Constituents of Water and Wastewater

Given a wastewater, what process should be applied to treat it: biological, chemical, or physical? Should it be treated with a combination of processes? These questions cannot be answered unless the constituents of the wastewater are known. Thus, before any wastewater is to be treated, it is importa...

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Published inPhysical-Chemical Treatment of Water and Wastewater pp. 148 - 203
Main Authors Sincero, Arcadio P., Sincero, Gregoria A.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom CRC Press 2003
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
Waste treatment & disposal
Water industries
SS
Imhoff Cone
Brilliant Green Lactose Bile Broth
Giardia Cyst
Entamoeba Histolytica
Dilution Water
Fermentation Tubes
Seeded Dilution Water
Bod Bottle
Hydronium Ion
SVI
Giardia Lamblia
Bod Test
R11 D1
MPN Technique
Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate
Abs
Serial Dilution
COD Test
Bod
Cod
Fecal Coliforms
Coliform Group
D1 D2 D3
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Summary:Given a wastewater, what process should be applied to treat it: biological, chemical, or physical? Should it be treated with a combination of processes? These questions cannot be answered unless the constituents of the wastewater are known. Thus, before any wastewater is to be treated, it is important that its constituents are determined. On the other hand, what are the constituents of a given raw water that make it unfit to drink? Are these constituents simply in the form of turbidity making it unpleasant to the eye, in the form of excessive hardness making it unfit to drink, or in the form bacterial contamination making it dangerous to drink? Water and wastewater may be characterized according to their physical, chemical, and microbiological characteristics. These topics are discussed in this chapter.
ISBN:1587161249
9781587161247
DOI:10.1201/9781420031904-9