Answer:
(a)In the secondary treatment of
waste water, when BOD of sewage has reduced, the effluent is passed into
setting tank. Here, the bacterial floes settle and the sediment is called
activated sludge.
A small part of the sludge is used as an
inoculums in the aeration tank and the remaining part is passed into large
tanks called anaerobic sludge digesters. That's why activated sludge should
have the ability to settle quickly.
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