Study on Optimizing the Managerial Strategies of Municipal Sludge Treatment and Disposal in a City of Northern China

2012 ◽  
Vol 178-181 ◽  
pp. 950-953
Author(s):  
Jian Lv ◽  
Xiao Ming Bu ◽  
Ji Yuan Li ◽  
Qing Yi Meng ◽  
Wen Zhong Li ◽  
...  

A whole process chain managerial strategy is presented to solve the problems of sludge treatment and disposal of municipal wastewater treatment plants in a city of northern China. The problems include negligence of the sludge treatment, scarce capacity, ambiguous responsiblity, lack of whole process management and coherence of management on wastewater and sludge treatment. The system of whole process chain managerial strategy can provide a safe and effective platform to collect the relevant data about sludge disposal. In the system,all executants have the obligation and responsibility to record the data, supervise the operation and management of other subject, and give the report of the record data regularly. The system can be used to discover the problem in sludge disposal, and also it can give suggestion for the planning and adjust the ability of sludge disposal in a city for long-term.

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 289-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. Imhoff

Since 1913 the Ruhrverband has been responsible for comprehensive water quality and water quantity management in the Ruhr River basin, covering an area of 4,488 km2. In 116 municipal wastewater treatment plants sludges with 59,000 tons of dry solids are annually retained. For the year 2000 a total of 75,000 tons is expected. The paper describes the development of a basin-wide sludge disposal concept under realistic assumptions. As treatment plants of varying sizes are existent, all three applicable routes of sludge disposal must be kept open for the future: 1. agricultural utilization, 2. controlled disposal after dewatering and 3. incineration.


2010 ◽  
Vol 113-116 ◽  
pp. 651-654
Author(s):  
Ben Chao Jiang ◽  
Fang Ma ◽  
Li Wei ◽  
Jing Bo Guo ◽  
Ang Li

The minimum temperature in winter is under -30oC in the northern hilly regions. It is harmful for the municipal wastewater treatment in winter. According to previous reports, the effects caused by the low-temperature in municipal wastewater treatment plant are summarized, and improvements are put forward. Improving the efficiencies of municipal wastewater treatment is essential and significant in the northern hilly regions.


2017 ◽  
pp. 188-196
Author(s):  
Hanna Värri ◽  
Jouni Havukainen ◽  
Mika Horttanainen Horttanainen

Insufficient wastewater treatment causes serious problems for the environment and health in the Leningrad Region. Even though wastewater treatment has been improving during the last decade, almost no attention has been paid to the wastewater sludge treatment. Nutrient emissions from the organic wastes, including wastewater sludge, are among the most significant sources of the eutrophication of the Baltic Sea. Disposal of sludge causes also significant greenhouse gas emissions, polluting local water resources and filling up the landfill sites. Currently the main treatment method of wastewater sludge in Russia is so called aging. This means that sludge is stored in piles from some months up to some years, and after that the sludge is disposed to landfills. In order to develop wastewater sludge treatment, it is essential to know the properties of the material treated. In Russia, wastewater sludge is often expected to contain high amounts of heavy metals. This is a significant challenge for material or energy recovery from the sludge. Different possible treatment methods of wastewater sludge are discussed in this paper. The properties and composition of wastewater sludge from two different municipal wastewater treatment plants are defined and discussed in the paper. The main properties are volatile and total solids, moisture and ash content, inorganic compounds, heavy metal contents, and the lower heating value of dry matter. The effect of the properties on energy and nutrient recovery purposes are evaluated.


2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Iborra-Clar ◽  
J.A. Mendoza-Roca ◽  
A. Bes-Pií ◽  
J.J. Morenilla-Martínez ◽  
I. Bernácer-Bonora ◽  
...  

Rainfall diminution in the last years has entailed water scarcity in plenty of European regions, especially in Mediterranean areas. As a consequence, regional water authorities have enhanced wastewater reclamation and reuse. Thus, the implementation of tertiary treatments has become of paramount importance in the municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) of Valencian Region (Spain). Conventional tertiary treatments consist of a physico-chemical treatment of the secondary effluent followed by sand filtration and UV radiation. However, the addition of coagulants and flocculants sometimes does not contribute significantly in the final water quality. In this work, results of 20-months operation of three WWTP in Valencian Region with different tertiary treatments (two without chemicals addition and another with chemicals addition) are discussed. Besides, experiments with a 2 m3/h pilot plant located in the WWTP Quart-Benager in Valencia were performed in order to evaluate with the same secondary effluent the effect of the chemicals addition on the final water quality. Results showed that the addition of chemicals did not improve the final water quality significantly. These results were observed both comparing the three full scale plants and in the pilot plant operation.


2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
O. González-Barceló ◽  
S. González-Martínez

Biological aerated filtration is a viable option for small municipal wastewater treatment plants. A low cost filter media was obtained by triturating volcanic rock. An apparent porosity of 46 % and a specific surface area of 395 m2/m3·d were obtained once the filter was packed by using a grain size of 8.2 mm. The performance of the system, operated as a biological filter, was evaluated under an average organic load of 2.6±0.4 kgCODT/m3·d (6.7±1.1 gCODT/m2·d) without primary and secondary settling. The average CODT decreased from 220 mg/l in the influent to 88 mg/l in the effluent and the CODD was decreased from 148 mg/l in the influent to 50 mg/l in the effluent. The filter media, in combination with the biofilm, allowed a 75 % TSS removal. The ammonia nitrogen decreased from 51 mg/l in the influent to 33 mg/l in the effluent. The maximum flux coefficients of 9.3gCODdissolved/m2·d and 2.9gNH4-N/m2·d at the biofilm surface were used to simulate, with the Michaelis-Menten model, the profiles of dissolved COD, ammonium and nitrates through the aerated filter. It was possible to conclude that the backwashing procedure removed the excess biomass and was responsible for a homogeneous distribution of heterotrophic and autotrophic microorganisms along the filter depth.


2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Meda ◽  
C. Schaum ◽  
M. Wagner ◽  
P. Cornel ◽  
A. Durth

TIn 2004, the German Association for Wastewater, Water and Waste (DWA) carried out a survey about the current status of sewage sludge treatment and disposal in Germany. The study covered about one third of the wastewater treatment plants and about two thirds of the entire treatment capacity (expressed in population equivalents) in Germany. This provides an up-to-date and representative database. The paper presents the most important results regarding sludge treatment, process engineering, current disposal paths and sewage sludge quality.


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