Develop a water balance to determine all relevant flow rates

Reference no: EM13293550

A river has a steady-state flow rate of 50 m3/s and a total dissolved salt concentration of 300 mg/L. An agricultural operation has applied for a permit to discharge an irrigation return flow of 5 m3/s to the river. You are an engineer for the State, and charged with determining the maximum allowable salt concentration in the discharge. A water-quality assessment for the entire river has indicated that salt concentrations should not exceed 500 mg/L in this stretch of the river in order to allow for use of the river as a drinking water source.

a. Draw a mass balance diagram to assist with analysis of this problem.

b. Develop a water balance to determine all relevant flow rates for the system.

c. Determine the allowable dissolved salt concentration in the irrigation return water.

Reference no: EM13293550

Questions Cloud

What are some of pros and cons of using open source software : What are some of the pros and cons of using open source software? Do you currently use any? What would be your biggest concerns about using open source software? Review your module content and conduct your own research, using specific examples to sup..

Suggestions to evaluate and prioritize alternatives : Why do you think parties sometimes aren't willing to use these (not too difficult!) suggestions to evaluate and prioritize alternatives? Is it because they don't want an agreement at all? Or because they don't want an agreement that requires any co..

Low-income populations and high-income populations : Are low-income populations treated differently than high-income populations?

Electronic health records-patient health care-reduce costs : What evidence is there that use of electronic health records can improve patient health care and reduce costs?

Develop a water balance to determine all relevant flow rates : A river has a steady-state flow rate of 50 m3/s and a total dissolved salt concentration of 300 mg/L. An agricultural operation has applied for a permit to discharge an irrigation return flow of 5 m3/s to the river. You are an engineer for the State,..

Determine the flow in the great snake river : The confluence of the Red River and 5 Mile Creek forms the Great Snake River. At the confluence, the Red River has a flow rate of 540ft3/s, while 5 Mile Creek has a flow rate of 325ft3/s. The Red River contains two contaminants of concern – sulfate a..

Rate of removal of bromide in effluent gas treatment system : Coal is conveyed into and combusted in a furnace for a power plant at the rate of 1 ton per minute. Air is also injected into the furnace. In the combustion process, two output streams are produced: (1) gas, which is directed to a stack for eventual ..

Students for fair tuition decide-protest rising tuition cost : Members of Students for Fair Tuition (SFT) decide to protest rising tuition costs at Gigantic State University (GSU) by taking over Dunfee Hall, the location of GSU president Dalton Chandler%u2019s office. As they storm into the reception area of Cha..

The cupid matching service maintains two files : “The cupid matching service maintains two files - one for male and another for female clients. Each file contains a client ID, last name, first name, and address. Each file is in client ID number order. Design the logic for a program that merges the ..

User Account

All Pages