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A treatment plant with a capacity of 20 MGD (million gallons per day) has a normal daily flow equal to 60 percent of capacity. When it rains the flow increases by 30 percent of the normal flow. What is the flow on a rainy day?

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Final answer:

The flow on a rainy day in the treatment plant with a capacity of 20 MGD and a normal daily flow equal to 60% of capacity is 15.6 MGD.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the flow on a rainy day, we need to calculate the normal flow and then add the flow increase due to rain.

Normal flow = 60% of the capacity = 0.60 * 20 MGD = 12 MGD

Flow increase due to rain = 30% of the normal flow = 0.30 * 12 MGD = 3.6 MGD

Flow on a rainy day = Normal flow + Flow increase = 12 MGD + 3.6 MGD = 15.6 MGD

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rea of watershed is 220 km2


Annual precipitation in the watershed area is 4.2*109


Equivalent depth is


4.2*109/ 220*106 = 19.1 m


This is approximately an order of magnitude too high


11)


(1)


River Storage= 12 * 106 m3


River Inflow = 14 m3/s


River Outflow – 20 m3/s


After 4 hours


Inflow = 18 m3/s


Outflow = 26 m3/s


Average groundwater flow TO river during these fours hours = 9 m3/s


Assuming a linear increase, we average the inflow as:


14 + 18 = 16 m3/s


2


However, this is not the only source of water, since there is also groundwater inflow.


The total flow of water is


16 + 9 = 25 m3/s


The average river outflow can be calculated the same way


20 + 26 = 23 m3/s


2


The change in storage is therefore the difference between inflow and outflow over a 4 hour period:


Inflow- Outflow = Change in Storage


- 23 = 2 m3/s over a 4 hour period


4 hours = 240 minutes = 14,400 seconds


Storage = 2 m3/s * 14,400 = 28,800 m3


(2) Since the river storage at the beginning of the four hour period was 12* 106 m3


and we added 2.22*104 m3, the new storage volume is 1202.8*104 m3.



15)


Surface Area of lake = 14 km2 = 14 * 106 m2


Average inflow rate into lake = 50 m3/s


Average ouflow rate = 25 m3/s


Lake storage increases in 1 day with 14.7 cm


In other units:


Inflow = 50 m3/s * 86400 s/day = 4.32 * 10 6 m3/day


Outflow = 25 m3/s * 86400 s/day = 2.16 * 10 6 m3/day


Storage = 14.7 cm * area of lake = 0.147 m * 14 * 106 m2 = 2.058* 106 m3/day


Writing water balance


Evaporation = Inflow – Outflow – Lake volume change


Evap = 4.32*106 m3/day – 2.16*106 m3/day – 2.058*106 m3/day


Evap = 1.02 * 105 m3/day


Over lake of area 14 * 10 m2, equivalent depth of :


1.02*105 m3/day = 7.3 mm/day


14 * 106 m2

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