Civil Engineering - Waste Water Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Waste Water Engineering - Section 3 (Q.No. 48)
48.
Water content of sewage is about
90%
95%
99.9%
9.9%.
Answer: Option
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Raju said:   9 years ago
Wastewater from your shower, bathtub, washing machine, dishwasher, kitchen sink and toilet is all considered sewage - it isn't just from the toilet.

Therefore, the sewage is actually 99.8% water.

SUNILMEENA said:   7 years ago
Domestic sewage is slightly more than 99.9 percent water by weight. The rest, less than 0.1 percent, contains a wide variety of dissolved and suspended impurities.
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Heera said:   6 years ago
Chemically, the sewage consists of approximately 99% water and 1% inorganic and organic matter in suspended and soluble forms.

Balveer Singh said:   9 years ago
1000 ltr of water sewage is 1 kg so the percentage of water is 99.90%.

Baloch said:   9 years ago
For 1000 liters of sewage, 1.0 kg solids, i.e rest 99.99% is water.

Naveen Singh yadav said:   6 years ago
Water Content of sewage is about 99.90%& solid matter 0.1%.
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OPSE AEE said:   6 years ago
Water content of sewage is about 99.9% and 0.1% solid matter.
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YLNAYR said:   8 years ago
It should be 99.9%.

How come sewage has 90.1% solids?

Sachin said:   1 decade ago
Water content of sewage is about 99.99%.

KWAME OWUSU said:   8 years ago
Thank you, it's helpful to me.


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