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  • abbreviation million gallons per day

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Examples

  • The plant must also be able to accommodate a peak hourly flow of 130 mgd by 2010 and 170 mgd by 2040.

    Sound Politics: Merry Christmas! 2006

  • By 2040, the plant would be expanded to provide treatment capacity of 54 million gallons per day (mgd).

    Sound Politics: Merry Christmas! 2006

  • When the treatment plant starts operations in 2010, it will have capacity to treat an average of 36 million gallons per day (mgd) of wastewater.

    Sound Politics: Merry Christmas! 2006

  • Two of the reservoirs that are also part of the MWRD's flood control and stormwater overflow system are still being built but the reservoir near O'Hare filled with 350 million gallons of water (mgd) and the Thornton transitional reservoir in the southwestern part of Cook County held 2.25 billion gallons from this weekend's storm.

    Debra Shore: Storm of the Century 2008

  • Million gallons per day (mgd) (Imperial) = 52.615 1/see

    Chapter 7 1980

  • Cubic foot per second (cu. ft/sec) = 0.5382 mgd (Imp.) 0.6463 msd (US)

    Chapter 7 1980

  • The district has ample capacity; fiscal 2011 demand was 31,811 af 28.4 mgd with a peak daily demand at 42.03 mgd and capacity of 70 mgd.

    unknown title 2011

  • The city also owns and operates three water reclamation facilities with a total capacity of 13.0 mgd, well in excess of the average daily flow of 5.3 mgd in fiscal 2010.

    unknown title 2011

  • In 2010, average daily demand was 12.5 million gallons per day mgd, which accounted for 77.6% of total capacity.

    unknown title 2011

  • The district owns and operates the 106 million gallons per day (mgd) R.M. Levy Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and has the ability to increase capacity to 120 mgd if needed.

    unknown title 2011

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