Point Source Dilution

EXAMPLE : Apower plant pumps 27 cfs from a stream, with a flow of 186 cfs. The discharge of
the plant’s ash-pond is 26 cfs. The boron concentrations for upstream water and the effluent
are 0.051 and 8.9 mg/L, respectively. Compute the boron concentration in the stream after
completely mixing.

1: Inputs

Qu = stream flow upstream of the

effluent,
159 cfc

Cu = constituent concentration of
upstream flow
0.051 mg/l
Qe = flow of the effluent
26 cfc
Ce = constituent concentration of the
effluent 8.9 mg/l

2: Design Calculation

Cd completely mixed constituent

concentration downstream of the
effluent, mg/L
1.80082 mg/l