“Everything is everywhere, but the environment selects the best duo’’; natural selection holds the key to the relationship between the micro-algal communities in Lake Mälaren and the activated sludge organisms in the municipal wastewater of Västerås. Interest in microalgae-based activated sludge wastewater treatment has been increasing in recent decades as a way to meet the demand for sustainab...

Antibiotics are often used to prevent sickness and improve production in animal agriculture, and the residues in animal bodies may enter tannery wastewater during leather production. This study aimed to use Illumina high-throughput sequencing to investigate the occurrence, diversity and abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in aerobic and anaerobic s...

the activated sludge process is the most used biological wastewater treatment method in the world. sludge bulking is one of the most common problems relateing to activated sludge wastewater treatment, and this fact causes poor settling in secondary sedimentation tank. sludge volume index(svi) and the zone settling velocity(zsv) are parameters to quantify the settleability of activated sludge . ...

How do you feel when you hear the words " wastewater, " " sludge, " " sewer, " and " sewage " ? These words may make you feel uncomfortable. However, as Victor Hugo wrote in " Les Misérables, " these words are inevitably related to human society (16): " ... The history of men is reflected in the history of sewers. The Germoniae narrated Rome. The sewer of Paris has been an ancient and formidabl...

Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor (Ph.D) in Applied Biological Sciences Proefschrift voorgedragen tot het bekomen van de graad van Doctor in de Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen op gezag vanSummary The activated sludge process is one of the most widespread biological wastewater purification technologies. Especially during the last two decades modell...

Wastewater microbiology http://uctm-biotechnology.org/Wastewater_Microbiology. pdf This site provides a link to a comprehensive book on wastewater microbiology with chapters on public health, general microbiology and fate of chemicals in wastewater. Wastewater microbiology: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epAh6hHOq3c This YouTube video is well-made and informational. It is very useful to...

Electrical heating has been proposed as a potential method for pathogen inactivation in human waste sludge, especially in decentralized wastewater treatment systems. In this study, we investigated the heat production and E. coli inactivation in wastewater sludge using electrical thermal treatment. Various concentrations of NaCl and NH4Cl were tested as electrolyte to enhance conductivity in slu...

Domestic and industrial wastewater treatment plants, and petrochemical industries within the Houston Ship Channel (HSC) located in Houston, Texas, USA, were sampled for sewage sludge and analysed for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs). The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) method 1613B which employs high resolution gas chromatograph...

The conventional sludge disposal options include landfill, application to farmland and forestry and incineration. However, since in the last decade sewage sludge and industrial sludge are being generated in increasing amounts due to the rapid urbanization and industrialization, a growing interest has been devoted in developing cost effective and renewable disposal alternatives. Among them, the ...

Sludge produced in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) reaches around 1% of the wastewater volume treated whilst the processes for sludge handling and disposal represent from 20 to 60% of operating costs. It is widely recognised that sludge for disposal is one of the most critical issues today for WWTPs operators. The tendency of many countries seems to be aimed towards a biowaste prevention wh...