The Stormwater Modeling and Management Project

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Pratt School of Engineering

Investigator: Dr. Miguel A. Medina, Jr.
Assistant: Mr. Drew Haerer

Sponsor: Facilities Management Department

FMD Assistant Director: Mr. John Noonan

FMD Director of Engineering and Utilities: Mr. Russell Thompson

FMD Director of Energy: Mr. Steve Palumbo

Consultants: Eco Engineering - A Division of The John R. McAdams Company, Inc.

Contacts: D. Amos Clark, James Caldwell, and Dan Potter

Regulatory Agency: City of Durham, NC

City Stormwater Services Division Contact: Mr. Paul Wiebke


Phone: (919) 660 - 5195
E-mail: miguel.medina@duke.edu 


A DRAFT stormwater management plan was in March 2004.
View Draft Stormwater Management Plan: Plan. March 2004

Link to Computer Models, Updates and Data Downloading Page: Downloading,Updates. 

 

Rainfall Analysis - RDU and West Campus

 

 
  
 





 Drainage Basin Discretization 

  

 



Duke West Campus Stormwater Simulation Project Nodemap.
  
   

  
 



 Flow Measurement and Calibration 


 Weir 1, Conduit 210 near Node 345, West Campus:

 


 Stage-Discharge Equations for Weir 1:

 

  

 

  
 



 

 Detention and Storage Modeling 

Sarah P. Duke Gardens Detention Pond 

 

 
  

 
 
   Relevant Links:
   Link to U.S. EPA Best Management Practices: BMPs.
   Link to North Carolina Stormwater Management Regulations: State.
   Link to City of Durham Stormwater Services Division: SWSD.
   Link to Duke University Facilities Management Department: FMD.
   Link to Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: CEE.
   Link to Duke University Wetland Center: Wetland.
   Link to Eco Engineering: Eco/McAdams.

 
  



   This project is mathematically integrated with the restored/constructed wetland downstream, an urban BMP. A model of these flow and mass 
   transport fluxes and interactions, WETSAND, has been developed: 

    
	

	   

	 
 



 

   Publications related to modeling urban hydrology, surface runoff, ground water and surface/subsurface interactions. 

      Urban_Surface Water.   Surface_Subsurface. 
	
   The figure below shows both flooded areas and well locations.