19/08/2011E.C.

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Department of Civil Engineering
Assignment on Sewage Disposal and Treatment Max .No of student in group: 10
Program: COTM (regular) Coping from other group earns zero mark‼!
1. Combined sewer was designed to serve an area of 60km2 for the next two decade. The average present
population density of a city is 100,000person per hectare. During the previous consecutive decades the
populations were 86,500person per hectare, 90,500person per hectare, and 95,000person per hectare.
The average rate of sewage flow is 350L/capita/day. The maximum flow is 50% in excess of the average
sewage flow. The rainfall equivalent of 12mm in 24h can be considered for the design, and all of which
is contributing to runoff. The allowable velocity of the sewer is 0.9m/s. To convey the above combined
sewage flow, a steel pipe is buried in a trench of 1.8m wide, is backfilled with dry sand. The top of the
pipe is 3m below the surface of the fill. The pipe passes at right angles under a one lane road which
carries a vehicle whose loading (including impact) consists of two concentrated 900kg loads located at
2m apart transverse to the roadway. γ For dry sand = 1600kg/m3. determined the:-
a) Discharge in the sewer
b) Diameter of the sewer
c) If d/D=0.6, what should be the partial flow depth and its respective hydraulic parameter?
d) What is the stress produced in steel pipe, if its thickness is 1.5cm?

(Hint: - Use geometrical increase method to forecast the population)

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