Evaporation Pond Surface Area

Required Evaporation 3410 bpd

542.1 m3/day

January February March April May June July August September October November December
31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31
Air temperature C 15 15 25 30 35 40 45 30 30 25 15 15
Hours of Daylight 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 14 13 12 11

es (kPa) 1.705 1.705 3.168 4.243 5.623 7.376 9.582 4.243 4.243 3.168 1.705 1.705

Evaporation (mm/day) 1.24 1.50 3.21 4.97 7.51 9.69 14.23 6.61 5.76 3.77 1.79 1.50
Evaporation (in/month) 1.52 1.66 3.92 5.87 9.17 11.45 17.37 8.07 6.80 4.60 2.11 1.84

Pond Surface Area (m2) 436205 360500 168734 109138 72185 55922 38094 81975 94104 143773 302920 360500
Sides of square (m) 660.5 600.4 410.8 330.4 268.7 236.5 195.2 286.3 306.8 379.2 550.4 600.4

Average Pond Surface Area 185337 m2

45.8 acres

Sides of square 431 m

or 4 squares of
215 m
Note : Evaporation based on Hamon's simplified equation