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What is the purpose of a Parshall Flume?
What is the purpose of a Parshall Flume?
- To mix and aerate the wastewater
- To evenly distribute incoming flow to a plant with multiple primary clarifiers (correct)
- To treat raw sewage before it enters the treatment facility
- To measure the flow rate of wastewater
Can a weir be used as a flow measuring device?
Can a weir be used as a flow measuring device?
- Only for small-scale treatment facilities
- Yes (correct)
- No
- Only in industrial wastewater treatment
What would inefficient grit removal tend to cause in raw primary sludge?
What would inefficient grit removal tend to cause in raw primary sludge?
- Decrease in pH level
- Increase in pH level
- Decrease in percent volatile solids (correct)
- Increase in percent volatile solids
Where are proportional weirs usually located?
Where are proportional weirs usually located?
What is the purpose of comminution in wastewater treatment?
What is the purpose of comminution in wastewater treatment?
In the given scenario, what is the flow rate in MGD if a grit chamber is 2 feet 4 inches wide, with 8 inches deep flow at a velocity of 1.6 ft per second?
In the given scenario, what is the flow rate in MGD if a grit chamber is 2 feet 4 inches wide, with 8 inches deep flow at a velocity of 1.6 ft per second?
What is the purpose of a Parshall Flume?
What is the purpose of a Parshall Flume?
Can a weir be used as a flow measuring device?
Can a weir be used as a flow measuring device?
What would inefficient grit removal tend to cause in raw primary sludge?
What would inefficient grit removal tend to cause in raw primary sludge?
Where are proportional weirs usually located?
Where are proportional weirs usually located?
What is the purpose of comminution in wastewater treatment?
What is the purpose of comminution in wastewater treatment?
If a grit chamber is 2 feet 4 inches wide, with 8 inches deep flow at a velocity of 1.6 ft per second, what is the flow rate in MGD?
If a grit chamber is 2 feet 4 inches wide, with 8 inches deep flow at a velocity of 1.6 ft per second, what is the flow rate in MGD?
