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Traditional Secondary Treatment
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Trickling Filter – effluent pumped through overhead sprayer onto filter bed, where
microbial biofilms aerobically decompose organic material
Aeration Tank (Activated Sludge) – primary effluent is pumped into tank with activated
sludge (bacteria-rich slurry) and oxygen is pumped into mixture to promote bacterial
growth/decomposition of organic material. Sludge from secondary clarifier is recycled
back into the aeration tank as a source for activated sludge.
VIRUS REMOVAL FROM FIVE
TREATMENT TRAINS: ALL RECEIVING
SIMILAR WASTEWATER
Ammonia 1 -2 26 - 28
Nitrate 4-5 <1
Kjeldahl 2-5 30 - 40
Total N 5-9 30 - 40