A practical guide to wastewater bacteria and the roles they perform in wastewater treatment
Communicating
material in a practical manner for operators and technicians who
regulate and troubleshoot their wastewater treatment processes,
Wastewater Bacteria discusses the effective control and proper operation
of aerobic (activated sludge) and anaerobic (anaerobic digesters)
biological treatment units to ensure that an adequate, active, and
appropriate population of bacteria is present in each treatment unit. It
is a hands-on guide to understanding the biology and biological
conditions that occur at each treatment unit.
Avoiding
unnecessary technical jargon and chemical equations, Wastewater
Bacteria, the fifth book in the Wastewater Microbiology Series, explores
and explains:
* Bacteria and the wastewater environment
* Enzymes and sludge production
* Nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur bacteria
* Floc formation and filamentous organisms
* Nitrification and denitrification
* Sulfate reduction, fermentation, and methane production
* Toxicity
* Foam and malodor production
The
goal of Wastewater Bacteria is to enable plant operators to achieve the
twofold basic objectives of wastewater treatment-to degrade organic
wastes to a level where a significant, dissolved oxygen demand is not
exerted upon receiving waters and to remove nutrients to levels where
photosynthetic organisms in receiving waters are limited in their
growth. This straightforward manual equips plant technicians to meet
these objectives with essential information to understand the biological
processes and organisms involved in wastewater treatment.