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Imagine that a polluter starts dumping sodium chloride into Lake Charles at a rate of 1413.7...

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Imagine that a polluter starts dumping sodium chloride into LakeCharles at a rate of 1413.7 kg per day, that the backgroundconcentration of NaCl in the lake was 8.3 ppm, and that theresidence time of NaCl in the lake is 3.5 years. After 5 years, theEnvironmental Protection Agency catches on and turns off thissource of NaCl. What would be the maximum concentration of NaCl inthe lake? Please give your answer in ppm. Lake Charles has a volumeof 1.8*107 m3.

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The residence time of NaCl is 35 year So anything added before 15 year will not be there in the lake at the end of 5 th year So we need to calculate amount of NaCl added after 15 year which means we need to    See Answer
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