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.
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Titun said:   9 years ago
How 1000 lit/min is taken? @Amlan Ghosh.

Amlan Ghosh said:   1 decade ago
Total quantity of water required = No of fires x Discharge x Time of each fire.

= 4 x (3 x 1000) x (4 x 60) = 2880000 liters = 2880 kilo liters. (where, 1000 liters/minute is discharge of each stream).
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Punati said:   1 decade ago
Could anyone help me to solve this problem?


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