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. Soils contaminated below the tank is in the shape of a rectangular prism as shown in the figure. The contaminated groundwater occupies an area in the shape of a rectangular pyramid as shown in the figure. Soil density: 1800 Kg/m3 Porosity: 0.30 Contaminant concentration in soils: 1950 mg/Kg Contaminant concentration in groundwater: 145 mg/L Amount of contaminant present in the groundwater is most nearly (kg): Volume of a rectangular pyramid = base area x height / 3