Clarifier Design, MOP FD-8, 2nd Edition

Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with members from varied disciplines who work toward the WEF vision of preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. The WEF network includes water quality professionals from 76 Member Associations in 30 countries.

The WEF Technical Practice Committee (formerly the Committee on Sewage and Industrial Wastes Practice of the Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Associations) was created by the Federation Board of Control on October 11, 1941. The primary function of the Committee is to originate and produce, through appropriate subcommittees, special publications dealing with technical aspects of the broad...

This manual describes all aspects of all kinds of clarifiers and alternative clarifying devices from the perspective of design. In addition to documenting the current state of the art and types of clarifiers and clarifier equipment available, it will provide enough clarifier science to allow the user to make critical assessment and comparison of vendor claims. The manual is intended for designers,...

Based on the procedure of Larsson (1986), the need for clarification area can be predicted from jar settling tests.