A slow leak from an underground storage tank has contaminate…
A slow leak from an underground storage tank has contaminated both the soil and the groundwater as shown below. Soil contaminated above the groundwater table (in the shape of a rectangular prism): Volume: 30 m3 Soil density: 1800 Kg/m3 Porosity: 0.3 Contaminant concentration: 850 mg/Kg Soil contaminated below the groundwater table (note: groundwater plume is in the shape of a cone): Volume: 2500 m3 Porosity: 0.3 Contaminant concentration in groundwater: 3500 mg/L Note: 1 m3 = 1000 L Amount of contaminant present in the groundwater is most nearly (Kg):