Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Article 40 - DESIGN OF EARTH DAMS
Section 5-40-57 - Service spillway design
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 5-40-57
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) If a dam will have a service spillway, the spillway shall be designed and constructed with a lining material that meets the following requirements:
(1) Covers the channel floor and walls up to
the depth of flow required to bypass the flows of the storm specified as the
detention requirement in K.A.R. 5-40-23(a), at a minimum; and
(2) will not fail during the spillway
stability design event specified in K.A.R. 5-40-56(c)(2).
(b) Each design report required by K.A.R. 5-40-2b shall include all hydraulic, structural, and geotechnical design information necessary to show that the criteria in subsection (a) are met.
(c) If a fish screen is installed, the screen shall not impair the functioning of the service spillway. If a fish screen is proposed, the design report shall demonstrate that the screen will not impair the functioning of the service spillway.
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