Surface Mining Water Diversion Design Manual

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United States Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining, Technical Services and Research, OSM/TR-82/2, September 1982

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Surface Mining Water Diversion Design Manual (20 MB)

Download individual chapters of Part 1: Design Procedures for Conditions Typical of Eastern Coal Province

Cover page, Table of Contents (971 KB)
I. Introduction(2.38 MB)
II. Basic Information Required for Diversion Design (113 KB)
III. Hydrologic Analysis (576 KB)
IV. Basic Concepts of Open-Channel Flow (689 KB)
V. Steep Slope Channel Design (1.54 MB)
VI. Mild Slope Channel Design (299 MB)
VII. Transition Design (289 KB)
VIII. Rock Durability and Slope Stability Evaluations (1.16 MB)
IX. Ecological Considerations (544 KB)
X. Comprehensive Design Example (1.11 MB)

Download individual chapters of Part 2: Additional Design Procedures for Conditions Typical of Western Coal Regions

XI. Introduction (161 KB)
XII. Open Channel Flow Concepts for Sandy Soil Diversions (479 KB)
XIII. Sandy Soil Alluvial Channel Concepts (794 KB)
XIV. Basic Design Procedures for Sandy Soil Channels (358 KB)
XV. Design of Riprap Linings in Sandy Soils (655 KB)
XVI. Design of Drop Structures (287 KB)
XVII. Transition Design (206 KB)
XVIII. Rock Durability Considerations for Western Coal Regions (648 KB)
XIX. Comprehensive Example (1.13 MB)
XX. Research Needs (7.7 MB)
Appendix A. U.S. Weather Bureau Technical Paper 40 Charts (690 KB)
Appendix B. SCS TP-149 Design Charts (1.10 MB)
Appendix C. Design Charts for Solving the Manning Equation and Values for the Manning n (619 KB)
Appendix D. Development of the Design Equations for Static Equilbrium Slope Computations (93.8 KB)
Appendix E. Biological Stream Investigation Procedures (1.29 MB)