wastewater

A 6.2-million-gallon-per-day plant produces 3,000 pounds per day of dewatered digested secondary sludge. The dewatered sludge is at a concentration of 18 percent thickened sludge. The final compost product has a moisture content of 28 percent. Find the total pounds of compost that must be recycled to produce an initial mixture moisture of 50 percent. Round to the nearest whole number. 1. 5,033lb/d 2. 4,961lb/d 3. 4,364lb/d 4. 4,455lb/d