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Question
Answer the following question.
What are ‘flocs’, formed during secondary treatment of sewage?
Solution
Flocs are masses of bacteria associated with fungal filaments and they are helpful in increasing the decomposition rate and they are put in the aeration tank while secondary sewage treatment is in process.
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