In our first lab, we calculated that during a two inch rainstorm, about 88,000 gallons of water fall on the Willet Science Center parking lot. Just to give some perspective, a swimming pool holds about 10,000 gallons of water; so, almost 9 swimming pools of water fell on just that one parking lot! This stresses the importance of having a good drainage system for any sort of construction project. Can you imagine the castastrophe that would result from that much water pooling on that parking lot??
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Volume of Rainfall
In our first lab, we calculated that during a two inch rainstorm, about 88,000 gallons of water fall on the Willet Science Center parking lot. Just to give some perspective, a swimming pool holds about 10,000 gallons of water; so, almost 9 swimming pools of water fell on just that one parking lot! This stresses the importance of having a good drainage system for any sort of construction project. Can you imagine the castastrophe that would result from that much water pooling on that parking lot??
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