Simulation of infiltration facilities using the SEEP/W model and quantification of flood runoff reduction effect by the decrease in CN

Water Sci Technol. 2016;74(1):118-29. doi: 10.2166/wst.2016.189.

Abstract

In this study, four infiltration facilities (permeable pavement, infiltration gutter, infiltration trench, and infiltration well) have been investigated and compared with their flood runoff reduction effect. The SEEP/W model was used to estimate the infiltration amount of each facility, and the flood runoff reduction effect was quantified by the decrease in curve number (CN). As a result of this study, we found that: (1) the infiltration could be successfully simulated by the SEEP/W model, whose result could also be quantified effectively by the decrease in CN; (2) among the four infiltration facilities considered in this study, the infiltration well and infiltration trench were found to be most efficient and economical; (3) finally, the intervention effect of the nearby infiltration facility was found not so significant. In an extreme case where the infiltration wells were located at 1 m interval, the intervention effect was found to be just 1%.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Filtration / instrumentation
  • Filtration / methods*
  • Floods*
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Water Purification / instrumentation
  • Water Purification / methods*