Guidelines

• Design Guidance Memorandum
  • DGM No. 1-15: Use of Personnel Safety Grates on Pipe Inlets
  • DGM No. 1-17: Corrugated Polyethylene Pipe - Superseded by DGM 1-20
  • DGM No. 1-20: Pipe Materials - REVISED
• Sample Drainage Report

Manuals

• Design of Urban Highway Drainage
• NRCS Engineering Field Handbook 
• Performance of Flexible Ditch Linings 
• HDS Manuals
  • HDS No. 02 - Highway Hydrology
  • HDS No. 03 - Design Charts for Open-Channel Flow
  • HDS No. 04 - Introduction to Highway Hydraulics
  • HDS No. 05 - Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts
• HEC Manuals
  • HEC No. 05 - Hydraulic Charts for the Selection of Highway Culverts
  • HEC No. 10 - Capacity Charts for the Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts
  • HEC No. 11 - Design of Riprap Revetment - SI Units
  • HEC No. 12 - Drainage of Highway Pavements
  • HEC No. 13 - Hydraulic Design of Improved Inlets for Culverts
  • HEC No. 14 - Hydraulic Design of Energy Dissipaters for Culverts and Channels
  • HEC No. 15 - Design of Roadside Channels with Flexible Linings
  • HEC No. 22 - Urban Drainage Design Manual
  • TR-20 User Guide
  • Win TR-55 User Manual
• Pipe Video Inspection Manual

Design Aids

Maximum Pipe Deflections at Drainage Inlets
File Name	Date Updated	Description
Arched RCP Deflections	04/19/2007	Maximum deflections for Arched RCP Pipe
Circular RCP Deflections	04/19/2007	Maximum deflections for Circular RCP Pipe
Horizontal Elliptical RCP Deflections	04/19/2007	Maximum deflections for Horizontal Elliptical RCP Pipe

Miscellaneous
File Name	Date Updated	Description
Map of New Castle County Watersheds	04/24/2007	Watersheds Map - New Castle County
IDF Curves	09/12/2008	IDF Rainfall curves for Delaware

Related Links

SCS Soil Classifications 

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