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soils; the higher rate applies predominantly to sandy
recommended range be used to estimate the
soils.
sediment volume.
b.
Sediment volume (Vsed).
(1)
Each basin must store the volume of sediment
expected to accumulate between basin
cleanouts. The value used to predict sediment
volume (Vsed) must be based on the expected
vehicle soiling and number of basin cleanings
per year. Heavy soiling can be expected on
vehicles returning from training exercises in
off-road areas that have wet field conditions
(2)
Equation 6-3 can be used to determine to
and cohesive soils. The sediment volume will
predict the total annual sediment volume. If
vary between installations and even within the
dual-cells are provided, each basin will store
installation due to different soil types in the
half of the total sediment volume expected
training areas, training schedules, climate and
over the time period between cleanouts, as-
weather conditions. Table 6-1 lists estimates
suming cells have been evenly alternated.
of the amount of dirt removed from different
Equation 6-4 is used to calculate the required
tactical vehicles each time it is washed. Expe-
basin volume.
rience may indicate that a value outside of this
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