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Inlet Zone
Outlet Zone
Settling Zone
V
Q
Q
V
0
h
0
V
s
0
V
V
i
h
i
V
si
Sludge Zone
V
s
0
V
si
= Settling Velocity of Particle 0
= Settling Velocity of Particle
i
Fig. 11-1.
Ideal sedimentation basin (From Culp, Gordon, and Williams, Robert,
Handbook of Public Water Systems.
Copyright
1986
by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
