Determine the size of the application area.
Acres needed = [(Daily wastewater flow (mgd) x 365 (days/year) x 36.8 (acre inch/m gal)/ Total hydraulic load (inches/year)]
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| Wastewater from the 28 homes in the community of Wilson, Ohio, has been treated and stored in two one-acre facultative lagoons since 1990. During the summer months the treated wastewater is distributed by gravity though a flood irrigation system into three acres of woodlot. |