(a) Elaborate various types of water carriage system with advantages…

Previous year question for Waste Water Engineering.

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(a) Elaborate various types of water carriage system with advantages and disadvantages of each.

(b) The drainage area of a town is 20 hectare. The classification of the surface of its area is as follows:

Percentage of total surface area | Type of surface | Runoff coefficient

25 | Hard pavement | 0.85

25 | Roof surface | 0.80

15 | Unpaved street | 0.30

25 | Garden and lawns | 0.15

10 | Wooden area | 0.10

If the time concentration for the area is 30 minutes, find the maximum runoff. Use the following formula for intensity of rainfall: $R_i = 900 / (t + 60)$

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