A water treatment plant has a sedimentation basin of depth 3 m, width 5 m, and length 40m. The water inflowW rate is 500 m^3/h. Find the removal fraction of particles having a settling velocity of 1.0 m/h. (Consider the particle density as 2650 kg/m^3 and liquid density as 991 kg/m^3)

A water treatment plant has a sedimentation basin of depth 3 m, width 5 m, and length 40m. The water inflowW rate is 500 m^3/h. Find the removal fraction of particles having a settling velocity of 1.0 m/h. (Consider the particle density as 2650 kg/m^3 and liquid density as 991 kg/m^3)

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