Annotated Bibliography
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*Casey, J. J., K. O'Donnel, and P.J. Purcell. "Uprating sludge blanket clarifiers using inclined plates." Aqua, 2, 1984:91
This article states that "Large (2.9 m) plates, however, have been shown to be preferable to shorter (1.5 m) plates," even though we have successfully shortened the plates in some of the plants built in Honduras by decreasing the spacing between them.
*Letterman, Raymond D. Water quality and treatment a handbook of community water supplies. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
This article states that for plate settlers, "an effective spacing is about 0.3 m, but no optimization studies are known to have been published." It also claims that plate settlers make no difference, or disrupt the system, which is contrary to what we have seen in the lab.
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