Question

The City of Macon due to the population growth, the city plans to add an oxidation pond to help to treat the wastewater. You are assigned to figure out the land requirement for this pond. Using the following data,

The average 0.15 pounds per person per day where the wastewater is to be treated.

Population is 15,000.

The primary treatment removes 40% of the total BOD.

It has been found that one acre of surface area will stabilize 30 pounds of BOD per day without creating a nuisance of objectionable odors.

(Read question carefully; do not just plug into the formula)

Answer 1