Stormwater Management for Land Development: Methods and Calculations for Quantity Control Paperback – March 19, 2025

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT, third edition, is an up-to-date textbook for engineering and engineering technology students and a desktop reference for land development professionals. It covers hydrologic and hydraulic methods used in preparing stormwater management plans. It is a non-calculus-based book, where the reader is only required to understand algebra, trigonometry, and geometry. Beginning with the fundamentals of fluid mechanics, as related to stormwater design, the book transitions into hydrologic methods used in stormwater site design. The book culminates with the coverage of open channel design, detention basin sizing, multiple stage outlet structure design, and storm sewer design. Useful to engineers, surveyors, and land development planners who may not have studied fluid mechanics or hydrology, this book features eighteen chapters including topics covering:Elementary fluid properties, fluid statics, fluid dynamics and the conservation lawsEnergy methods including friction losses, minor losses, and conservation of energyPractical stormwater hydrology including rainfall and runoff methodsNRCS site specific 24-hour rainfall distributions using NOAA Atlas 14 dataTravel time and time of concentration methods including the NRCS velocity methodDesign hydrographs, including the NRCS standard and Delmarva dimensionless unit hydrograph methodsFundamental channel routing and detention basin routing methodsDetention basin sizing and outlet structure design for multiple event detention controlStormwater conveyance design methods including open channels and storm sewersRational peak flow method118 example problems illustrating fluid mechanics, hydrology, and stormwater calculation methods200 helpful illustrations340 chapter review problems with answers to chapter problems for self studySTORMWATER MANAGEMENT FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT, third edition, is an updated, comprehensive guide to basic hydraulics, hydrology, and methods for the analysis and design for stormwater quantity control. A solutions manual to the 340 chapter review problems is available from the author upon request.Thomas A. Seybert, PhD, PE, is Professor Emeritus of Engineering in the Surveying Engineering program at The Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus. He has over thirty years of experience in teaching engineering students at the college level and also professional land surveyors, engineers and land development planners through continuing education courses. Read more