Uttarakhand PMT Uttarakhand PMT Solved Paper-2008

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    In the treatment of waste water discharge, which treatment stage involves biological treatment?

    A)  Primary treatment

    B)  Secondaiy treatment

    C)  Tertiary treatment

    D)  Reverse osmosis stage

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Sewage treatment involves three stages : (i) Primary treatment stage : It removes most of the suspended wastes and includes fragmentation, sedimentation floatation and filtration. (ii) Secondary treatment stage : The sewage is accumulated in aerated tanks, where micro-organism decompose the organic matter. (iii)Tertiary treatment stage : To remove mineral loads, the sewage undergoes additional filtering and chemical. Polluted water is purified by reverse osmosis technique which does not involves biological process.


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