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2.L UK aLata collection I)rogla@e<br />

Ihe Instj.tute has been engaged Ln an extenslve data collectj.on prograejte<br />

slnce 1975, followlng the developrDent of a beter for the heasuleoent<br />

of dl8charge thlough a road gully (BIytI & (tdd, 19?7). FlfteeD roaal<br />

gull1es hrve been lnstrueented ln a total of si.x gub-catchments ln<br />

Bracknell, Southadpton, Stevenage and Watlingfold. A typical exatnpte<br />

of t]le type of data col"Iectlon systed !n use 1s shown j.n Algure I, atl<br />

oxp€rinental syseer! (2 gully Deters, O.t nn RlDco tlpplng bucket<br />

lalngauge and l{lcrotlata logger) lnstalled in School Close, Stevendge.<br />

Data are recoldedl at half-ldnutg lntervals on lragnetlc tape casse!.Ees,<br />

and processed to a 6electeal €vent record otl the Instltute.s Univac I1OB<br />

cotlPuter.<br />

Ground l6v€l<br />

ratngauge ano<br />

logger<br />

Groundsmans<br />

compound<br />

- Inslrumeni cables<br />

F IGURE I Experifliental system at School Close,<br />

Stevenage, UK<br />

Slorm urater pipes<br />

Urbao catchbent research at I€ tad in the Netherlandg<br />

The I;IsseLnee4)olders Developirent Aut}lo).lty has set up a hydrologtcal<br />

lesearih project at L€lystad, one of the neir towns 1n tie recently<br />

conselucteal polalers in the take lJssel. The iown is buiLr on abouE<br />

one Eetl.e of sand, afld a subsurface dlalnage EysteE controls the<br />

glounalvrater level 1n thls sand overlaylng a neally i,rnpelbeable subsoll.<br />

Th€ ulban area i6 very flat anA tie slop€ of the paveDent ie alue Eo<br />

artlflcial carDbe! only, tctofs 1n the housing area are flat. A houslng<br />

alea and a palklng lot have been lnstruDented as experloental catclDents<br />

rdlth phyBlcaf cha:.act€ll3tlcs as follors:<br />

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