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

Smh said:   7 months ago
3168 is right; stream discharge is 1100 l/min.


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