A gravity rapid sand filter with an effective size of 0.55 mm and a uniformitycoefficient is 1.2 designed for a water treatment plant of 8000 m³/day at a filtration rateof 120m/day and should not exceed 240 m/day when two filters being backwashed.Determine the following:a) The number and dimension of each filter (L=1.4W).b) The required velocity of wash water required for expanding sand.c) The amount of water required to backwash two filter units for 5 min.

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A gravity rapid sand filter with an effective size of 0.55 ent is 1.2 designed for a water treatment plant of 8000 m /day and should not exceed 240 m/day when two filt me the following: umber and dimension of each filter (L=1.4W). quired velocity of wash water required for expanding s ount of water required to backwash two filter unito

A gravity rapid sand filter with an effective size of 0.55 ent is 1.2 designed for a water treatment plant of 8000 m /day and should not exceed 240 m/day when two filt me the following: umber and dimension of each filter (L=1.4W). quired velocity of wash water required for expanding s ount of water required to backwash two filter unito

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