4.10. Fifteen kilograms of a contaminant is spilled into a stream 4 m wide and 2 m deep. (a) If the average velocity in the stream is 0.8 m/s, the longitudinal dispersion coefficient is 0.2 m²/s, and the first-order decay constant of the contaminant is 0.05 h-, determine the maximum concentration in the stream at a drinking-water intake 1 km downstream from the spill. (b) How would this concentration be affected if the decay constant is actually one- half of the estimated value?
4.10. Fifteen kilograms of a contaminant is spilled into a stream 4 m wide and 2 m deep. (a) If the average velocity in the stream is 0.8 m/s, the longitudinal dispersion coefficient is 0.2 m²/s, and the first-order decay constant of the contaminant is 0.05 h-, determine the maximum concentration in the stream at a drinking-water intake 1 km downstream from the spill. (b) How would this concentration be affected if the decay constant is actually one- half of the estimated value?
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4.10. Fifteen kilograms of a contaminant is spilled into a stream 4 m wide and 2 m deep.
(a) If the average velocity in the stream is 0.8 m/s, the longitudinal dispersion
coefficient is 0.2 m/s, and the first-order decay constant of the contaminant is
0.05 h-1, determine the maximum concentration in the stream at a drinking-water
intake 1 km downstream from the spill.
(b) How would this concentration be affected if the decay constant is actually one-
half of the estimated value?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F1791a887-014f-47b9-b48b-1e0733d099a2%2F252f0613-5de6-40f6-b1e7-ec70bc47caa8%2F872w3q_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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RIVERS AND STREAMS
4.10. Fifteen kilograms of a contaminant is spilled into a stream 4 m wide and 2 m deep.
(a) If the average velocity in the stream is 0.8 m/s, the longitudinal dispersion
coefficient is 0.2 m/s, and the first-order decay constant of the contaminant is
0.05 h-1, determine the maximum concentration in the stream at a drinking-water
intake 1 km downstream from the spill.
(b) How would this concentration be affected if the decay constant is actually one-
half of the estimated value?
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