GATE ES · 2024 · ES
Question 54: Principles of water chemistry
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Question 54
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An industry discharges 2 million liters per day (MLD) of wastewater with a temperature of 45°C and a pH of 2, whereas the neighboring industry produces 3 MLD of wastewater with a temperature of 30°C and pH of 8. If both the wastewaters are mixed and carried through a pipeline, then the resultant pH of mixed wastewater is ______ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
Neglect buffering capacity of the system and the temperature effect on pH.
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GATE ES 2024 · Paper 1
Environmental Science and Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Environmental Science and Engineering
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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