Question: A lake with 5 x 1 0 8 m 3 water is fed by an upstream river having a flowrate of 2 0 m 3

A lake with 5 x 108 m3 water is fed by an upstream river having a flowrate of 20 m3/s. Effluent from a wastewater treatment plant is also discharged into the lake. The only source of phosphorus coming into the lake is effluent from the wastewater treatment plant, which carries 10 mg/L phosphorus and is charged to the lake at 0.4 m3/s. Phosphorus is removed from water via two pathways:
Phosphorus is taken up or removed by algae at a rate of 0.2 mg/m3-day.
Phosphorus forms insoluble precipitates with Ca2+, Mg2+ and Fe3+ and the precipitates settle out of water at a rate (vs) of 10 m/yr. The surface area of the lake is 1 x 108 m2.
What is the steady state concentration of phosphorus in lake?

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