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waste water treaatment
waste water treaatment
• Turbid….contains faecal matter, pieces of paper, cigarette ends, fruit skins , soaps, match
sticks, vegetable debris…..
• Sewage contains gases like hydrogen sulphide, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide
• Contains bacteria and other micro organisms like algae, fungi, protozoa……..
• Sewage - used water from a community
• Domestic sewage
• Industrial sewage
• Storm water
• Sewerage system- network of sewer pipes in order to carry the sewage from individual houses
to sewage treatment plant
• House sewer
• Lateral sewer
• branch sewer
• Main sewer
• Outfall sewer
Types of sewerage system
• Pumping of sewage
Wastewater Treatment System
Preliminary treatment
• Removal of floating materials from the incoming wastewater.
• Large debris may be removed by screening
• grit and sand are removed by grit chamber
• Oil & grease removed by skimming tanks
Primary treatment
• suspended organic solids are removed by sedimentation.
Secondary Treatment:
• It consists of biological decomposition of organic matter which is carried
out aerobically or anaerobically
Tertiary treatment
• Removes the pathogenic bacteria - chlorination
screens
• Inorganic solids such as pebbles, sand, silt, eggshells, glass and metal
fragments, heavier organics such as bone chips, seeds etc. when collected
together, constitute grit
• Grit chambers are designed to remove all particles of specific gravity 2.65
or more , with a diameter of 0.2 mm
1. Horizontal flow type
• Detention time of 40 to 60 sec is sufficient for a water depth of 1 to 1.8 m
• the horizontal velocity is maintained at approximately 0.25 to 0.3 m/sec
• Length = velocity x detention time
• 2 separate chambers in parallel - one to pass low flow , other to pass high
flow
• Cleaned periodically at about 3 weeks
2. Aerated type
• not only separates larger grit but also very fine sand particles
Skimming tank
• These may enter sewage from kitchens of restaurant, & houses, garages, soap
factories …..
• Rising air tend to coagulate the grease and cause it to rise to the surface