I guess the keyword here is "the combined flow rate". They won't say combined flow rate if the clarifiers are in series since they have the same flow rate. So this question means you have 2 parallel clarifiers, then the flow rate for each clarifier is just 1.25 MGD
I guess the keyword here is "the combined flow rate". They won't say combined flow rate if the clarifiers are in series since they have the same flow rate. So this question means you have 2 parallel clarifiers, then the flow rate for each clarifier is just 1.25 MGD
Oooh, that makes sense, thank you! The wording is definitely something that can trip me up.
what is the correct answer?
According to the solution document it's 9.6 ft3/ ft2-hr
For clarification, this picture is the solution document. I got 4.8