Sanitary Engineering
Tutorial 6
1. A grit chamber is designed to remove particle with a diameter of 0.2mm, specific gravity 2.65, settling
velocity of these particles 0.016 – 0.22 m/sec, depending upon their shape factor. A flow through
velocity of 0.3 m/sec will be maintained by proportioning weir. Determine the channel dimensions for
a maximum wastewater flow of 10,000 m³/day.
2. Design a grit chamber for following data.
Specific gravity of grit particles : 2.65
Dia. of smallest particles to be removed : 0.2 mm
Average temperature : 20°C
Maximum flow : 80 MLD Assume other data if not provided.
3. A sedimentation tank treats 12 MLD sewage flow per day containing 240 mg/L of suspended solids.
The tank removes 65% of the suspended solids. Compute the weight and volume of sludge produced
yearly if moisture content is a) 92% b) 98%.
4. Design a circular sewage sedimentation tank for a town having population of 70,000. The average
water demand is 100 lpcd. Assume that 80% water reaches at the treatment unit and maximum
demand is 1.8 times the average demand. Check surface loading also.
5. Design a rectangular sedimentation tank for given discharge (in Q. No. 4).
6. In a continuous flow sedimentation tank, 3.5m deep, 60 m long, if flow velocity of sewage is
observed as 1.20 cm/sec, what size of particles with specific gravity 2.65 may be effectively
removed? Assume 25°C temperature and kinematic viscosity of water is 0.01 cm²/sec.
7. Calculate the effluent BOD of a two stage trickling filter with following data.
a) Flow = 4x106 liters/day
b) BOD = 250 mg/L
c) Vol. of filter no. 1 = 600 m³
d) Vol. of filter no. 2 = 400 m³
e) Recirculation ratio = 1.5 for both filters.
8. Design a single stage bio-filter to produce an effluent with BOD concentration of 20 mg/L for a flow
of sewage of 4 MLD having BOD of raw sewage 300 mg/L. Assume suitable data.
9. Determine the size of a HRTF (High rate trickling filter) with following data:
a) Sewage flow = 5 MLD
b) Recirculation ratio = 1.5
c) BOD of raw sewage = 230 mg/L
d) BOD removal in primary clarifier = 30%
e) Final effluent BOD desired = 25 mg/L
10. The effluent from PST is applied to a standard rate trickling filter at the rate of 3 MLD having a BOD
of 190 mg/L. Determine the depth and volume of the filter adopting (hydraulic) surface loading of
2000 liters/m².day. Also determine the efficiency of the filter using NRC equation.
11. A municipal waste water having a BOD of 200 mg/L is to be treated by a two stage trickling filters.
The desired effluent is of 25 mg/L quality of BOD. If depth of both of filters is 1.8 m and recirculation
ratio 2:1, find the required filter diameters. Assume, Q = 7560 m³/day and assume that the efficiency of
the first stage is same with the second stage trickling filter.
12. Design a conventional activated sludge treatment plant to treat the domestic sewage with diffused air
aeration with the following data.
Population = 50,000
Per capita sewage flow = 80 liters/day
Settled sewage BOD5 = 200 mg/L
Food/micro-organisms = 0.3
Conc. of microorganisms (MLSS) = 2000 mg/L
13 Design a conventional activated sludge treatment plant to treat the settled domestic sewage with
diffused air aeration system having the following data.
Population = 320,000
Per capita sewage flow = 100 liters/day
Settled sewage BOD5 = 250 mg/L
Effluent BOD5 required = 20 mg/L Assume any other data required.
14. Design an oxidation pond for treating sewage from a hot climatic residential colony with 2000 persons
contributing sewage at the rate of 100 lpcd. The BOD5 of sewage is 300 mg/L.
15. Design an oxidation pond to treat 5000 m³/day of domestic sewage which has a BOD 5 of 330 mg/L.
Assume acceptable BOD5 loading to be 220 kg/day and depth of 1 m.