A wastewater treatment plant that treats wastewater to secondary
treatment standards uses a primary sedimentation process followed
by an activated sludge process composed of aeration tanks and a
secondary clarifiers.
This problem focuses on the activated sludge process.
The activated sludge process receives a flow of 15 million
gallons per day (MGD).
The primary sedimentation process effluent has a BOD5 concentration
of 180 mgBOD5/L (this concentration is often referred as S). Before
flowing into the activated sludge process, the primary...