A system of rapid sand filters are designed to cater to a population of 2 million with an average demand of 200lpcd. Backwashing is done daily for 30min and it consumes 5% of filtered water each day. Design loading rate onto the filters is 5000- 0-1/2/h. m Taking a peak factor of 2 for the water demand, the surface area requirement for the treatment of water is
A system of rapid sand filters are designed to cater to a population of 2 million with an average demand of 200lpcd. Backwashing is done daily for 30min and it consumes 5% of filtered water each day. Design loading rate onto the filters is 5000- 0-1/2/h. m Taking a peak factor of 2 for the water demand, the surface area requirement for the treatment of water is
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Transcribed Image Text:A system of rapid sand filters are designed to cater to a population of 2 million with an
average demand of 2001pcd. Backwashing is done daily for 30min and it consumes 5%
of filtered water each day. Design loading rate onto the filters is
1
5000/h.
m
Taking a peak factor of 2 for the water demand, the surface area requirement for the
treatment of water is
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