An ideal horizontal flow setting tank having a plan area of 800 m2 is used for settling of solids in water flowing at a rate of 32000 m3/day. Assuming stokes law to be valid, the percentage removal of spherical sand particles of 0.018 mm diameter with a specific gravity 2.7 is (Take νwater = 1.01 × 10-2 cm2/s)
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