FLOW-PROPORTIONAL TEMPORAL COMPOSITE SAMPLES

To be used in conjunction with the book:

Assessment of treatment plant performance and water quality data. A guide for students, researchers and practitioners
Marcos von Sperling, Matt Verbyla and Silvia Oliveira
IWA Publishing (2019)
Note: this spreadsheet is for didactic purposes only. The authors and IWA Publishing have no responsability in case there are problem

Fill-in cells in yellow. The other cells are for calculations and results.

Desired volume of the flow-proportional composite sample (mL): 1000

Total number of aliquots (select a number between 3 and 24): 12
140
Volume of each aliquot (mL), if sample were not flow-proportional: 83
120

Volume of each aliquot (mL)

Ratio of the flow rate to Volume of each
`Aliquot Number Flow rate (L/s) the average flow rate aliquot (mL) 100
1 1.2 0.416 35 80
2 2.4 0.832 69
3 3.7 1.283 107 60
4 4.3 1.491 124
5 3.8 1.318 110 40
6 3.3 1.145 95 20
7 3.1 1.075 90
8 3.7 1.283 107 0
9 3.2 1.110 92 0
10 2.5 0.867 72
11 2.0 0.694 58
12 1.4 0.486 40

Average flow rate (L/s): 2.9

Average flow rate (m3/d): 249.12

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140 Volume of aliquotes in composite samples 5

4.5
120
Volume of each aliquot (mL)

4
100 3.5

Flow rate (L/s)

80 3
2.5
60 2
40 1.5
1
20
0.5
0 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Aliquot Number
Volume of each aliquot (mL) Flow rate (L/s)