Question: A lake with 1 0 ^ 6 m ^ 3 water is fed by a pristine river having a flowrate of 1 5 m ^

A lake with 10^6 m^3 water is fed by a pristine river having a flowrate of 15 m^3/s. Effluent from a smelting plant is also discharged into the lake, which contains 250 mg/L nickel and is discharged to the lake at 1.5 m^3/s. Dust emitted from the smokestack of the plant also settles back into the lake, at a rate of 0.5 mg/m^2.Nickel is removed from water via sedimentation. Nickel forms insoluble precipitates which settle out of water at a rate (Vs) of 0.5 m/yr. The surface area of the lake is 1 x 10^4 m^2.
Find the steady state concentration of nickel in the lake in mg/L.

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