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Is there a method to determine the runoff for arid areas in developing countries?
If you're talking precipitation, basic emphasis is
ONE inch of rain over an US Acre of land is roughly equivalent to 27,154 US Gallons (102,788 Liters). Because Arid soils tend not to absorb huge ...
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Passive raw water intake design (dirty stream)
The best intake solution I have seen used is the Aquashear intake based on the Coanda effect.
The water rushes over the top and some sticks to the bars and drops while the rubbish carries on.
I saw it ...
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Passive raw water intake design (dirty stream)
Best strategy is a progressive sieve filter.
Uses mesh various sizes to capture progressively smaller matter. The bigger filters catch debris that's easy to dispose of without knocking whole filter ...
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