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ABBREVIATIONS AND UNITS
ac
acre
ac-ft
acre-foot
cfs
cubic foot per second (ft3/s)
CIP
Capital Improvement Plan
CMP
corrugated metal pipe
E
east
EPA
US Environmental Protection Agency
FF
Farmer-Fletcher (1971) storm distribution
ft
foot
GBEA
Great Basin Experimental Area
GIS
geographic information system
HAL
Hansen, Allen & Luce, Inc.
HEC
Hydrologic Engineering Center (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
HMS
Hydrologic Modeling System
ID
identification
in.
inch
irr
irrigation
mi
mile
N
north
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRCS
National Resources Conservation Service (formerly SCS)
RR
railroad
s
second
S
south
SCS
Soil Conservation Service (now NRCS)
SWMM
Storm Water Management Model
TR-55
Technical Release 55 (NRCS 1986)
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
W
west
w/
with
w/o
without
xing
crossing
yr
year
 
LIST OF TABLES
Table 2-1   Additional Flows
Table 3-1   Modeled Rainfall Depths
Table 3-2   Land Uses in West Jordan
Table 3-3   Curve Number Assignment Table
Table 4-1   10-Year Storm Drainage Deficiencies
Table 4-2   100-Year Existing Storage Deficiencies
Table 4-3   100-Year Conveyance Deficiencies
Table 5-1   Capital Improvement Plan Summary
Table 5-2   Capital Improvement Plan
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1-1   Study Area and Major Basins
Figure 2-1   Detailed Existing Storm Drainage System
Figure 3-1   24-Hour SCS Type II Dimensionless Distribution
Figure 3-2   Basins Subdivided Based on Recent Growth
Figure 3-3   Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Data
Figure 3-4   Simplified Zoning
Figure 3-5   MULC Residential Case Study
Figure 3-6   Equivalent Width by Subbasin Area - Case Study
Figure 3-7   Mapping Used to Assign Equivalent Width - L/W by Area
Figure 3-8   Urban Storm Drainage Design Criteria
Figure 3-9   Existing Peak Flows
Figure 3-10   Capacity Versus Design Flows
Figure 4-1   10-Year Storm Drainage Deficiencies
Figure 4-2   Detention Basins Requiring Additional Volume for the 100-Yr Event
Figure 4-3   100-Year Conveyances
Figure 4-4   Areas to Watch
Figure 5-1   Storm Drainage Capital Improvement Projects
Figure 6-1   Barney's Creek Comparison of SWCCS and Master Plan Flows