Tie process-water balance to active chemical dose, prepared-solution volume, day-tank capacity, and fresh-versus-recycled water assumptions.
Use as a checklist, not an automated design workflow. Complete and verify each calculation independently. Only explicit carry-forward links move a compatible value; all other inputs remain your responsibility.
What this workflow covers
Tie process-water balance to active chemical dose, prepared-solution volume, day-tank capacity, and fresh-versus-recycled water assumptions.
This 6-step checklist is intended for environmental engineer. Confirm each linked calculator's units, formula, assumptions and operating limits before using the result in a project decision.
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Sequence Execution
1
Plant Water Balance Calculator
Determine total plant water requirement, recycled water return from thickeners/tailings dam, and fresh makeup water intake.
WORKFLOW INSTRUCTION:Establish the process-water flow and recycling assumptions before setting a chemical feed rate.
2
Wastewater Hydraulic Retention Time
Scope-limited calculation
Calculate wastewater hydraulic retention time and daily basin turnover from design flow and effective liquid volume.
WORKFLOW INSTRUCTION:Check effective basin volume, hydraulic retention time, and daily turnover against the treated wastewater flow.
3
Water Treatment Chemical Dosing
Scope-limited calculation
Calculate active chemical mass, prepared solution mass, and dosing-pump volume from water flow, target dose, concentration, and solution density.
WORKFLOW INSTRUCTION:Convert water flow, target active dose, solution concentration, and density into active mass and dosing-pump volume per day.
4
Sedimentation Tank Sizing
Scope-limited calculation
Estimate clarifier surface area, equivalent circular diameter, water volume, and hydraulic detention time from flow, surface overflow rate, and depth.
WORKFLOW INSTRUCTION:Screen clarifier surface area, equivalent diameter, volume, and detention time from the treated flow and selected surface overflow rate.
5
Rectangular Tank Volume & Capacity
Scope-limited calculation
Calculate full and filled capacity for a rectangular tank from internal dimensions and fill percentage.
WORKFLOW INSTRUCTION:Check the available day-tank capacity and declared fill level against the solution consumption rate.
6
Freshwater vs Recycled Water Ratio
Calculate water circuit recycling ratio and annual freshwater expense savings.
WORKFLOW INSTRUCTION:Document fresh-versus-recycled water demand and keep the treatment-dose basis tied to the actual treated stream.