Question: 1 ) Consider a shore intake structure located along a riverbank. There are two rectangular openings in the intake structure. Each opening is 5 feet

1) Consider a shore intake structure located along a riverbank. There are two rectangular openings in the
intake structure. Each opening is 5 feet wide and 10 feet deep. Each opening is protected with a coarse bar
screen constructed of 12-inch thick steel bars oriented vertically with a 2-inch open space between each
bar. There are 25 bars and 24 openings in each coarse bar screen.
a) When the water depth at the entrance to the coarse screens is 8 feet, the total flow entering the
intake structure through the two openings is 72 million gallons per day (mgd). Determine the velocity
through the open space between bars of the coarse bar screens in feet per second (fps).
b) Using the maximum recommended velocity between bars of 2 fps , determine the total allowable flow
in cubic feet per second (cfs) through the two openings in the intake structure if the depth of water at
the entrance to the coarse screens is 9 feet.
2) Consider a grit tank that is L=125 feet long and W=25 feet wide. The water depth D is 13 feet and the
depth of freeboard is 3 feet. The flow Q passing through the tank is 45 million gallons per day (mgd).
a) Determine the flow Q in gallons per minute (gpm).
b) Determine the surface overflow rate SOR in gallons per minute per square foot (gpmft2).
c) Determine the detention time td in minutes.
d) Determine the horizontal flow velocity vhoriz in feet per minute (fpm).
Solve Question 1 and Question 2
1 ) Consider a shore intake structure located

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