theres a power plant in our area that consumes "230 Million gallons" of water a minute, what size body of water has that much water in it, like would that be an olympic size pool, im just trying to relate to how much water that is in something i can relate it to
2007-07-27 11:35:46 · 8 answers · asked by gopackgo51 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
An olympic size pool is 25 meters X 50 meters X 2 meters (minimum). Therefore, it holds 250,000 liters or 660,430.128 US gallons. That would mean that this power plant consumes 348.25 olympic size swimming pools per minute.
Another way to think of this is "How many swimmers does it consume per minute?" Tom Jager, American swimmer, holds the worlds record for the 50 meter freestyle of 21.81 seconds set in 1990. Considering there are 8 swimmable lanes in an olympic size pool that would mean that if there were swimmers in the pools then this power plant would consume 7,664 fast swimmers per minute.
2007-07-27 11:53:42 · answer #1 · answered by Jim B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not consuming it. It is using that water to cool its generators and to make the steam for power. The water comes out again warner but still water.
It is not like a plant that makes soup by adding a gallon of water to a gallon of concentrate. The water is not gone. So clear that thought from your head.
An Olympic pool uses maybe 640,000 gallons of water. That means 40 pools like that use 270 million gallons. But the pool keeps that water and does not return it to the river or the lake. It just stays getting dirtier and dirtier until it is pumped out to run down a street drain somewhere. Now that is water waste.
2007-07-27 18:44:29 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the pet store and ask to see an empty 100 gallon fish tank. Then 'think about that 'size' and divide the 230 million into 100 gallon 'chunks.' ... that should make it 'easier' for you to 'understand and cope with' the 'large amounts of water' that power plant uses. The power plant doesn't use it up though ... the water 'flows through' the turbines and out the other side ... it's 'used' but also still 'avaliable' to drink, play in, wash in, etc.
2007-07-27 18:41:21 · answer #3 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In US, 1 gallon = 3.79 liters
So 230:000. 000 gallons = 871,700,000 liters
1m^3 = 1,000 liters
So you have 871,700 m^3 of water (per minute)
If you want to compare that quantity with the size of a pool, lets suppose a pool with a average of 3m of depth, and 3 times longer than its with.
871,700/3 = 290, 567 m^2 = surface of the pool
Surface (3x1)= 3xm * 1xm = 3x^2m^2
290,567 m^2 = 3x^2m^2
290,567 = 3x^2
290,567/3 = x^2 = 96,856
x = 311.22
So your pool will be: L = 934 mts = 1,020 yards
W = 312 mts = 340 yards
D = 3 mts = 3 yards
2007-07-27 19:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by robertonereo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 cubic foot = 7.48051945 US gallons. Therefore, 230 million gallons = 230000000/7.48051945 and works out to somewhat over 30 million cubic feet.
If you have a typical one story house that's 40 feet long, 30 feet wide, with rooms 10 feet tall, you have a house with 12000 cubic feet.
230 million gallons (30 million cubic feet) would flood 30000000/12000 = 2500 houses completely full, enough to be able to drown the entire population of a city of 10,000 people.
2007-07-27 22:01:05 · answer #5 · answered by Boots McGraw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, a gallon is about 8.9 ounces, which is about 240ml
So that's about a size of a tall milk bottle bottle
So imagine it is the amount of water to fill up 230 million milk bottles
2007-07-27 18:42:13 · answer #6 · answered by KK 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Niagara falls or mead lake
2007-07-27 18:41:19 · answer #7 · answered by Earth to Mars 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lake winnebago GO PACK!!!!!
2007-07-27 18:38:43 · answer #8 · answered by Wolfpack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋