Lake Mustang has a surface area of 4100 m² and an average depth of 15 m. lake is fed by a stream with a flow rate of 2.02 m³/s and a phosphorus concentration of 0.023 mg/L. The campus wastewater treatment plant discharges into the lake at a rate of 0.2 m³/s and a phosphorus concentration 1.1 mg/L. Runoff from the dorm areas adds phosphorus at an average annual rate of 1.35 g/s. A river flows from the lake at a flow rate of 2.42 m³/s. The average steady-state phosphorus concentration in the lake is 0.380 mg/L. Assume evaporation and precipitation balance each other out over the year. What is the settling rate in the lake (d-¹)?
Lake Mustang has a surface area of 4100 m² and an average depth of 15 m. lake is fed by a stream with a flow rate of 2.02 m³/s and a phosphorus concentration of 0.023 mg/L. The campus wastewater treatment plant discharges into the lake at a rate of 0.2 m³/s and a phosphorus concentration 1.1 mg/L. Runoff from the dorm areas adds phosphorus at an average annual rate of 1.35 g/s. A river flows from the lake at a flow rate of 2.42 m³/s. The average steady-state phosphorus concentration in the lake is 0.380 mg/L. Assume evaporation and precipitation balance each other out over the year. What is the settling rate in the lake (d-¹)?
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Transcribed Image Text:Lake Mustang has a surface area of 4100 m² and an average depth of 15 m. The
lake is fed by a stream with a flow rate of 2.02 m³/s and a phosphorus
concentration of 0.023 mg/L. The campus wastewater treatment plant
discharges into the lake at a rate of 0.2 m³/s and a phosphorus concentration of
1.1 mg/L. Runoff from the dorm areas adds phosphorus at an average annual
rate of 1.35 g/s. A river flows from the lake at a flow rate of 2.42 m³/s. The
average steady-state phosphorus concentration in the lake is 0.380 mg/L.
Assume evaporation and precipitation balance each other out over the year.
What is the settling rate in the lake (d-¹)?
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