| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What should be the flow capacity of a wastewater treatment plant (flow rate in MGD and GPM) needed handle the discharge from 300,000 people? | 30MGD & 20,833GPM | 67%
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| If the BOD population equivalent is 0.17 pounds of BOD per person, about how many people are contributing their wastewater to the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in problem #2? | 29,435 people | 50%
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| A Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW) has a flow of 3.0 MGD and an influent Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) of 200 mg/L. Find the pounds of BOD in the raw wastewater. | 5,004 lbs/day | 50%
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| The raw BOD of a wastewater treatment plant is 220 mg/L and the effluent BOD is 20 mg/L. Find the percent reduction of BOD. | 90.9% | 50%
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