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<br /> <br />? <br /> <br />(!;!}CiJfl@f]J fP(Jjf){J{b@CfJtJ <br /> <br />Durwood Drain has a faucet which drips at the rate of 80 drips per minute, If 1000 drips equal one 8-00nce <br />cup, how long will il take for Ihe faucet to leak one gallon of water? How long to leak one cubic foot 01 waler? <br />1000'" 80 ~ 125 min,/cup X 16 cups ~ 200 min./gallon <br />200 min. = 3 hours, 20 minutes <br />200 min, X 7,48 gallons/cu, ft, ~ 1496 min, 124 hours, 56 minutes) <br /> <br />One gallon ~ ~ hours, 20 minutes. One cubic foot =~hours,~minutes, Find a leaky faucel and <br />calculate ilS rate of water loss per day, _ gallons I day. <br /> <br />Now see i1 you can help someone fix the faucet. Check for a worn washer, <br /> <br />Fred Flood has a huge lawn and garden, He uses three hoses fo water his lawn every day, Hose A runs 1 <br />hOur, 15 minutes, Hose B-2 hours and Hose C - 30 minutes. If each hose delivers 650 gallons of water per <br />hOur, how much waler does Fred consume for his lawn every week? <br /> <br />1 hr., 15 min. + 2 hrs. + 30 min. ~ 3 hours, 45 minutes <br />3:45 X 650 gallonslhour ~ 2437.5 gallons/dav <br />2437,5 X 7 ~ 17062,5 gallons/week <br /> <br />17,062,5 gallons per week, <br /> <br />Does Fred need to use so much water? NO Must he water every day?..!!2....... <br /> <br />What factors might affect how much water his lawn and garden require? <br /> <br />I} Rainfall <br />2} Temperature & evaporation <br />3} Soil conditions <br />4) Erosion <br />5) Method of water dispersion <br /> <br />6) Type of vegetation in garden. Native plants <br />require very little water once they are <br />established. <br />7) Time of day Fred waters. <br /> <br />0<>6' <br />:t <br /> <br />How can he water more efficiently and yet use less w2ter? <br /> <br />Fred can analyze the factors listed above and adapt watering practices to maximize water delivery, <br />soil retention and vegetation demand. <br /> <br />Percival Pennypincher keeps a close watch on his water meter, His water bill for October-November showed <br />that he had consumed 6400 cubic fBet of water, How many gallons did he use on the average each day? <br /> <br />6400 cu, ft. X 7.48 gallons/cu, ft. ~ 47,872 gallons/October.November <br />47,872 .,. 61 days ~ 785 gallons/dav. <br /> <br />785 gallons daily average, <br /> <br />Percy's bill for December - January jumped to 12,800 cubic feet but Percival insisted thai he had <br />not used any more water than in October and November. If his claim was correct, what might <br />have accounted for the increase in his consumption? <br />Such an increase is undoubtedly due to an undetected leak. 90% of such leaks in the house are caused <br />by toilets. Some leak il19 toilets are easily noticed by the sight or sound of water running from the <br />water closet into the bowl. Other such leaks are totally silent and invisible, but may be discovered <br />by placing a few drops of food coloring in the water closet. A leak will bring colored water into the <br />bowl in a few minutes. <br /> <br />-7- <br />