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Shown below are the results of water quality analyses of the Thames River in London. If th...

Shown below are the results of water quality analyses of the Thames River in London. If the water is treated with 60.00 mg/L of alum to remove turbidity, how much alkalinity will remain? Ignore side reactions with phosphorus and assume all the alkalinity is .

Thames River, London

Constituent

Expressed as

Milligrams per liter

Total hardness

CaCO3

260.0

Calcium hardness

CaCO3

235.0

Magnesium hardness

CaCO3

25.0

Total iron

Fe

1.8

Copper

Cu

0.05

Chromium

Cr

0.01

Total alkalinity

CaCO3

130.0

Chloride

Cl

52.0

Phosphate (total)

PO4

1.0

Silica

SiO2

14.0

Suspended solids

 

43.0

Total solids

 

495.0

pHa

 

7.4

aNot in mg/L.

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