Preliminary Treatment of Wastewater: In the Effluent Treatment Plant, Preliminary treatment of wastewater is done to remove the big-sized solid particle that cannot be removed by wastewater treatment processes. These include rugs, dead animals, woods, plastics, vegetables, and heavy inorganic settle-able solids (such as grit). Solids removed at this stage are generally not recycled and…
Prof. Kevin Frankowski is the co-lead of the University of Calgary research team that is conducting research on wastewater. They aims to detect presence of genetic fingerprints of the Covid-19 virus. This is different from cdc wastewater surveillance covid-19. “It’s like what detectives look like for DNA proof at a crime location. We’re searching for…
Waste water generated from household bathrooms, toilets, kitchens, laundries and drains forms sewage. Major constituent of sewage is water (99.6%) and remaining part (0.4%) mostly comprises of biodegradable pollutants and small solid particles. It may occasionally contain industrial waste from small industrial units, but the majority of sewage refers to household waste only. Where it…
