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Houston and Harris County Manuals
COH-IDM Infrastructure Design Manual, City of Houston
HCFCD-SPECS Harris County Flood Control District, Specifications
HCFCD-PCP Harris County Flood Control District, Policy, Criteria, and Procedure Manual
Texas Administrative Code Excerpts
RG-195 Texas Rules and Regulations for Public Water Systems
TAC-217C Chapter 217, Texas Administrative Code
TAC-290D Chapter 217, Texas Administrative Code
Cost Estimation Excerpts
Cost Estimation Construction Cost Estimation (from Dewberry)
Cost Estimation Models Conference Paper on Cost Estimation Models
RS Means Online Link to a commonly used cost estimation database
Grading and Maps
Earthwork Grading and Earthwork (from Dewberry)
Hydrology
Chapter 19, Land Development Handbook "Hydrologic Analysis," Ed. S. O. Dewberry, Dewberry Inc. McGraw-Hill
Topographic Maps
Topographic Map Reading Excerpts from USAF Survial-Evasion-Rescue-Escape Manual No. 644
Making Topographic Maps Handwritten notes on gridding and topographic maps
How to measure a path on a map Handwritten notes on how to measure a path on a map (when don't have computer tools available)
Hydraulics of Pipe Systems
Chapter 5 "Hydraulic Engineering" Roberson, J. A., Cassidy, J.J., and Chaudry, M. H., 1988. "Closed Conduits" in "Hydraulic Engineering", Houghton Mifflin Co, pp 240-310
Chin, pp 10-26 Chin, D. 2006."Closed Conduits" in "Water Resources Engineering - 2nd Ed." Prentice Hall, Inc. pp 10-26
Chin pp 27-48 "Pipe Networks" Chin, D. 2006. "Pipe Networks" in "Water Resources Engineering," Prentice Hall, Inc. pp 27-48
Pipe Hydraulics Manuscript (in progress)
Water Resources Engineering
Intro. to Water Resources Engrg. Wurbs, R. A., and James, W. P. (2002) Water Resources Engineering, J. Wiley and Sons. (pp. 1-33)
Intro. to Water Resources Engrg. Mays, L. W. (2008) Water Resources Engineering, Pearson-Prentice Hall. (pp. 1-11)
Intro. to Water Resources Engrg. Chin, D. A. (2006) Water Resources Engineering - 2nd Ed. Prentice Hall, Inc. pp 1-8
Water Distribution Systems
Chapter 25, Land Development Handbook "Water Distribution Systems," Ed. S. O. Dewberry, Dewberry Inc. McGraw-Hill
Incompressible Flow in Pipe Networks Jeppson, R.W. 1977. Analysis of Flow in Pipe Networks, Ann Arbor Science pp. 53-69.
Newton Raphson Method Jeppson, R.W. 1977. Analysis of Flow in Pipe Networks, Ann Arbor Science pp. 115-129.
USGS Cricular 1200 Water Demand Estimation Reference
Water Collection Systems
Chapter 21, Land Development Handbook "Storm Drain Design ," Ed. S. O. Dewberry, Dewberry Inc. McGraw-Hill
Chapter 24, Land Development Handbook "Wastewater Collection Systems ," Ed. S. O. Dewberry, Dewberry Inc. McGraw-Hill
EPANET examples
EPANET by Example Cleveland, T.G., Tay, C.C., and Neale, C.N. 2015. EPANET by Example. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas Tech University.
Bitmap drawings Backdrops for Examples 2-5
Pump Specification
Pump Selection Walker, R. 1973. Pump Selection. Ann Arbor Science pp. 3-9
Suction and Discharge Conditions Walker, R. 1973. Pump Selection. Ann Arbor Science pp. 11-31
Lift Station Design Highway Stormwater Pump Station Design. FHWA-NHI-01-007
Lift Station Design City of Houston, Lift Station Design Guidelines
NPSH Exlaination Hauser, B. A., 1991. Practical Hydraulics Handbook. Lewis Publishers, Michigan. pp 296-299
Chapter 8 "Hydraulic Engineering" Roberson, J. A., Cassidy, J.J., and Chaudry, M. H., 1988. "Hydraulic Machinery" in "Hydraulic Engineering", Houghton Mifflin Co, pp 240-310