Question: To remove hardness from 5 8 0 mg / L as CaCO 3 to 8 0 mg / L as CaCO 3 , how much

To remove hardness from 580 mg/L as CaCO3 to 80 mg/L as CaCO3, how much ion exchange resin (capacity of 8 meq/gram of resin) would be needed for a city of the size of Peoria (assume a population of 150,000 and 400 lpcd) on a daily basis? How much would it cost for the treatment assuming $200 per m3 of resin used (assume density of resin is 1.3 g/cc)?

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