Operation of nutrient removal facilities / Water Environment Federation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Water Environment Federation. Operation of Nutrient Removal Facilities Task Force, author.

Series:

Manual of practice ; Number 37.

WEF manual of practice ; Number 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sewage--Purification--Nutrient removal.

Sewage.

Sewage disposal plants--Management.

Sewage disposal plants.

Sewage lagoons--Management.

Sewage lagoons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlvi, 591 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, Virginia : Water Environment Federation, 2013.

Summary:

This manual is for plant managers, operators, design engineers, and regulators looking to gain a better understanding of fundamental biological and chemical processes that are in use at nutrient removal facilities and the ways that operators may use, monitor, and control these processes to meet their facility's treatment goal.

Contents:

Wastewater consitutents that affect nutrient removal

Nitrification

Nitrification in biofilm reactors

Denitrification

Combined nitrifiying and denitrifying systems

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal

Chemical precipitation of phosphorus

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems

Combined nitrogen and phosphorus removal processes

Optimization of nutrient removal systems

Recycle streams management

Process control using oxidation-reduction potential and dissolved oxygen

Process control, instrumentation, and automation

Laboratory analyses

Case studies-Nitrification and denitrification

Case studies-Enhanced biological phosphorus removal

Appendix A: Optimization and troubleshooting guides.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"Prepared by the Operation of Nutrient Removal Facilities Task Force of the Water Environment Federation."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

1-57278-299-4

1-5231-0303-5