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Wastewater Management. Why ?. Why are we concerned about wastewater?. Public Health Protection Waterborne diseases Environmental Protection Our lands and waters Aesthetics Smells, odors, flies, etc. Public Health is #1 Issue. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Wastewater Management
Why ?
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Why are we concerned aboutwastewater?
Public Health Protection Waterborne diseases
Environmental Protection Our lands and waters
Aesthetics Smells, odors, flies, etc.
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Public Health is #1 Issue
In developing countries, 60% of children do not reach 6 years old.
Due to improper wastewater management, and thus
Contaminated drinking water
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Wastewater Contains…
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ConventionalMunicipal Wastewater
High population density areas
miles and miles of sewer pipes collect and transport wastewater and all its components to a “central” treatment plant
Treatment consists of settling of solids, and biological treatment
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Treatment plants consist of:
Screens (to remove large solids)Clarifiers (or sedimentation basins)Biological Treatment
Trickling FiltersAerobic Treatment Systems (activated sludge)
Digestors (where microbes degrade solids)
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Screens
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Clarifiers (for settling)
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Solids removed, but…dissolved carbon material remains
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Dissolved Carbon (BOD)is removed biologically
microbes
Carbon + O2 >>>> CO2 + H2O + MOREmaterial Microbes
This is what purifies the water.
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Trickling Filters
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Microbes are attachedto solid surfaces
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These treatment processes in big treatment plants correspond to onsite systems
Screens ……………………Effluent FiltersClarifiers ………………… Septic TanksDigesters ………………… Septic TanksBio. Treatment (TF) …….. Soil Disposal
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Septic Tanks and Effluent Filters(Clarifier/Digester/Screens)
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In-Ground Disposal (bio-treatment)like a trickling filter …creates a biomat
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Biomat
Is made up of microbes feeding on wastes and solids in the disposal trench
Will quickly clog a “tight” soilCan be minimized if solids are kept in tank
and wastes are removed (treated) prior to disposal
Thus, the reason for alternative treatment systems
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More FoodMore Microbes
• Biomat = microbes growing in the bottom of the trench (trench-soil interface)
• Organic loading important (food)– 1 gallon of ww per ft2
– 5 gallons of ww per ft2
• Sidewall of Trench???
• Wide or Narrow trenches??
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Alternative (or Advanced) Systems
• Typically more complex, and engineered• Used to alleviate problems….
– High water table– Poor soils– Public Health Risk
Usually a biological treatment mechanism used to……. a. biodegrade the organic wastes in wastewaer b. protect public health c. protect the environment…when soils cannot provide treatment or disposal
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Treatment Alternatives(performance-based)
• Aerobic Treatment Units (ATUs)– Suspended Growth Processes
• Attached Growth (Packed Bed) Systems– Peat– Sand Filters– Constructed Wetlands– Foam– Etc.
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Disposal Alternatives
• Mounds
• Pressure dosing
• Drip disposal
• Etc.
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Treatment System Facts
• Treatment removes fecal coliform by 96%+• Reduces Public Health risk
• Treatment systems replace soil treatment• A necessity in poor or non-existent soils
• Treatment can enhance infiltration by up to 7x• No biomat formation, enhances clay soil disposal