QUESTION $21$

A new development is planned for a community, but it is in watershed adjacent to the watershed served by the existing wastewater treatment plant. To transport the wastewater to the wastewater treatment plant, a lift station is needed to pump the wastewater over a ridge to an existing interceptor in the existing collection system. The interceptor has sufficient capacity for the estimated $4\mathrm{.}6$ MGD peak flow from the new development.

A$.$ If the lift station designed for the development will have three identical pumps, then each pump will have a minimum capacity in gallons per minute of most nearly:

a$)1,065$

b$)1,597$

c$)3,194$

d$)4,600$

a$)1065$

b$)1597$

d$)4600$

$q,$ c$)3194$