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Water Balance 2022

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  • Water balance 2022 as Word Document

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  • Water Balance 2022 as PDF Document

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Maps

  • 02.13.1 Surface Runoff from Precipitation

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  • 02.13.2 Percolation from Precipitation

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  • 02.13.3 Total Runoff from Precipitation

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  • 02.13.4 Percolation from Precipitation without Consideration for Impervious Coverage

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  • 02.13.5 Evaporation from Precipitation

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  • 02.13.6 Delta W: Deviation of the Water Balance from Natural Conditions

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Figures

  • Fig. 1: Typical water balance for impervious versus vegetated surfaces (blue arrows: evapotranspiration; yellow arrows: surface runoff; green arrows: infiltration)

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  • Fig. 2: Flow chart of the ABIMO model (modified from Bach, 1997)

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  • Fig. 3: Representation of the Bagrov relationship for selected values of the parameter n, and dependence of n on land use and soil type (after Glugla et al., 1995)

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  • Fig. 4: Comparison of surface runoff modelled by ABIMO and INFOWORKS (KWB 2025)

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  • Fig. 5: Comparison of surface runoff modelled by ABIMO and wastewater treatment plant data (KWB 2025)

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Tables

  • Tab. 1: Actual sewer system connection rates of impervious areas, by differentiated area type in Berlin (analysis as of 2012; area types as of 2010; connection rates from 1997 and 2003; includes road areas from the BWB)

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  • Tab. 2: Effectiveness parameter n and infiltration factor Fi by pavement class

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  • Tab. 3: Long-term average runoff generation including the influence of green roofs (calculated with ABIMO 3.2), as of 2022

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  • Tab. 4: Rainwater discharge into the sewer system by catchment area and runoff (long-term mean, as of 2022)

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  • Tab. 5: Deviations of the water balance from natural conditions, area-weighted by area type, as of 2022

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Contact

Leilah Haag