Nitrogen removal from municipal waste water by columnar denitrification

1972 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Smith ◽  
Arthur N. Masse ◽  
Walter A. Feige ◽  
Lawrence J. Kamphake
1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingemar Karlsson ◽  
Gunnar Smith

Chemically coagulated sewage water gives an effluent low in both suspended matter and organics. To use chemical precipitation as the first step in waste water treatment improves nitrification in the following biological stage. The precipitated sludge contains 75% of the organic matter in the sewage and can by hydrolysis be converted to readily degradable organic matter, which presents a valuable carbon source for the denitrification process. This paper will review experiences from full-scale applications as well as pilot-plant and laboratory studies.


1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 97-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Grimason ◽  
H. V. Smith ◽  
W. N. Thitai ◽  
P. G. Smith ◽  
M. H. Jackson ◽  
...  

This study was designed to determine tlie occurrence and removal of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts and Giardia spp. cysts, in municipal waste-water by waste stabilisation ponds in tlie Republic of Kenya. Eleven waste stabilisation pond systems located in towns across Kenya were included. A total of 66 waste-water samples were examined for the presence of oocysts and cysts, comprising 11 raw waste-water and 55 pond effluent samples over a two month period. Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts were detected in 6 and Giardia spp. cysts in 9 of the designated pond systems analysed demonstrating their ubiquitous nature throughout Kenya. Oocyst levels detected in raw waste-water samples ranged from 12.5 - 72.97 oocysts/l and various pond effluents between 2.25 - 50 oocysts/l. Cyst levels detected in raw waste-water samples ranged from 212.5 to 6212.5 cysts/l and in various pond effluents from 3.125 to 230.7 cysts/l. No Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts were detected in the final effluent from any pond systems studied (11/11). Whereas no Giardia spp. cysts were detected in the final effluent from 10 of 11 waste stabilisation pond systems studied, one pond system was found to be consistently discharging cysts in the final effluent at concentrations ranging from 40 to 50 cysts/l. The minimum retention period for the removal of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts and Giardia spp. cysts was 37.3 days. Laboratory experiments were performed to assess physico-chemical and microbiological parameters to express relationships between pond performance and protozoa removal.


1971 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Schorr ◽  
Bruno Boval ◽  
Vladislav Hancil ◽  
J. M. Smith

2015 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 466-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Telse Vogel ◽  
Michael Nelles ◽  
Bettina Eichler-Löbermann

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