Numerical Sheet For IHWM Lecture 1

Problem 1-Frequency of occurrence

The 4 hr composite data for a pharmaceutical waste effluent are given below:
980,2800,1380,1250,720,8650,7200,2800,2570,1780,3200,3175,3850,2870,2600,2743,
3600,4066,1550,6933,1240,580,710,3410,2910,8300,2950,2230,3325,6000,3100,2500.
1830,3225,2370,1380,2600.
Determine the 10%, 50%, 90% values of COD

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Problem 2-Flow weighted composite sampling

For the given data below calculate volume of composite samples will be required at
each time interval to obtained 6L of composite sample and flow weighted composite
sample
Volume for Flow Weighted
Time Volume
composite sample

(hr) m3 m3

8-10PM 204

10-12N 280.8

12-2 381.6

2-4 362.4

4-6 154.8

6-8 122.4

8-10 258

10-12M 499.2

12-2 544.8

2-4 362.4

4-6 231.6

6-7 258

Sum

Volume of sample for simple composite sample of 6L=

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Problem 3 – Flow weighted composting Sampling
Given the following flow and BOD data, calculate Qavg , Cavg , Cw , and Pollution load
during each time interval .
What volume composite samples will be required at each time interval to obtained 2L of
composite sample and flow weighted composite sample.
Q Volume Pollution
Time Q BOD for FWC Load

hr L/s L/hr mg/L L/hr (kg/hr)

12MN-1 120 153

1-2 100 135

2-3 80 115

3-4 63 103

4-5 56 93

5-6 59 98

6-7 78 115

7-8 11 143

8-9 148 183

9-10 184 227

10-11 190 252

11-12Noon 197 257

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Problem 4- Material balance calculations

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Problem 5- Statistical analysis of data
20 COD measurements were made on a sample. The data is given below in table.
Calculate Mean, median, standard deviation, co efficient of variation and confidence
interval and limit at 95% confidence level.
120,102,94,129,111,91,139,146,136,96,125,131,121,113,143,132,133,143,123,138.

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Problem 6- Statistical Analysis
A series of measurements of replicate analysis on an influent and effluent yielding the
following results for TSS. Calculate standard deviation and coefficient of variation.

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Problem 7- Statistical Analysis
Determine the mean and median concentration for the following measurements of the
effluent BOD of the wastewater treatment plant reported for the month of May;
15,22,10,29,5,16,19,6,28,14, and 17 mg/L

Problem 8- Statistical Analysis ( experimental error)

Laboratory measure process is assessed by randomly entering 27 specimens having a
known concentration of 8 mg/L of NO-3 over a period of two weeks (analyst did not
know) about the assessments) the results were in the order of observations
6.9,7.8,8.9,5.2,7.7,9.6,8.7,6.7,4.8,8,10.1,8.5,6.5,9.2,7.4,6.3,5.6,7.3,8.3,7.2,7.5,6.1,9.4,5.
4,7.6,8.1 and 7.9 mg/L
Determine the experimental mean, median, standard deviation, and coefficient of
variation at 95% confidence level.