Wastewater Treatment Academic Computer Center污水处理学术计算机中心.pptVIP

Wastewater –Its Journey to Treatment and Return to the Environment ESI Where does it all go! Why treat wastewater? Causes a demand for dissolved oxygen (lower DO levels of streams) Adds nutrients (nitrate and phosphate) to cause excessive growth Increases suspended solids or sediments in streams (turbidity increase) Levels of Treatment Primary removal by physical separation of grit and large objects (material to landfill for disposal) Secondary aerobic microbiological process (sludge) organic matter + O2 ? CO2 + NH3 + H2O NH3 ? NO3- lowers suspended solids content (into sludge) Levels of Treatment continued Tertiary (advanced) anaerobic microbiological process with a different microbe where O2 is toxic (more sludge) NO3- ? N2 (escapes to atmosphere) PO4-3 if not removed in sludge in secondary process PO4-3 + Al+3 ? AlPO4 (s) (into sludge) - aeration to strip N2 and re-oxygenate (add DO) When the treatment is done… Effluent back to stream after a final carbon filtration and chlorination/dechlorination Sludge – very nutrient rich applied directly to land as fertilizer incinerated (good fuel after drying) composted (Compro? from WSSC) * Where does the water from the washer go? When you flush the toilet where does the contents go? By gravity flow, the waste is on its way to your local wastewater treatment plant! Western Branch WWTP Blue Plains WWTP Mattawoman WWTP Sewagesheds Piscataway WWTP Parkway WWTP Marlboro Meadows WWTP Bowie WWTP approximate boundaries - an area where sewage is collected and delivered to a WWPT Where do you locate the WWTP in the watershed? A B C D Consider the four possible sites. The volume of wastewater PGC 1992 Comprehensive Ten Year Water and Sewerage Plan aquatic nutrient Mostly dead microbes Aeration and rapid mixing Settling collects sludge on bottom Secondary process air diffuser From primary process To tertiary process Slow mixing to keep suspended and O2 out Settling collects sludge on bottom