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Solutions Manual for Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery (5th Edition) by Metcalf & Eddy

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This comprehensive solutions manual provides step-by-step solutions to selected problems from Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery (5th Edition) by Metcalf & Eddy. It covers major topics including wastewater flow and characterization, primary and secondary treatment, activated sludge processes, biological nutrient removal, sludge treatment, energy recovery, and advanced treatment technologies. Ideal for students and professionals in civil, environmental, and chemical engineering, this manual supports mastery of wastewater process design and operational calculations aligned with current sustainability and recovery practices. wastewater engineering solutions, metcalf and eddy 5th edition answers, activated sludge problems, wastewater treatment design, biological nutrient removal solutions, sludge processing calculations, resource recovery systems, advanced wastewater treatment, environmental engineering textbook answers, flow rate and loading problems, aeration and settling tank design, municipal wastewater solutions, sustainability in water treatment, metcalf eddy manual

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, SOLUTIONS MANUAL

Wastewater Engineering:
Treatment and Resource Recovery Fifth
Edition




McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
New York

, CONTENTS
1. Wastewater Engineering: An Overview 1-1
2. Constituents in Wastewater 2-1

3. Wastewater Flowrates and Constituent Loadings 3-1

4. Process Selection and Design Considerations 4-1

5. Physical Processes 5-1

6. Chemical Processes 6-1

7. Fundamentals of Biological Treatment 7-1

8. Suspended Growth Biological Treatment Processes 8-1

9. Attached Growth and Combined Biological Treatment Processes 9-1
10. Anaerobic Suspended and Attached Growth Biological Treatment
Processes 10-1
11. Separation Processes for Removal of Residual Constituents 11-1

12. Disinfection Processes 12-1

13. Processing and Treatment of Sludges 13-1

14. Ultimate and Reuse of Biosolids 14-1

15. Treatment of Return Flows and Nutrient Recovery 15-1

16. Treatment Plant Emissions and Their Control 16-1
17. Energy Considerations in Wastewater Management 17-1
18. Wastewater Management: Future Challenges and 18-1
Opportunities




v

,iii

, 1
INTRODUCTION TO
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
PROBLEM 1-1

Instructors Note: The first six problems are designed to illustrate the
application of the mass balance principle using examples from hydraulics with
which the students should be familiar.

Problem Statement - See text, page 53
Solution
1. Write a materials balance on the water in the tank
Accumulation = inflow – outflow + generation
dV dh
A Q –Q 0
in out
dt dt

2. Substitute given values for variable items and solve for h
dh t
A 0.2 m3 / s – 0.2 1 cos  m3 / s
dt 43,200
A = 1000 m2
t
3. dh 2 x10 4 cos dt
43,200

Integrating the above expression yields:
(43,200) (2 x10 4 ) t
h ho sin
43,200


4. Determine h as a function of time for a 24 hour cycle




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t, hr t, s h, m t, hr t, s h, m
0 0 5.00 14 50,400 3.62
2 7200 6.38 16 57,600 2.62
4 14,400 7.38 18 64,800 2.25
6 21,600 7.75 20 72,000 2.62
8 28,800 7.38 22 79,200 3.62
10 36,000 6.38 24 84,400 5.00
12 43,200 5.00


5. Plot the water depth versus time




PROBLEM 1-2

Instructors Note: The first six problems are designed to illustrate the
application of the mass balance principle using examples from hydraulics with
which the students should be familiar.

Problem Statement - See text, page 53
Solution
1. Write a materials balance on the water in the tank
Accumulation = inflow – outflow + generation
dV dh
A Q –Q 0
in out
dt dt

2. Substitute given values for variable items and solve for h




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dh t
A 0.33 m3 / s – 0.2 1 cos m3 / s
dt 43,200

dh t
A 0.13 m3 / s 0.2 cos m3 / s
dt 43,200

A = 1600 m2
dh t  3
(1600) 0.13 m3 / s 0.2 cos m /s
dt 43,200

3. Integrating the above expression yields:
3
h ho ( 0.13 m / s) t ( 0.2)(43,200) t
1600 1600sin 43,200 m3 / s


Determine h as a function of time for a 24 hour cycle

t, hr t, s h, m t, hr t, s h, m
0 0 5.00 14 50,400 8.24
2 7200 6.44 16 57,600 8.19
4 14,400 7.66 18 64,800 8.55
6 21,600 8.47 20 72,000 9.36
8 28,800 8.83 22 79,200 10.58
10 36,000 8.78 24 84,400 12.02
12 43,200 8.51


4. Plot the water depth versus time




1-3

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PROBLEM 1-3

Instructors Note: The first six problems are designed to illustrate the
application of the mass balance principle using examples from hydraulics with
which the students should be familiar.

Problem Statement - See text, page 53
Solution
1. Write a materials balance on the water in the tank
Accumulation = inflow – outflow + generation
dV dh
A Q –Q 0
in out
dt dt

2. Substitute given values for variable items and solve for h
dh t
A 0.3 1 cos  m3 / s 0.3 m3 / s
dt 43,200

A = 1000 m2
t
dh 3 x10 4 cos dt
43,200
3. Integrating the above expression yields:



(43,200) (3x10 4) t
h ho sin
 
43,200

1. Determine h as a function of time for a 24 hour cycle

t, hr t, s h, m t, hr t, s h, m
0 0 5.00 14 50,400 2.94
2 7200 7.06 16 57,600 1.43
4 14,400 8.57 18 64,800 0.87
6 21,600 9.13 20 72,000 1.43
8 28,800 8.57 22 79,200 2.94
10 36,000 7.06 24 84,400 5.00
12 43,200 5.00




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5. Plot the water depth versus time




PROBLEM 1-4

Instructors Note: The first six problems are designed to illustrate the
application of the mass balance principle using examples from hydraulics with
which the students should be familiar.

Problem Statement - See text, page 53
Solution
1. Write a materials balance on the water in the tank
Accumulation = inflow – outflow + generation
dV dh
A Q –Q 0
in out
dt dt

2. Substitute given values for variable items and solve for h
dh t
A = 0.35 1 +cos  m3 /s - 0.35 m3 /s
dt 43,200

A = 2000 m2
t
dh = 1.75 x 10-4 cos dt
43,200
3. Integrating the above expression yields:




1-5

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