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High Performance Sewage Treatment for Reduced Infrastructure Costs

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The European Guideline for wastewater discharges distinguishes between three zones : less sensitive, normal and sensitive. A tight schedule has been set to achieve certain effluent standards for each area, requiring extensive upgrading and construction of wastewater treatment plants throughout Europe. To achieve the objectives within reasonable investment and operational cost as well as with limited land use and reduced nuisances, high performance treatment system has to be implemented.

Physico-chemical treatment allows a considerable removal of pollution in a rather simple and energy-efficient way. If coupled with lamella settling on parallel plates, ,space use is about one tenth of conventional primary treatment. To polish the effluent of the primary stage, Biocarbone aerated filters combine biodegradation with very high removal rates and retention of particles in one reactor, without additional clarification or filtration.

This chapter shows the use of these three systems depending on the required treatment objective. The impact of the first stage on the performance of the bioreactor is studied at several sites where chemicals are used seasonally to remove peak loads. Solids removal and biodegradation efficiency can be balanced between the physico-chemical and biological treatment. Large scale examples of compact technology and the operational flexibility is demonstrated, including plants exceeding capacities of 100 000 p.e. with very low environmental impacts that are located in downtown districts.

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Rogalla, F. (1996). High Performance Sewage Treatment for Reduced Infrastructure Costs. In: Misra, K.B. (eds) Clean Production. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79940-2_25

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