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Consider a well-mixed lake with a mean depth of 1.25 meters and a surface area of 800000 square meters. The lake is situated in an agricultural region where pesticide usage is widespread. The lake receives a pesticide flux from the atmosphere equal to 0.25gm2.day. The influent stream (streamflow =60000m3? day) has a pesticide concentration of 4mgL. The pesticide is present in the lake in two states (adsorbed and dissolved) with a partition coefficient of 0.035m3g. It is known that the dissolved pesticide decays biologically with a rate constant of 0.121? day while the suspended solids in the lake (SS concentration in the lake is 75mgL) protect the adsorbed pesticide from decaying. The suspended solids settle with a velocity of 0.44m? day and the pesticide volatilizes with 0.16m? day.
a) Find the steady state total, dissolved and particulate pesticide concentrations in the lake
b) Find how much pesticide biodegrades, settles, volatilizes and is flushed out.
c) Find the assimilation percentage of the lake
d) Find the 99% response time of the lake.
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