MANIPAL INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

EVB 3323 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

TUTORIAL 2 NOVEMBER 2016

1. The decay of chlorine in a distribution system follows a first order decay with a rate
constant of 0.360 d-1. If the concentration of chlorine in a well mixed water storage tank
is 1.00 mg/L at time zero, what will the concentration be one day later. Assume no water
flows out of the tank.

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2. A 350m3 retention pond that holds rain water from a shopping mall is empty at the
beginning of a rain storm. The flow rate out of the retention pond must be restricted to
320L/min to prevent downstream flooding from a 6 hour storm. What is the maximum
flow rate (in L/min) into the pond from a 6 hour storm that will not flood it?

[Use: Mass rate of accumulation = mass rate of input mass rate of output]

3. A pipeline carrying 0.50 MGD of a 35,000 mg/L brine solution (NaCl) across a creek
ruptures. The flow rate of the creek is 2.80 MGD. If the salt concentration in the creek is
175 mg/L, what is the concentration of salt in the creek after the pipeline discharge mixes
completely with the creek water?

4. If a steady rain of 0.33 in/h falls on a parking lot with an area of 65,340 ft2 and a runoff
coefficient of 0.85, what is the estimated peak discharge?]

[Use: Q = CiA]

5. What pH is required to precipitate all but 0.20 mg/L of the iron from raw water with an
Fe3+ concentration of 2.1 mg/L? Assume the temperature is 25C. The reaction is

Fe3+ + 3OH- Fe(OH)3 and pKs= 38.57

GMW of Fe = 55.847

Ks= 10-38.57 = 2.69 x 10-39 [ Use:Ks = [A]a[B]b ]

6.
Estimate the approximate alkalinity, in mg/L as CaCO3, of water with a carbonate ion
concentration of 17.0 mg/L and a bicarbonate ion concentration of 111.0 mg/L.

7. Estimate the amount of lime, in tons/d, required to soften 5 MGD of water to the practical
solubility limits. The constituent concentrations are as follows:

CO2 = 0.44 meq/L Alkalinity = 3.96 meq/L

Ca2+ = 4.76 meq/L Cl- = 1.91 meq/L

Mg2+ = 1.11 meq/L SO42- = 1.58 meq/L

8. Twenty six million gallons per day of wastewater with a DO of 1.00 mg/L is discharged
into a river with a DO of 6.00 mg/L. If the flowrate of the river is 165 x 106 gal/d and
saturation value of dissolved oxygen is 9.17 mg/L, what is the oxygen deficit after
compete mixing of the two flows?
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9. Three parallel flow flocculation basins are to be used to treat a flow rate of 3 MGD. What
is the design volume, in cubic feet, of one of these tanks if the detention time is 30
minutes?

10. A stream survey revealed that the reaeration constant is 0.05 d-1 and the deoxygenation
constant is 0.03 d-1. If the initial deficit is 5.00 mg/L and the ultimate BOD after mixing
is 12.0 mg/L, how long will it take to reach the critical point in the DO sag?

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