TABLE OF CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 1-1 



DERIVING RECOMMENDATIONS USING WETTED PERIMETER 2-1 



DESCRIPTION OF THE WETP PROGRAM 3-1 



FIELD DATA REQUIREMENTS 4-1 



FIELD METHODS 5-1 



Equipment 5-1 



Selecting Study Areas and Placing Cross-sections 5-3 



Establishing Bench Marks 5-3 



Surveying Techniques 5-3 



Measuring Water Surface Elevations 5-4 



Measuring Stream Discharges 5-4 



Measuring Cross-sectional Profiles 5-5 



OFFICE METHODS 6-1 



WETP Data Format 6-1 



Selecting Flows of Interest 6-1 



WETP Data Output 6-2 



OTHER USES FOR THE WETP OUTPUT 7-1 



FINAL CONSIDERATIONS 8-1 



LITERATURE CITED 9-1 



APPENDICES 



A. Calculation of stage height at zero flow (zf) from Rantz (1982) 

 IS. Example of WETP input format 

 C. Example of WETP data output 



