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It was expected that these bubbles would disturb floc blanket formation, permitting more floc particles to leave with the sedimentation column effluent. An increase in effluent turbidity and the appearance of bubbles in the apparatus supported this hypothesis. If AguaClara is considering to build a plant which would traverse altitude drops and climbs, results from this experiment should be considered. Future experiments relating to saturated water in the plant could include bubble removal before floc blanket formation. However, the true effects of saturated air on the experiment cannot be fully determined until the chemical drop waterfall effect is controlled. When chemicals are dropped into the system, such as alum, they create surface bubbles that disturb the system. It is not well understood whether if bubbles created from the hydraulic jump in the chemical dose controller are the potential cause of worsened performance in plate settler effluent or if worsened performance is caused more by the presence of supersaturated air in some plants. -in turn, creates the addition of an unknown amount of bubbles to the amount of bubbles released by the water saturated with air. -