WATER SYSTEMS FOR INTERSTATE SAFETY REST AREAS: QUANTITY AND QUALITY ASPECTS
INTERSTATE SAFETY REST AREA FACILITIES PROVIDE UNUSUAL WATER USE DEMANDS. THE DESIGN OF WATER SYSTEM ELEMENTS CAN BE BASED ON THE PEAK INSTANTANEOUS, MAXIMUM HOURLY, AND MAXIMUM DAILY WATER DEMAND RATES. THE PEAK INSTANTANEOUS DEMAND RATE ESTABLISHES THE REQUIRED PIPE SIZES AND THE CAPACITY OF ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE PUMPS TO THE HYDRO-PNEUMATIC TANKS. THE WATER SOURCE CAPACITY SHOULD BE EQUAL TO THE MAXIMUM DAILY WATER USE RATE WHILE THE REQUIRED STORAGE VOLUMES ARE DETERMINED BY THE MAXIMUM HOURLY USE RATE. WATER AVAILABLE FROM NATURAL SOURCES SUCH AS WELLS IS NOT PURE. NUMEROUS TYPES AND CONCENTRATIONS OF IMPURITIES PRESENT IN THE WATER SUPPLY WILL INFLUENCE THE SUITABILITY OF THE SOURCE. THE NEED FOR BACTERIOLOGICALLY SAFE WATER IS OBVIOUS. OTHER CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS, SUCH AS IRON, MANGANESE, SULFATES, CHLORIDES, NITRATES, AND HARDNESS, MUST BE CONSIDERED IN SELECTION OF A WATER SOURCE. THE ADEQUACY OF THE AVAILABLE WATER QUANTITY AND WATER QUALITY MUST BE CONSIDERED IN THE EARLY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAFETY REST AREA FACILITIES. THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NUMEROUS REST AREA FACILITIES THROUGHOUT EACH STATE WILL DEPEND TO A GREAT EXTENT ON THE STANDARDIZATION OF THE WATER SYSTEMS. THIS DESIGN APPROACH WILL BE PARTICULARLY ADAPTABLE TO THE HYDRAULIC ELEMENTS AND IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO MANY OF THE TREATMENT ELEMENTS OF THE WATER SYSTEM. /AUTHOR/
- Record URL:
-
Supplemental Notes:
- Paper sponsored by Committee on Roadside Development and presented at the 48th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
-
Authors:
- Johnson, Robert L
- Publication Date: 1969
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 39-52
- Monograph Title: Roadside development
-
Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 280
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Demand; Planning; Roadside rest areas; Water; Water quality; Water resources; Water storage
- Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
- Old TRIS Terms: Water demand; Water supply
- Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00204761
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Oct 21 1994 12:00AM