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Old 07-02-2008, 03:55 PM
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How Much Water?
I want to add a wash-rack for cars next to my home shop, I need to excavate an area to be filled with gravel to catch and percolate the waste water, in order to calculate the excavation area I need to know how much water will fit in a cubic foot after it is filled with 3/4" drain rock?
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Fill a 1 gallon jar with water and then fill it with 3/4 inch rock. Then pour out the remaining water into a measure and you will have your answer. Simple soil science.
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Old 07-03-2008, 09:24 PM
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Orchard Ex is an unknown quantity at this point
And then multiply by 7.48?
(7.48 gal per cubic foot)
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No. You would divide by 7.48
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Orchard Ex is an unknown quantity at this point
So if you poured out .25 gal out of your 1 gal jar, you divide .25 by 7.48 and get .033 gals per cubic foot?
Or multiply .25 gals by 7.48 to get 1.87 gals per cubic foot?
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