Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

Congratulations GregLocock on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

equalization basin sizing

Thread starter umrcheme
Start date May 14, 2004

Status: Not open for further replies.

May 14, 2004

umrcheme

Chemical

I am sizing an equalization basin for a 0.35 mgd wwtp and have obtained the theoretical value. All the literature I have read says to increase that value by 10 to 40%. Any ideas on how one goes about determining that number? Also, at what point should we consider aeration of the basin?