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AREA (acre)
DEPTH (ft) 1 2 3 Average AREA (acre)
(manually)
1416 0.000069 0.000089 0.000049 0.000069 0.000231
1 4 1
1418 0.000227 0.000227 0.000227 0.000227 0.0004158
3 3 3 3
1420 0.000454 0.000464 0.000504 0.000474 0.0006776
6 5 0 4
1422 0.000820 0.000761 0.000761 0.000780 0.001263
3 0 8
1424 0.001255 0.001162 0.001225 0.001213 0.001833
2 6 7
1426 0.001512 0.002322 0.001966 0.001934 0.002710
SAMPLE OF CALCULATIONS
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Area = 1.5 c m
2
acre
= 1.5 c m 0.000154 cm
2
= 0.000231 acres
Volume of reservoir is obtained by calculating the area under the graph of Depth against Area
(using planimeter) .
1410
1415
1420
1425
1430
1435
Volume of reservoir =
( 1416+1418 ) ( 0.1 ) + ( 1418+1420 ) ( 0.3 ) + ( 1420+1422 )( 0.3 )+ ( 1422+1424 )( 0.4 ) + ( 1424+1426 )( 0.7 )+ (1426+ 142
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