GATE CE 2015 Set 2 — Question 60

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In a wastewater treatment plant, primary sedimentation tank (PST) designed at an overflow rate of 32.5 m3/day/m232.5\text{ m}^3/\text{day}/\text{m}^2 is 32.5 m32.5\text{ m} long, 8.0 m8.0\text{ m} wide and liquid depth of 2.25 m2.25\text{ m}. If the length of the weir is 75 m75\text{ m}, the weir loading rate (in m3/day/m\text{m}^3/\text{day/m}) is __________.
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