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Plate settlers can easily have a capture velocity that is 1/10th the upflow velocity. Thus it might be possible to design plate settlers for an upflow velocity of 2 to 10 mm/s and a capture velocity of 1 mm/s. The 1 mm/s capture velocity would capture the same flocs that are normally captured by an AguaClara floc blanket. This semester, the plate settler team will focus on designing different plate geometries to concentrate the floc blanket and increase floc size. Some designs to potentially look into are porous and zigzag plates, which will be stuck lie in the floc blanket.