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    The sewage treatment process involves primary and secondary treatment stages. In primary treatment, large solids are screened out and grit and suspended solids settle and are removed. In secondary treatment, biological processes further break down organic matter. The activated sludge process uses air and sludge containing bacteria to break down organic matter in an aeration tank, then settles excess bacteria before disinfection and discharge.

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    Sewage Treatment Process

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    The sewage treatment process involves primary and secondary treatment stages. In primary treatment, large solids are screened out and grit and suspended solids settle and are removed. In secondary treatment, biological processes further break down organic matter. The activated sludge process uses air and sludge containing bacteria to break down organic matter in an aeration tank, then settles excess bacteria before disinfection and discharge.

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    The sewage treatment process involves primary and secondary treatment stages. In primary treatment, large solids are screened out and grit and suspended solids settle and are removed. In secondary treatment, biological processes further break down organic matter. The activated sludge process uses air and sludge containing bacteria to break down organic matter in an aeration tank, then settles excess bacteria before disinfection and discharge.

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    The sewage treatment process involves primary and secondary treatment stages. In primary treatment, large solids are screened out and grit and suspended solids settle and are removed. In secondary treatment, biological processes further break down organic matter. The activated sludge process uses air and sludge containing bacteria to break down organic matter in an aeration tank, then settles excess bacteria before disinfection and discharge.

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    Sewage Treatment Process

    Earlier scenario
    • Sewage was dumped into waterways, a natural process of purification
    began
    • The sheer volume of clean water in the stream diluted wastes.
    • Bacteria and other small organisms in the water consumed the
    sewage and other organic matter, turning it into new bacterial cells;
    carbon dioxide and other products
    TWO BASIC STAGES IN THE TREATMENT OF
    WASTES
    • Primary : solids are allowed to settle and removed from wastewater
    • Secondary : uses biological processes to further purify wastewater.
    Primary Treatment
    • As sewage enters a plant for treatment, it flows through a screen,
    which removes large floating objects such as rags and sticks that
    might clog pipes or damage equipment
    • it passes into a grit chamber, where sand, and small stones settle to
    the bottom

    (A grit chamber is particularly important in communities with


    combined sewer systems where sand or gravel may wash into sewers
    along with storm water)

    *Grit chambers are long narrow tanks that are designed to slow down
    the flow so that solids such as sands eggshells will settle out of the
    water.
    • Sewage still contains organic and inorganic matter along with other
    suspended solids
    • These solids are minute particles that can be removed from sewage in a
    sedimentation tank.
    • The suspended solids will gradually sink to the bottom, where they
    form a mass of solids called raw primary biosolids.

    (Bio solids are usually removed from tanks by pumping, after which it
    may be further treated for use as a fertilizer, or disposed of in a land fill
    or incinerated)
    Secondary Treatment
    • After effluent leaves the sedimentation tank in the primary stage it
    flows or is pumped to a facility using the trickling filter and the
    activated sludge process.
    (A trickling filter is simply a bed of stones from three to six feet deep
    through which sewage passes)
    • Bacteria gather and multiply on these stones until they can consume
    most of the organic matter.
    • The cleaner water trickles out through pipes for further treatment.
    From a trickling filter, the partially treated sewage flows to another
    sedimentation tank to remove excess bacteria.
    ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS
    • The trend today is towards the use of the activated sludge process
    instead of trickling filters.
    • The activated sludge process speeds up the work of the bacteria by
    bringing air and sludge heavily laden with bacteria into close contact
    with sewage.
    • After the sewage leaves the settling tank in the primary stage, it is
    pumped into an aeration tank, where it is mixed with air and sludge
    loaded with bacteria and allowed to remain for several hours .
    • During this time, the bacteria break down the organic matter into
    harmless by-products.
    • The sludge, now activated with additional billions of bacteria and
    other tiny organisms, can be used again by returning it to the aeration
    tank for mixing with air and new sewage.
    • From the aeration tank, the partially treated sewage flows to another
    sedimentation tank for removal of excess bacteria.
    • To complete secondary treatment, effluent from the sedimentation
    tank is usually disinfected with chlorine before being discharged into
    receiving waters

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