Civil Engineering - Water Supply Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Water Supply Engineering - Section 1 (Q.No. 46)
46.
If four fires break out in a city of population 40 lakhs and if each hydrant has three streams and duration of each fire is four hours, the total quantity of water required, is
1880 kilo litres
2880 kilo litres
3880 kilo litres
4880 kilo litres.
Answer: Option
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Discussion:
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Smh said:   7 months ago
3168 is right; stream discharge is 1100 l/min.

Rajashekar said:   3 years ago
3180 kilolitres is the correct answer.

B.Singh said:   3 years ago
Given- Number of places- 4 nos.


Population- 40 Lakhs.
Duration- 4 hr.

No. of steams- 3 nos (Discharge of each steams= 1000 L/minute).

Solution :
Total Quantity of water required = 4(places) X 3(steams) X 1000 (L/min) X 60 X 4 (hours)
= 2880000 Liters.
= 2880 kilo-liters.
(10)

Abhishek Raaz said:   4 years ago
Use IS code formula 100* √(P).

P in thousand.
ans>2000kl.
The correct answer 2880.
(1)

Vaishu said:   6 years ago
Answer is 3168 kilolitres.

Sangamesh said:   7 years ago
Discharge 1100 L/min is correct.

Vikram said:   8 years ago
According to me, 3168 kilolitres is the correct answer.

Vrinda said:   8 years ago
Does 3 streams means 3 cumecs?

Ashish said:   8 years ago
Discharge of each stream will be 1100 L/m.

Navi said:   8 years ago
Discharge of each stream should be taken as 1100 ltr/min.


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