Storage Required for the Regulation of Stream Flow

Abstract

This paper presents a study followed by a set of curves for determining the dependable stream flow to be expected due to a given reservoir capacity, founded on a paper entitled “Storage to Be Provided in Impounding Reservoirs for Municipal Water Supply”, by Allen Hazen, M. Am. Soc. C. E. Having found through their use in literally hundreds of instances, that Mr. Hazen's “seasonal storage curves” can be depended upon, the writer has developed extensions to them, believed to be equally reliable, for those high rates of use or draft not covered by these “seasonal” curves.