INTRODUCTION TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT Flashcards
Which developing country has the highest daily water consumption?
China
It is from groundwater infiltration and stormwater that enters from drains and manholes
Infiltration and inflow
It is a runoff from rainfall
Stormwater
It is a wastewater sources from industrial and chemical processing
Industrial
It is a wastewater sources from residences, commercial, and institutional facilities
Domestic (sanitary)
What are the three variations of wastewater flowrates?
- Short-term (diurnal): peaks at late morning and early evening
- Seasonal: e.g. resort areas, campuses
- Industrial: operation vs shutdown (cleanup)
A flowrate term that refers to the base for development of flow rate ratios and for estimating pumping, sludge quantities, and chemical costs; identification of sewers where flows will not achieve minimum velocities
Average daily
A flowrate term that refers to estimating turndown ratio for pumping facilities and low range for plant flow metering
Minimum hour
A flowrate term that refers to sizing of plant components (influent channels, biological treatments systems including recycle requirements for trickling filters)
Minimum day
A flowrate term that refers to selection of minimum operating units required during low flow periods (especially at start-up of new facility); scheduling shutdown for maintenance
Minimum month
A flowrate term that refers to sizing of sanitary sewers; sizing pumping facilities and channels; sizing of physical unit operators including bar racks and screens, grit chambers, sedimentation tanks, filters, and chlorine contact tanks
Peak hour
A flowrate term that refers to sizing equalization basins and sludge pumping systems
Minimum day
A flowrate term that refers to sizing chemical storage facilities
Minimum month
It is a flowrate measurement that measures gravity flow rate only and allows solids to pass without interfering with the measurement
Parshall Flume
It is a flowrate measurement other than Parshall flume.
V-notch weir
A stage of wastewater treatment under preliminary treatment which refers to collection, pumping and flow measurement.
Headworks
A stage of wastewater treatment which refers to removal of untreatable solid materials; protection of subsequent treatment units; and improvement of the performance of subsequent treatment units
Preliminary treatment
A stage of wastewater treatment which refers to removal of a significant fraction of organic particulate matter (as suspended solids) [typically 60% of SS and 35% BOD]. It also refers to removal of scum and inert particulate matter that was not removed in preliminary treatment.
Primary treatment
A stage of wastewater treatment which refers to degradation of the readily biodegradable BOD that escapes primary treatment and to provide further removal of suspended solids. It is often includes treatment of nitrogen and phosphorus.
Secondary treatment
A stage of wastewater treatment which refers to “advanced” treatment due to increasing loads of organic matter and suspended solids to rivers, streams, and lakes; the need to increase the removal of suspended solids to provide more efficient disinfection; the need to remove nutrients to limit eutrophication of sensitive water bodies; and the need to remove constituents that preclude or inhibit water reclamation.
Tertiary treatment