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This document contains examples of solved problems related to waste water treatment (sewage treatment). It includes the design of a rectangular sedimentation tank for a city with a maximum daily water demand of 12 million liters. It also provides an example of calculating the surface overflow rate, detention time, horizontal velocity, and outlet weir loading rate for rectangular settling tanks treating 1,900 cubic meters over 12 hours. A third example provides data for an activated sludge treatment plant and asks to calculate the aeration period, food to microorganism ratio, percentage efficiency of BOD removal, and sludge age.

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This document contains examples of solved problems related to waste water treatment (sewage treatment). It includes the design of a rectangular sedimentation tank for a city with a maximum daily water demand of 12 million liters. It also provides an example of calculating the surface overflow rate, detention time, horizontal velocity, and outlet weir loading rate for rectangular settling tanks treating 1,900 cubic meters over 12 hours. A third example provides data for an activated sludge treatment plant and asks to calculate the aeration period, food to microorganism ratio, percentage efficiency of BOD removal, and sludge age.

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ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Solved problems for waste water treatment (sewage treatment)

Question 1. Design a suitable rectangular sedimentation tank (provided with mechanical


cleaning equipment) for treating the sewage from a city provided with an assured public water
supply system, with a maximum daily demand of 12 million liters per day. Assume suitable
values of detention period and velocity of flow in the tank. Make any other assumptions,
wherever needed.
Example 1:- Two rectangular settling tanks are each 6 m wide, 24 m long and 2.7 m deep. Each
is used alternately to treat 1900 m3 in a 12-h period. Compute the surface overflow (settling) rate,
detention time, horizontal velocity, and outlet weir loading rate

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ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Solved problems for waste water treatment (sewage treatment)

Example 2:-
An average operating data for conventional activated sludge treatment plant is as follows:
 Wastewater flow, Qo = 35000m3/d
 Volume of aeration tank, VL = 10900m3
 Influent BOD, So = 250mg/l
 Effluent BOD, S = 20 mg/l
 Mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS), Xo = 2500mg/l
 Effluent suspended solids, Xe = 30mg/l
 Waste sludge suspended solids, Xu = 9700mg/l
 Quantity of waste sludge, Qw = 220m3/d
Based on the information above data, determine:
a) Aeration period (hrs)
b) Food to microorganism ratio (F/M) (kg BOD per day/kg MLSS)
c) Percentage efficiency of BOD removal
d) Sludge age (days)

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ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Solved problems for waste water treatment (sewage treatment)

(d) Sludge age in days is given by

Example 4:-

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INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Solved problems for waste water treatment (sewage treatment)

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