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Dr. Dwayne Culp, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

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Posted By Dwayne Culp 12-14-2020 06:41 PM
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Natalya, et al: Houston area has a few things that make rainwater harvesting for irrigation desirable. 1. regular rainfall 2. wet detention systems 3. municipal utility districts 4. significant landscape irrigation needs. 5. we use more than 15% of the domestic water services for irrigation of ...
Posted By Dwayne Culp 10-14-2019 05:01 AM
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I like your chart. ------------------------------ Dwayne Culp, Ph.D., Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE Culp Engineering, LLC Rosenberg TX [Phone] ------------------------------
Posted By Dwayne Culp 10-10-2019 12:57 PM
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I believe that the 100-year or 1% chance was selected because it is a reasonable accommodation of cost of construction verses risk of damage. Insurance companies, with the recommendation of engineers and risk analysis experts set that level of risk/damage. It would help if the 1% chance was truly a 1% ...
Posted By Dwayne Culp 07-07-2019 07:57 PM
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Natalya: In Houston, irrigation water is treated for bacteria by either UV or chlorine. After chlorine you need dechlorination. If we do no irrigate for 2-3 days while fixing the pump, its not generally a big deal because plants don't expect to be irrigated on a schedule. So, we do not generally ...
Posted By Dwayne Culp 07-05-2019 10:18 AM
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Houston has a lot of examples of using wet stormwater detention ponds for local irrigation. We call these the purple pipe systems because we require the pumped stormwater to be placed in purple pipes. In order to use this source of irrigation, we need to: 1. have a community committed to allow their ...