An impurity in a water stream at a very small concentration is to be removed in a charcoal trickle bed filter. The filter is in a cylindrical column that is 2 ft in diameter, and the bed is 4 ft deep....

An impurity in a water stream at a very small concentration is to be removed in a charcoal trickle bed filter. The filter is in a cylindrical column that is 2 ft in diameter, and the bed is 4 ft deep. The water is kept at a level that is 2 ft above the top of the bed, and it trickles through by gravity flow. If the charcoal particles have a geometric surface area to volume ratio of 48 in.1 and they pack with a porosity of 0.45, what is the flow rate of water through the column, in gpm?