Wells drilled by a nonprofit called Water for South Sudan use a pump that can provide up to 5,500 gallons of water per day. Use

Question

3 years ago

10

Wells drilled by a nonprofit called Water for South Sudan use a pump that can provide up to 5,500 gallons of water per day. Use

this total amount to calculate the following:
How many gallons per day per person could the well produce for a village with a population of 850 if every gallon went to domestic use?

Engineering

1 answer:

Soloha48 [4] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-11T19:15:02+03:00

Answer:

6.47 gallon per person per day

Explanation:

Given

The total amount of water available for domestic use is 5500 gallon

Let us consider that the entire available water goes to domestic use.

The total population of the village is 850.

The amount of water available to each villager is

$\frac{5500}{850}\\6.47$ gallon per person per day