The hardness of a ground water sample was found to be 420 mg/L as CaCO 3 . A softener containing ion exchange resins was installed to reduce the total hardness to 75 mg/L as CaCO 3 before supplying to 4 households. Each household gets treated water at a rate of 540 L/day. If the efficiency of the softener is 100%, the bypass flow rate (expressed in L/day) is _________

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The hardness of a ground water sample was found to be 420 mg/L as CaCO₃. A softener containing ion exchange resins was installed to reduce the total hardness to 75 mg/L as CaCO₃ before supplying to 4 households. Each household gets treated water at a rate of 540 L/day. If the efficiency of the softener is 100%, the bypass flow rate (expressed in L/day) is _________

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