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HOME Sewage treatment technologies wastewater treatment The wide spectrum of available technologies for the design of sewage treatment plants. The design of sewage treatment plants also called wastewater treatment plants includes several treatment units, typically: Pre-treatment: one or more units for the physical separation of gross solids sand, litter and flotables FAT, oil and grease, etc. . Biological treatment: one or more types of biological reactors in series. Clarification, disinfection and post-treatment of treated wastewater when required . Sludge treatment some sewage treatment plants do not require sludge treatment . There exist numerous types of biological reactors for sewage treatment. They can be classified according to: Process biochemistry: Aerobic process e.g., activated sludge, wastewater maturation ponds, trickling filters, high-rate stabilization ponds . Anaerobic process e.g., anaerobic ponds, UASB-Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactors . Facultative process or mixed e.g., facultative ponds, some constructed wetlands, wastewater reservoirs . Process intensity: Intensive reactors e.g., activated sludge, UASB anaerobic reactors, high-rate trickling filters . Super-Intensive reactors e.g., membrane reactors, activated sludge combined with fixed biomass . Extensive reactors e.g., waste stabilization ponds, wastewater reservoirs, SAT-Soil Aquifer Treatment, constructed wetlands, macrophyte ponds . Semi-intensive reactors e.g., anaerobic ponds, low-energy aerated lagoons, low-rate trickling filters, high-rate stabilization ponds . Operational regime: Continuous flow reactors e.g., continuous flow activated sludge, UASB type anaerobic reactors, trickling filters, stabilization ponds, constructed wetlands, macrophyte ponds . Sequential batch reactors - SBR e.g., sequential batch activated sludge, sequential batch wastewater reservoirs . Pulse reactors e.g., some types of vertical flow constructed wetlands,