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The document outlines calculations for rainwater harvesting from various rooftop areas and rainfall amounts. It includes examples of determining rainfall in centimeters, calculating potential water harvest from different roof sizes, and designing a rainwater harvesting system for a household. Key results show that specific roof areas can yield significant volumes of rainwater, emphasizing the importance of runoff coefficients and storage requirements.

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Problems On Module-3

The document outlines calculations for rainwater harvesting from various rooftop areas and rainfall amounts. It includes examples of determining rainfall in centimeters, calculating potential water harvest from different roof sizes, and designing a rainwater harvesting system for a household. Key results show that specific roof areas can yield significant volumes of rainwater, emphasizing the importance of runoff coefficients and storage requirements.

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1) In a rain water harvesting system the rainwater from your roof of 22 x 20 metre drains

into a cylindrical tank having diameter of base 2 metres and height of 3.5 metres of the tank
is full find the rain for in centimeters

L=22m
B=20m
D=2m
R=D/2
h=3.5m
volume of a tank= π r 2 h =22/7*12*3.5=11m3=11000lt
area of the roof is given by =length x breadth=22*20=440m2
rainfall can be calculated as
Rainfall = volume of the tank/ area of roof =11/440 = 0.025m
Hence rainfall in centimeters is 2.5cm.

2) A rooftop with the area of 200 metre square experience a rainfall of 500mm. How much
rainwater in litre can be harvested from the roof

A=200m2
Rainfall=500mm
Rain water in litre can be harvested from the roof =?
volume = area x rainfall = 200 x0.5=100m3
[1m3=1000lt] therefore 100x1000lt = 100000lt
so therefore 1,00,000 litres of rainfall can be harvested from the roof

3) A community building with a roof area of 300 m2 receive an average annual rainfall of
600 millimetre. The runoff coefficient is 0.9 calculate the total annual rainwater harvested

roof area=300 m2
rainfall=600mm
runoff coefficient=0.9
therefore total annual rainwater harvested=300*600*0.9=162000lt = 162 m3

4) Design a rain water harvesting system for a small design house with the following data
roof area=150 m2
average annual rainfall=1000mm
run off coefficient=0.8
storage tank capacity: Tank should store rainwater to meet the household needs by 3 months. the
daily water requirement of the household is 5ltr

Total rainwater harvested = roof area x annual rainfall x run off coefficient
= 150 x 1000 x 0.8 =120000lt = 12 m3

The household require 500 litre per day. The storage tank should hold enough water for 3
months
Require storage volume = 500 x 90 = 45000lt = 45m3.

5) A residential roof in basavanagudi Bangalore has an area of 150 m2 the average annual
rainfall in basavanagudi is 750 mm. if 80% of rain water can be collected and stored. how
many litres of rain water can be harvested annually

Area = 150 m2
Rainfall = 750mm =0.75m =0.75 m2 x 1000lt/ m2=750lt/ m2
Total rainwater collected =150 x 750 =112500lt
collection efficiency= 80%
= 112500lt x 0.8 =90000lt
Approximately 90,000 litre of rain water can be harvested annually from the roof

or
rain water harvested= Area x rainfall x 80% of rain water
= 150 x 750 x 0.8 = 90000lt

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