Sediment Removal Efficiency of Settling Basins
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 125, Issue 5
Abstract
Experimental investigations have been carried out on the sediment removal efficiency of settling basins. Laboratory data on removal efficiency from the present and earlier studies were first used for checking the accuracy of the existing empirical and analytical methods for determination of the sediment removal efficiency of settling basins. The existing relationships were not found to yield satisfactory results over the whole range of data. Therefore, reanalysis of these data was done and a new relationship developed. The effect of continuous flushing of a sediment-water mixture from the settling basin on its removal efficiency was also studied through analysis of experimental data.
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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 125 • Issue 5 • October 1999
Pages: 308 - 314
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Received: Oct 2, 1997
Published online: Oct 1, 1999
Published in print: Oct 1999
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