Design of slow filtration tank

Assume there is an average of 4 person per door and the table below is used,

*taken from http://www.ccwater.org.uk/

Total volume of water needed for the community;

Total volume=74 doors

litres
day

33300

450litres
day

33.3 m
day

Take the total volume needed as 35m3/day in order to provide more water for the
community.
So, the tank is required to be able to produce 50m 3/day. The typical slow sand
filtration velocity is only about 0.4m/hr.

Surface rea of filter =

Q
V

m
day 1 day

m 24 hrs
0.4
hr
35

3.65 m

Assume that the tank is a cube;

Length of thetank= 3.65 m

1.91m
2m

The total volume of water produced by filtration process in one hour is:

Q=V A
2m

m
0.4
hr
2

m
1.6
hr

Since the tank is a cube, the height should be of 2m. So, the under drainage
system will be 300mm height and the upper drainage will be 600mm height.

Total height =0.6 m+ 0.6 m+ 0.5 m+ 0.3 m=2m

Inflow
from
water
pump

Upper
drainage
system

0.3
m

0.6
m

Filter Media

0.5
m

Base
Materials

0.6
m

Under
drainage
system

Outflo
w to
storag
e tank