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Nitrate Mass Balance Calculation <br /> Data Input: <br /> Effluent Quantity(Q): 9ga/s/day Concentration Rain (Nb): 1.00mg/L-N <br /> Effluent Stream (N,): 85.00 mg/L-N Denitrification (d): 35.0% <br /> Site Area (A): a49Acres Deep Perc. of Rain (R): 3.30 in/yr <br /> Waste Loading (W): 0.25in/yr <br /> Result: <br /> Mass Balance(N1j: 4.9 mg/L-N <br /> MCL Drinking Water Nitrate as N: 10.0 mg/L-N <br /> Percent of MCL Nitrate as N 49% <br /> Equations: <br /> (W) in = (Q) gal x 1 ft3 x 365 day x 1 acre x 12 in x 1 Find W <br /> yr day 7.48 gal 1 year 43,560 ftz 1 ft (A) acre <br /> 0.25 in/yr(site)=9 gal/day x(1 cu-tt/7.48 gals)x(365 days/1 year)x(1 acre/43,560 sq-ft)x(12 in/1 R)x(1 site/0.49 acres) <br /> N�= WN...(1-d)+RNA, Hantzsche-Fennemore Eouation(Nc) <br /> W+R <br /> 4.85 mg/L-N=((0.25 in/yr x 85 mg/L-N x(1-0.35))+(33 in/yr x 1mg/L-N))/(0.25 in/yr+3.3 in/yr) <br /> Variables: <br /> Nc= Average nitrate-N concentration (mg/1)of combined effluent and rainfall percolate(4.85 mg/L-N). <br /> W = Uniform waste water loading for study area (in/yr) (0.25 inches/year). <br /> Nw =Total nitrate-N concentration of waste water percolate(85 mg/L-N). <br /> d = Fraction of nitrate-N loss due to denitrification in the soil (35%). <br /> R = Uniform deep percolation of rainfall (3.3 in/yr). <br /> Nb = Background nitrate-N concentration of rainfall (1 mg/L-N). <br /> Assumptions: <br /> 1. Total nitrogen concentration of waste stream based on estimate of 85 mg/L-N. <br /> 2. Fraction of nitrate-N loss due to denitrification in the soil is assumed to be 35%. <br /> 3. Estimated deep percolation of rainfall is 3.3 in/yr, see deep percolation of rain worksheet. <br /> 4. Assume background nitrate-N concentration of rainfall is 1 mg/L-N. <br /> NEIL O. ANDERSON <br /> AND ASSOC IATES <br /> Plate 8 <br />