Ceylon Electricity Board

Dam Safety, Environmental & Civil Structure

Maintanance Branch
Reference

Job Title
Designed
Checked
Job Code

Design of single span portal frame

Jun-2016
S.M.P.K
Date
Jun-2016
S.M.P.K
Date
1
Sheet
Output

Calculation

Design of Septic Tank

for Proposed Housing Scheme,UJPS-Phase II

No of Occupats
Per capita waste water flow
Blackwater
Greywater
All waste

=
=
=

50
150
200

l/p/d
l/p/d
l/p/d

Q1

=
=

300
0.30

l/d
m3/d

Q2

=
=

900
0.90

l/d
m3/d

Average daily flow (blackwater)

Average daily flow (greywater)

persons

Detarmination of Working Capacity of Septic Tank

The working capacity of sepatic tank shall be the sum of volumes required
for setting, sludge digestion and sludge and scum storage.
Blackwater
Time required for setting

ts1

Volume required for settling

Vs1
Vs1

= ts1 x Q1
=
0.50

Time required for sludge

digestion

1.657

days (> 0.2)

m3

td1

= 1853 x T-1.25

td1

=
=

Population equivalent

p1
p1

= Q/0.05
=
6

blackwater

Volume of fresh sludge digestion

qs

m3/p/d

Vd1
Vd1

= qs x td x p1
= 0.109387 m3

Desludging intervals

10.0

years

Volume of digested sludge

0.022

m3/p/year

Vst1
Vst1

= rx p x n
=
1.3

V1
V1

= Vs1 + Vd1 + 1.5Vst1

=
2.59 m3

Ambient Temperature

Volume required for sludge

digestion

Volume required for sludge

storage

Working capacity of septic tank

25
33.15

C
days
o

0.00055

m3

Job Title
Designed
Checked
Job Code

Design of single span portal frame

Jun-2016
S.M.P.K
Date
Jun-2016
S.M.P.K
Date
1
Sheet
Output

ts2

days (> 0.2)

Vs2
Vs2

= ts1 x Q2
=
1.36

Ceylon Electricity Board

Dam Safety, Environmental & Civil Structure
Maintanance Branch
Reference

Calculation

Greywater
Time required for setting
Volume required for settling

Time required for sludge

digestion

1.514

m3

td2

= 1853 x T-1.25

td2

=
=

Population equivalent

p2
p2

= Q/0.15
=
6

blackwater

Volume of fresh sludge digestion

qs2

m3/p/d

Vd2
Vd2

= qs2 x td2 x p2
= 0.198885 m3

Desludging intervals

10.0

years

Volume of digested sludge

r2

0.04

m3/p/year

Vst2
Vst2

= r2 x p2 x n
=
2.4
m3

V2
V2

= Vs2 + Vd2 + 1.5Vst2

=
5.16 m3

Ambient Temperature

Volume required for sludge

digestion

Volume required for sludge

storage

Working capacity of septic tank

25
33.15

C
days
o

0.001

Ceylon Electricity Board

Dam Safety, Environmental & Civil Structure
Maintanance Branch
Reference

Calculation

Job Title
Designed
Checked
Job Code

Design of single span portal frame

Jun-2016
S.M.P.K
Date
Jun-2016
S.M.P.K
Date
1
Sheet
Output