Recommendations

SALUTAR anaerobic filter Sedimentation tank stilling walls Lamellar settling modules Rectangular section trough Conventional settling tank: triangular weirs at the edges of the settled water troughs Conventional settling tank: horizontal flow velocity

Decantador: taxa de aplicação superficial

Loading rate

Input data

Incoming flow

Settling tank width (a)

Settling tank length (b)

Output data

Flow

Hydraulic superficial loading rate

Description

Given the water flow to be treated, the number of settling tanks and their dimensions, calculates the hydraulic superficial loading rate.

References

ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE NORMAS TÉCNICAS (1992). NBR 12216 - Projeto de estação de tratamento de água para abastecimento públco; procedimento. Rio de Janeiro. 18p.