# **Problem 1.1** # A vertical water tank is 15 ft in diameter and 60 ft. high. # What is the volume of the tank in cubic feet? d = 15 ft h = 60 ft Vol = pi()*h*(d/2)^2; ft^3 # **Problem 1.3** # If the above tank were measured and found to have an inside # diameter of exactly 15.00 ft and a height of 60.00 ft, # what would be the volume in cubic feet? d = 15 ft h = 60 ft Vol = pi()*h*(d/2)^2; ft^3 # **Problem 1.5** # If a well pumps at a rate of 8.4 gal per minute, how long # would it take to fill the tank described above? d = 15 ft h = 60 ft Vol = pi()*h*(d/2)^2 Pump = 8.4 gal/min t = Vol/Pump; hr # **Problem 1.7** # If during the next week the pool still loses 2.35 in. of water # to evaporation, even with 29 mm of rainfall, how many liters of # water must be added? Area = 60 m^2 Evap = 2.35 inch/week Pcpt = 29 mm/week H2O = (Evap - Pcpt)*Area; l/week # **Problem 1.9** # The parking lot of the Spendmore Megamall has an area of 128 ac. # It is partially landscaped to provide some areas of grass. # Assume that an average of 63% of the water that falls on the # parking lot will flow into a nearby drainage ditch, and the # rest either evaporates or soaks into unpaved areas. # If as summer thunderstorm drops 3.23 cm of ran, how many cubic # feet of water will flow into the drainage ditch? Area = 128 acre Pcpt = 3.23 cm Rain_Vol = Area*Pcpt Runoff = 0.63*Rain_Vol; ft^3 # **Problem 1.11** # What mass of water at 15o C can be cooled 1 degree C by the amount # of heat needed to sublime (go from a solid to a vapor state) # 18 g of ice at 0 degrees C? mass_ice = 18 g sublime_constant = 677 cal/g sublime_energy = mass_ice * sublime_constant delT = 1 degCdiff specific_heat = 1 cal/degC/g mass_water = sublime_energy/(specific_heat*delT); g # **Problem 1.13** # At a water elevation of 6391 ft, Mono Lake has a volume of # 2,939,000 ac-ft, and a surface area of 48,100 ac. Annual # inputs to the lake include 8.0 in. of direct precipitation, # runoff from gauged streams of 150,000 ac-ft per year, and # ungauged runoff and groundwater inflow of 37,000 ac-ft per year. # Evaporation is 45 in. per year. # Part A: Input vs. Output lake_area = 48100 acre pcpt_rate = 8 inch/yr evap_rate = 45 inch/yr pcpt_volume = pcpt_rate * lake_area evap_volume = evap_rate * lake_area stream_volume = 150000 acre * 1 ft/yr groundwater_volume = 37000 acre * 1 ft/yr input = pcpt_volume + stream_volume + groundwater_volume outflow = evap_volume # Part B # The lake level will rise over the long term because input is # greater than outflow # Part C # What would be the lake surface area when the inputs # balance the outputs? excess_volume = input - outflow NetEvap_rate = evap_rate - pcpt_rate increase_area = excess_volume/NetEvap_rate NewLakeArea = lake_area + increase_area; acre # Part D # What is the residence time for water in Mono Lake when the # water surface is at 6391 ft? lake_volume = 2939000 acre * 1 ft residence_time = lake_volume/outflow; yr