GATE CE · 2018 · CE
Question 33: Water and Waste Water Quality and Treatment
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Question 33
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A rapid sand filter comprising a number of filter beds is required to produce 99 MLD of potable water. Consider water loss during backwashing as 5%, rate of filtration as 6.0 m/h and length to width ratio of filter bed as 1.35. The width of each filter bed is to be kept equal to 5.2 m. One additional filter bed is to be provided to take care of break-down, repair and maintenance. The total number of filter beds required will be
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GATE CE 2018 · Paper 1
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
- Section
- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Multiple choice (MCQ)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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