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Secondary treatment (mostly biological wastewater treatment) is the removal of biodegradable organic matter (in solution or suspension) from sewage or similar kinds of wastewater. [ 1 ] : 11 The aim is to achieve a certain degree of effluent quality in a sewage treatment plant suitable for the intended disposal or reuse option.
Waste water reuse is an ancient practice, which has been applied since the dawn of human history, and is connected to the development of sanitation provision. [9] Reuse of untreated municipal wastewater has been practiced for many centuries with the objective of diverting human waste outside of urban settlements. Likewise, land application of ...
The Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant is the city of Toronto's main sewage treatment facility, and the second largest such plant in Canada after Montreal's Jean-R. Marcotte facility. One of four plants that service the city of Toronto, it treats the wastewater produced by some 1.4 million of the city's residents and has a rated capacity ...
Three wastewater/sewage clarifiers at the ʻAikahi wastewater treatment plant in Hawaii. They appear to have a floating cover [dubious – discuss] to reduce the odor because the plant is very close to a residential area. Circular clarifier with surface skimmer visible in the lower right.
Biosolids are solid organic matter recovered from a sewage treatment process and used as fertilizer. [1] In the past, it was common for farmers to use animal manure to improve their soil fertility. In the 1920s, the farming community began also to use sewage sludge from local wastewater treatment plants. Scientific research over many years has ...
Solar stills have also been used for the treatment of municipal wastewater, [15] the dewatering of sewage sludge [16] as well as for olive mill wastewater management. [ 17 ] See also
Nereda is a wastewater treatment technology invented by Mark van Loosdrecht of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The technology is based on aerobic granulation and is a modification of the activated sludge process.
Humber Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Humber Wastewater Treatment Plant is located near the mouth of the Humber River on The Queensway. The treatment plant has a capacity of 473 megalitres per day (125 million US gallons per day), which serves a population of approximately 680,000. The plant first began operations in 1960.