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A treatment plant has one grit chamber that receives a peak flow rate of 0.300 m3/s....

A treatment plant has one grit chamber that receives a peak flow rate of 0.300 m3/s. Find the length of the grit chamber if 80.0% of the grit is to be removed. Assume that the grit settles at 15.2 mm/s and that the chamber will be 1.50 m wide by 1.00 m deep.

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