The state of Oklahoma has experienced a dramatic increase in the amount of measurable seismic activities over the last decade. The needs of a petroleum-driven world have led to increased production utilizing various technologies to reach energy reserves locked in tight formations and stimulate end-of-life wells, creating significant amounts of undesirable wastewater ultimately injected undergro...

Conventional water and wastewater treatment methods Nanoparticles (NPs) from anthropogenic sources have applications in several commercial products, including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and materials. There is evidence that during their usage and disposal, engineered nanoparticles can andwill be released into wastewater (Gottschalk et al., 2013; Pasricha et al., 2012; Westerhoff et al., 2013; ...

The production of pulp and paper is associated with the generation of large quantities of wastewater that has to be purified to avoid severe pollution of the environment. Wastewater purification in pulp and paper mills combines sedimentation, biological treatment, chemical precipitation, flotation and anaerobic treatment, and the specific combination of techniques is determined by the local con...

There is recent trend of providing additional treatment of wastewater beyond tertiary level. The purpose is to refine water to a quality that is safe for reuse for unrestricted irrigation and other non potable uses. For this purpose Kuwait has built and operated an advanced wastewater treatment plant with present capacity of 500,000 m/d. This plant providing treatment beyond tertiary utilizes t...

Increase in demand for milk and their products many dairies of different sizes have come up in different places. The dairy industry involves processing raw milk into products such as consumer milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, condensed milk, dried milk (milk powder), and ice cream, using processes such as chilling, pasteurization, and homogenization. The typical by-products of milk are buttermilk, ...

Treatment and reuse of oil and gas (O&G) production wastewater in a cost-effective and environmentally sound manner is critical for sustainable industrial development and for meeting stringent regulations. High salinity, free and emulsified hydrocarbons, silts and clays released from producing formations, and process additives common in O&G drilling wastewater render many conventional treatment...

Precious Plate, Inc. is a local electroplating company that uses a variety of metals during its processes. Post-deposition, the aqueous phase used is designated for disposal, which poses problems regarding the metal content of the waste stream. First, EPA regulations mandate that metals be kept below specific levels. Even at levels capable of meeting EPA limits, the loss of metals within their ...

Title of Document: FATE OF BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INDICATORS IN AN ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT Chung-Che Liang, Master of Science 2013 Directed By: Professor Krista Wigginton Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are natural aggregators of pathogenic organisms due to the waste they treat. This study examined the fate of two bacterial indicator...

Variations in the flow and pollutants concentrations during the day were monitored at the Main Outfall disposal station of the city of Lahore. The laboratory analysis of the wastewater samples collected at 2 hour interval on 5 th and 6 th May, 2009 for pH, temperature, alkalinity, hardness, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5), BOD5Filtered, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN), Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3-N), ...