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| WATER OR WASTEWATER FLOWING INTO A TANK OR FACILITY |
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| WATER OR WASTEWATER FLOWING OUT OF A TANK OR LEAVING A FACILITY |
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| UNTREATED SEWAGE OR WATER IS REFERRED TO AS RAW. |
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| THE MIXTURE OF RAW SEWAGE AND ACTIVATED SLUDGE IN AN AERATION BASIN RESULTS IN A LIQUID REFERRED TO AS MIXED LIQUOR. |
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| MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS - THE TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (NON DISSOLVED) CONCENTRATION OF THE MIXED LIQUOR IN THE AERATION BASIN. |
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| THE CONCENTRATION OF SUSPENDED SOLIDS BEING ADDED TO A CLARIFIER OR TANK. |
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| TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS - THE CONCENTRATION OF SUSPENDED ( NON DISSOLVED) SOLIDS IN WATER OR SEWAGE. EITHER IN THE INFLUENT OR EFFLUENT. |
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| RETURN ACTIVATED SOLIDS - THE SOLIDS THAT ARE RETURNED TO THE AERATION TANK FROM THE SECONDARY CLARIFIERS IN THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS. |
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| WASTE ACTIVATED SOLIDS - THE SOLIDS FROM EITHER THE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CLARIFIERS THAT IS SENT TO SOLIDS DIGESTION AND REMOVED FROM THE PROCESS. |
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CARBONACEOUS BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND -
This is a measure of the ORGANIC strength of the wastewater. The test takes five days to measure the oxygen depletion of different dillution strengths. The comparison of influent and effluent CBOD5 results is one of the ways the effectivness of a treatment system is measured. |
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MLVSS= MIXED LIQUOR VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The MLVSS is the amonut of organics in the MLSS, it is generally 75 to 85 percent and can be also called Percent Volatiles, or Volatiles are **%. |
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Requirinig air or oxygen.
The Activated Sludge process is an example of an aerobic process. |
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A process that takes place in the absence of free air or oxygen.
bacteria in an anaerobic zone get their oxygen from breaking down chemical compounds containing oxygen, such as Sulfates SO2. |
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| Prelimanary Treatment refers to bar screens, and grit removal ahead of Primary Settling or Aeration. |
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| Sedimetation is considered a Primary Treatment. |
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| Disease causing organisms are referred to as pathogenic orgamisms. |
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The taking in or soaking up of one substance into the body of another by molecular or chemical action.
Tree roots absorb nutrients in the soil. |
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Sludge particles produced in raw or settled wastewater(primary effluent) by the growth of organisms ( including zoogleal bacteria) in aeration tanks in the pressence of dissolved oxygen.
Activated means the particals are teaming with bacteria, and it differs from primary sludge from primary settling basins. |
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| The gathering of gas, liquid, or dissolved substance on the surface or interface zone of another material. |
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A representative portion of a sample.
Often an equally divided portion of a sample. |
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| The temperature of the surroundings. |
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| Watsewater Treatment System |
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| This is a system that includes the Collection, Treatment, and Disposal of Wastewater and Produced Solids. |
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Chlorine demand is the the difference in the amount of chlorine added to the water or wastewater and the amount of residual chlorine remaining in the water or wastewater after a given contact time.
To find the chlorine demand you use the following equation.
Chlorine Demand, mg/L =
Chlorine Dosage, mg/L -Chlorine Residual, mg/L |
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Chlorine dosage is the total amount of chlorine applied to the water or wastewater for disinfection.
To find the dosage we add the demand and the residual.
Chlorine Dosage, mg/L =
Chlorine Demand, mg/L + Chlorine Residual, mg/L |
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| Chlorine residual is the amonut of chlorine present in the water after the chlorine demand is met. The concentration is expressed in terms of total chlorine residual which includes both combined or chemically bound chlorine residualsand free chlorine residuals. |
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