UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS

Question 1

MGD

Million Gallons Per Day

How to convert GPMs to GPMs

Answer 1

694 gpm’s

Minutes in 24 hours = 1,440

Divide MGD/ 1440 to get GPMs

1,000,000/1440 = 694.44 gpms

Question 2

Slope

Expressed as a decimal

Answer 2

1% slope would be expressed

as .01

Question 3

What does 1 cubic foot equal to in gallons?

Answer 3

7.48 gallons

Question 4

How many gallons in 1 liquid barrel?

Answer 4

42

Question 5

How much does one gallon of water weight?

Answer 5

8.34

Question 6

1 mg/l =

Answer 6

1 ppm, parts per million

Question 7

How many gallons does one cubic foot of water contain?

Answer 7

7.48 gallons

Question 8

What does one cubic foot of water weigh?

Answer 8

62.427 lbs.

One gallon of water weighs 8.3453 lbs

One cubic foot of water contains 7.48 gallons.

8.3453 lbs x 7.48052 gallons = 62.427 lbs

Question 9

1 uh/L =

Answer 9

1 ppb

Parts per billion

Question 10

1 mile = how many feet?

Answer 10

5,280 ft

Question 11

How many square feet in one acre?

Answer 11

43,560 sq feet

Question 12

1 acre foot = how many gallons?

Answer 12

325,829 gallons

Question 13

How many minutes in 24 hours

Answer 13

1440

Question 14

1 PSI = ___ ft

Answer 14

2.31 ft

Question 15

1 PSI = ____ in Hg

Mercury

Answer 15

2.04 Hg

Question 16

1 in Hg = _____ ft

Mercury

Answer 16

1.13 ft

Question 17

1 CFS = ____ gpm’s

Answer 17

449 gpm’s

Question 18

1 bpm = ____ gpm’s

Answer 18

42 gpm’s

Question 19

1 Atmosphere = ____ PSI or ______ feet of water.

Answer 19

14.7 PSI

34 Feet of water

Question 20

1 Atmosphere = ____ bar

Answer 20

1 bar

Question 21

TDH =

Answer 21

PSI X 2.31
—————
S. G.

Question 22

PSI =

Answer 22

TDH x S. G
—————-
2.31