A small community with a population of 1,000 has a trucked water supply system that provides water from a lake (3 km from a village). There are 200 houses, one hotel, one hospital, one school, one nursing station, and two general stores in the community and the largest area is about 2,000 m². The total road system in the town is 2 km long. Each house is equipped with a water storage tank of 100 L capacity, with bigger tanks in the other establishments. The average water consumption is 40 Lpcd. It is quite common for winter storms to prevent the trucks from traveling to the lake for up to 3 days. Based on this information, determine

(a) the size of the storage reservoir in the village and

(b) the number of trucks required, if each truck has a 4,000 L tank. The trucks also serve the purpose of providing fire protection. Make any assumption you feel are necessary to complete the assignment, giving reasons for each assumption.