Sewerage and Sewage TreatmentBabbitt, Harold E. (Harold Eaton)
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Sewerage and Sewage Treatment
Babbitt, Harold E. (Harold Eaton)
Sewage disposal; Sewerage
=46. Quantity of Sewage.=—The remaining work in the computation of the
quantity of sewage is best kept in order by a tabulation. Table 19 shows
the computations for the sewers discharging from the east into manhole
No. 142. The computation should begin at the upper end of a lateral,
continue to a junction, and then start again at the upper end of another
lateral entering this junction. Each line in the table should be filled
in completely from left to right before proceeding with the computations
on the next line. In the illustrative solution in Table 19, computations
for quantity have not been made between manholes where it was apparent
that there would be an insufficient additional quantity to necessitate a
change in the size of the pipe.
In making these computations the assumptions of quantity and other
factors given below indicate the sort of assumptions which must be made,
based on such studies as are given in Chapter III. The density of
population was taken as 20 persons per acre, the assumption being based
on the census and the character of the district. The average sanitary
sewage flow was taken as 100 gallons per capita per day. The per cent
which the maximum dry weather flow is of the average was taken as _M_ =
500⁄_P_^⅕, in which _P_ is the population in thousands. The per cent is
not to exceed 500 nor to be less than 150. The rate of infiltration of
ground water was assumed as 50,000 gallons per mile of pipe per day.
In the first line of Table 19, the entries in columns (1) to (6) are
self-explanatory. There are no entries in columns (7) to (10), as no
additional sewage is contributed between manholes 3.5 and 3.4. In column
(11), 2250 persons are recorded as the number tributary to manhole No.
3.5 in the district to the north and west. These people contribute an
average of 100 gallons per person per day, or a total of 0.346 second
foot. This quantity is entered in column (13). The figure in column (14)
is obtained from the expression _M_ = (500)⁄_P_^⅕. Column (15) is .01 of
the product of columns (13) and (14). Column (16) is the product of the
length of pipe between manholes 3.5 and 3.4, and the ground water unit
reduced to cubic feet per second. Column (17) is the sum of column (16),
and all of the ground water tributary to manhole 3.5, which is not
recorded in the table. Column (18) is the sum of columns (15) and (17).
No new principle is represented in the second and third lines.
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