Design of Imhoff Tanks (With Diagram) | Sanitary Engineering

In this article we will discuss about the design of Imhoff tanks, explained with suitable diagram. Imhoff tanks are the improvements over the septic tanks. These tanks derive the name ' Imhoff tank' after its inventor Karl Imhoff of Germany. Imhoff tanks are two-storeyed tanks which have large settling tanks and below it are sludge digestion chambers. Fig. 18.6 shows [...]