Your community is drawing 1000 gallons of water per day from your municipal aqui

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Your community is drawing 1000 gallons of water per day from your municipal aquifer , which currently contains an estimated 10,000,000 gallons of water . You have determined that there is no recharge occurring to this aquifer. How long will it take in (years) for your community to deplete this aquifer? Show your work please . Your community is drawing 1000 gallons of water per day from your municipal aquifer , which currently contains an estimated 10,000,000 gallons of water . You have determined that there is no recharge occurring to this aquifer. How long will it take in (years) for your community to deplete this aquifer? Show your work please .

Explanation / Answer

Given,the rate of withdrawal of water = 1000gallons/day

Total capacity of the aquifer = 10,000,000 gallons.

Given,that aquifer has got no sources of recharge,so,

Time taken to deplete the aquifer= volume of water in aquifer /withdrawal rate

= 10,000,000/1000= 10000days=10000/365= 27.39 years

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