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GATE Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 Shift 1 Solved Paper
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Question : 20
Total: 65
A river has a flow of 1000 million litres per day (MLD). BOD 5 of
5
m
g
/
litre and Dissolved Oxygen (DO) level of
8
m
g
/
litre before receiving the wastewater discharge at a location. For the existing environmental conditions, the saturation DO level is
10
m
g
/
litre in the river. Wastewater discharge of
100
M
L
D
with the BODs of
200
m
g
/
litre and DO level of
2
m
g
/
litre falls at that location. Assuming complete mixing of wastewater and river water, the immediate DO deficit (in mg/litre, round off to two decimal places), is
Your Answer:
Validate
Solution:
For river,
flow rate
=
Q
R
=
1000
M
L
D
B
O
D
5
=
5
m
g
/
I
Dissolved oxygen
=
D
O
R
=
8
m
g
/
I
For waste water,
Flow rate
=
Q
w
=
100
M
L
D
O
B
D
5
=
200
m
g
/
I
Dissolved oxygen
=
D
O
w
=
2
m
g
/
I
D
O
m
i
x
=
D
O
R
×
Q
R
+
D
O
w
×
Q
w
Q
R
+
Q
w
⇒
D
O
m
i
x
=
2
×
100
+
8
×
1000
100
+
1000
=
7.45
m
g
/
I
Now, DOdef
=
DOsat
−
DOmix
=
10
−
7.45
=
2.545
m
g
/
I
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