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Title
Wastewater Math
Description
Formula Flash cards
Total Cards
30
Subject
Mathematics
Level
Professional
Created
02/21/2013
Cards
Term
Velocity, in ft/sec =
Velocity is distance traveled over time.
Definition
Example
What is the velocity in feet /sec. if a stick travles a 240 foot channel in 120 seconds?
Term
Definition
Example
(2 ft/sec.) (3 ft2) = 6 ft3 (cubic feet)/second
Term
Change
Cubic feet per second
(ft3/sec )
to
gallons per minute
(gpm)
Definition
Example
Term
Detention Time =
This is the time, it theoretically takes a drop of water to travel from the inlet to the outlet of a tank
or treatment or piping system.
Definition
Example
10000 gallon tank ÷ 500 gal/min =
Note * The detention time can be in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Your flow units must be the same as the unit of
time your are using for your detention time. So if you are looking for hours then your flow should be in gal/hr.
Term
Pounds Formula
This formula is used to find the pounds of chemical needed to maintain a partticular parts per million or miilgram per
liter of a chemical of 100% purity at a fixed flow in million gallons per day or to find the pounds of solids in an areation
basin, or the pounds being wasted in a WAS flow in MGD with a known WASss
lbs/day or lbs
Definition
Example
A plant has an Influent flow of .500MGD and an influent TSS of 200 mg/L. How many pounds of TSS come
into the plant daily?
Term
Definition
Total Flow, gal./day ÷ length of weir , in feet
Example
Your plant has an Influnet flow of 0.250MGD and a RAS flow of 50% of influent flow. The clarifier is 50 feet in diameter with a weir around the
250000gpd ÷ 157 ft
1592.4 gal./day/ft of weir
Term
This refers to the amount of Solids being sent from the Aeration basin to the Clarifier in the
activated sludge process.
Definition
EXAMPLE:
What is the solids loading of a 50 ft. diameter clarifier if your MLSS is 2600 mg/L and you Inf. flow is
.500MGD and you RAS flow is .250MGD ?
Q + R
16263 lbs./day
1962.5 ft2
8.3 lbs./day/ft2
Term
Definition
EXAMPLE
What is the hydraulic loading of a 50 ft. diameter clarifier if your Inf. flow is .500MGD and you RAS flow is
.250MGD ?
Q + R
750,000 ÷ 1962.5 =
382 gpd/ft2
Term
Definition
EXAMPLE
What is the Organic loading on a trickling filter 50 ft. in diameter and 8 feet deep, with a P.E. CBOD5 of 125
mg/L, and a flow of .350MGD ?
365 lbs./day
16 /1000 ft3
23 lbs./day/1000 ft3
Term
Definition
EXAMPLE
What is the soluble CBOD5 of a P.E. with the following make up, CBOD5 of 125 mg/L , a TSS of 150 mg/L and
a K factor of 0.6 ?
Term
Definition
EXAMPLE
An RBC has three units in parallel, each measures 10 feet in diameter and 15 feet long. The INF. Flow is
0.350 MGD and the INF. soluble CBOD5 is 45 mg/L.
Term
SVI, in mL/gm=
SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX
THIS IS A CALCULATION THAT REPRESENTS THE TENDANCY OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE SOLIDS (AERATED SOLIDS)
TO THICKEN AND BECOME CONCENTRATED DURING THE SEDIMENTATION PROCESS.
Definition
(Settled Sludge Volume / Sample Volume(Settleometer result), mL/L ÷ MLSS concentration in mg/L) X
(1000mg ÷ gram)
EXAMPLE
What is the SVI if the MLSS is 3500 mg/L and the Settleometer is 450 mL/L?
129 mL/gm
Term
SDI =
*Sludge Density Index - used to calculate the settlability of Activated Sludge in a
Secondary Clarifier. Similar to the SVI.
Definition
100
SVI
EXAMPLE
The SDI of a sludge going to a secondary clarifier with a SVI of 129 mL/gm is?
100 ÷ 129
.78 SDI
Term
Definition
Tank volume, in Million Gallons MG X 8.34 lbs./gal. X MLSS mg/L, (for aeration), or TSS mg/L (for other
tanks)
EXAMPLE
What is the solids inventory of an aeration basin that is 0.750 MG with a MLSS of 4500 mg/L?
28147.5 lbs
Term
Definition
EXAMPLE
What is the sludge age in days of an activated sludge plant with the following data, aeration tank volume
of 0.500MG and an MLSS of 3200 mg/L, an influent flow of 0.350MGD and an influent TSS of 165 mg/L ?
27.7 days
Term
* used to calculate the ration between the incomming food (CBOD5) and the microorganisms in the aeration
basin (MLVSS).
**MLVSS is the organincs in the aeration basin and is a measure of the microorganism mass. It is sometimes
expressed as a percentage of the MLSS
Definition
EXAMPLE
Given an Ilfluent Flow of 0.450MGD, an Ifluent CBOD5 of 225 mg/L,an Aeration Tank with a volume of 0.350MG, and a
MLVSS of 1975 mg/L.
Term
**It uses a solids inventory that may or may not take into account the level and concentration of the clarifier
blanket.
Definition
EXAMPLE
41700 ÷ 2610.75
15.9 or 16 days
Term
WAS, lbs./day =
*used to figure out the amount of solids (in pounds) that need to be wasted to maintain the MCRT
Definition
EXAMPLE
A plant with a 0.500MG aeration tank and an MLSS of 4500 mg/L , an INF. Flow of 0.350MGD and an EFF. TSS
of 1.2 mg/L, and a MCRT of 8 days. How many pounds need to be wasted per day?
{( 0.500MG X 8.34 lbs./gal. X 4500 mg/L)÷ (8 days)} - ( 0.350MGD X 8.34 lbs./gal. X 1.2 mg/L)
Term
*Calculates the amount the WAS flow need to be adjusted in MGD, a positive number means an increase if the
flow, a negative number indicates a decrease in the flow rate is required.
Definition
EXAMPLE
A plant has a 0.750MG aeration basin and an MLSS of 4500 mg/L, and a WAS TSS of 11500 mg/L. How much would the WAS flow need to be changed to
(28147.5-25020)÷ 95910
3127.5 ÷ 95910
Term
*used to calculate the flow rate of RAS based on the results from the Settlometer in mL/L and
to maintain that rate of settling.
Definition
Example
Your plant has an influent flow of 1.500 MGD and you settleometer result is 400 mL/L. What should your RAS
flow rate be ?
600 ÷ 600
1.000 MGD
Term
Definition
Example
A town of 2500 has wastewater pond 1000 feet long and 2000 feet wide, what is the population loading on
this pond?
2500 ÷ 45.9
54.5 or 55 persons/acre
Term
*This is the volume in acre feet and not to be confused with volume in gallons.
Definition
Example
What is the volume in acre feet (ac-ft) of a pond 250 ft. long and 300 ft. wide and 6 ft. deep?
10.2 ac-ft
Term
* This formula will calculate pond volume in gallons given the ac-ft of the pond.
Definition
Example
14,988,124 gallons
Term
Definition
Example
2.000MGD X 1000000 =
61.4 ac-ft/day
Term
Definition
Example
What is the detention time in days of a pond that is 300 feet long 400 feet wide and 8 feet deep and gets a
flow of 2.500 MGD?
[(300 ft X 400 ft X 8 ft) ÷ 43560 ft2/ acre] ÷ [(2.500 MGD X 1000000) ÷ (7.48 gal./ft2 X 43560 ft2/acre)]
2.9 days
Term
Definition
Example
What is the organic loading of a 40 acre pond with a ifluent flow of 0.750 MGD and an influent CBOD5 of 250
mg/L ?
39.1 lbs./day/acre
Term
POND
Hydraulic Loading Rate, inches/day =
Definition
Example
What is the hydraulic loading in inches/day for a 55 acre pond with flow of 10 ac-ft/day?
Term
Definition
EXAMPLE
What is the weight in pounds of 0.025MGD of a 16% solids sludge?
3336000 ÷ 100
= 160,000 mg/L
Term
Definition
Example:
Your palnt has an Influent flow of 0.300MGD and a RAS flow of 50% of the influent flow, the clarifier has a
diameter of 100 feet. What is the Surface Loading of this clarifier?
450000gpd
7850 ft2
57.3 gal./day/ft2
Term
Efficency, % =
Definition
EXAMPLE
What is the efficency of removal for CBOD5 for a plant with an Influent CBOD5 of 250 mg/L and
an Effluent CBOD5 of 3.5 mg/L?
0.986 X 100%
98.6% Efficency
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