The objective of this paper is to furnish a working procedure to engineers whereby the principles of the infiltration‐theory may be utilized to estimate the volumes of infiltration or surface‐runoff from natural basins. While adhering to the basic principles of the infiltration‐theory, the authors have used some approximations and averages in order to simplify the problem and reduce the time and labor otherwise involved.
This work has been made possible through the courtesy of the United States Corps of Engineers and the United States Department of Agriculture permitting the use of their data on rainfall, runoff, and their derived average loss‐rates (fav) on basins from 10 to 3,000 square miles in Oklahoma and Mississippi.
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