Food loading uses influent substrate:Q S₀=10000(.140)=1400 kg BOD/day. Biomass inventory=VX=1500(3)=4500 kg VSS. F/M=1400/4500=.31111 day⁻¹,or **.31 day⁻¹**. Subtracting effluent BOD would give a removal loading, not the conventional influent F/M.
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