The environmental problems caused by sewage sludge generated the growth of global population and urbanization are drawing attention scientific community worldwide to need developing sustainable solutions use that material. This work investigated possibilities using sludge, in wastewater treatment plants, as a strategy improve stabilize collapsible soils. Different soil–sludge mixtures, with 5%,...

The purpose of this study is to determine how the rheological characterization of centrifuged thickened waste excess activated sludge (EAS). Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) contain a number of transport operations of suspensions with special flow characteristics. Flow characteristics, in particular viscosity related effects, vary from very water-like to strongly non-Newtonian. This study use...

The growing biomass in the wastewater treatment plant is called "activated sludge"; usually it mainly composed by bacteria (95%) and Protozoa Metazoans (5%). sludge biological composition a good indicator of state health. In this study, an initial characterization microorganisms present activated carried out through DNA analysis.The aim activity development procedures for oxidation lines, to id...

It is very important that tannery wastes in the form of sludge are managed in an environmentally sound manner. This study focused on the heavy metal characterization and the influence of changing the physico-chemical properties of the medium throughout the composting on the concentrations, bioavailability or chemical forms of Cr, Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd in tannery sludge. The physical and chemical pr...

Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) can be found in high concentrations in sewage sludge and, hence, may enter the soil compartment as a result of sludge application. Here, LAS may pose a risk for soil-dwelling organisms. In the present probabilistic risk assessment, statistical extrapolation has been used to assess the risk of LAS to soil ecosystems. By use of a log-normal distribution model,...

To characterize the effects of pentachlorophenol (PCP) on the performance and microbial community of aerobic granular sludge in sequencing batch reactor (SBR), the web-based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and real-time PCR (RT-PCR) techniques were used to explore the bacterial community structure. When PCP increased from 0 to 50 mg/L, the COD removal rate changed lit...

The effects of mecillinam, trimethoprim and ciprofloxacin, antibiotics used in the treatment of urinary tract infections, on the aquatic environment were assessed. Mecillinam and ciprofloxacin were both readily biodegradable (primary degradation) in activated sludge, whereas trimethoprim persisted. The toxicity of these antibiotics towards sludge bacteria, a green alga, a cyanobacterium, a crus...