the published articles in any media so long as whole (not part) of articles are distributed.
A copyright and statement of originality documents will need to be filled out clearly and signed prior to publication of an accepted article. The Copyright form can be downloaded from https://www.nijotech.com/downloads/COPYRIGHT%20FORM.pdf while the Statement of Originality is in Statement of Originality.pdf (nijotech.com)
For articles that were developed from funded research, a clear acknowledgement of such support should be mentioned in the article with relevant references. Authors are expected to provide complete information on the sponsorship and intellectual property rights of the article together with all exceptions.
It is forbidden to publish the same research report in more than one journal.
Main Article Content
Design of Improved Stormwater Management System for the Federal University of Technology Akure
Abstract
Stormwater management is becoming a problem in many cities due to rapid urbanization and poor infrastructure. Proper drainage system conveys stormwater from the road to a suitable disposal area. FUTA is well planned with good networks of roads. However, many of them are without functioning drains. The paper presents a pragmatic approach to the design of an improved stormwater management in FUTA. The entire catchment area was divided into subcatchments that form the designated units for data collection. The result of the field work showed that over half (57.31%) of the drainage area are grass land and the paved road covered 10.96%. the unpaved road and built up area covered 10.29% and 9.76% respectively. Others areas are thick forest (7.66%) and rock area (4.02%). The design of stormwater collection systems were based on the principles of hydraulics as explained by Manning. The drain size was based on the maximum discharge from each subcatchment and the time of concentration computed with Kirpichbs formula. If this design is implemented, common flash flood and siltation along roads in FUTA will be completely eliminated.
