Abstract
Analysis of optimum pond depths on the basis of minimum cost for the same bacterial removal efficiency were presented. The cost function depends on pond performance, C/ C 0. However, except in the case of dispersed flow ponds, the pond performance has no effect on optimum pond depths. The optimum depths are the same for plug flow, and for completely mixed flow ponds. The optimum pond depth increases with a decrease in the ratio of cost of excavation to cost of land. It also increases with increasing die-off rate constant in the dark, k d, but decreases with increasing light mortality constant, k s.
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