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SEWER DESIGN 



Bureau of Surveys, Philadelphia, shows three curves, the 

 upper one for the storms of maximum intensity observed for 

 the nine years for which self-registering rain-gages made 



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exact records possible. The middle curve represents storms 

 of extraordinary rainfall, occurring about once a year. The 

 lower curve represents the maximum intensity of ordinary 



