Alternative approaches for upgrading effluent quality for lagoon based systems : report

280 Pages·1993·11.7 MB·English

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ALTERNATIVE
APPROACHES
FOR
UPGRADING
EFFLUENT
QUALITY FOR
LAGOON BASED
SYSTEMS
Technical
Report
JANUARY 1993
Canadà @ Ontario

ISBN 0-7778-0600-2
ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES FOR UPGRADING
EFFLUENT QUALITY FOR LAGOON BASED SYSTEMS
DECEMBER 1992
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ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES FOR UPGRADING
EFFLUENT QUALITY FOR LAGOON BASED SYSTEMS
Report Prepared By:
R.V. Anderson Associates Limited
XCG Consultants Limited
DECEMBER 1992
Edited by R.E. Clement
Environment Ontario, Laboratory Services Branch
125 Resources Road (P.O. Box 213), Rexdale, Ontario
Work Sponsored by the Canadian Council of Environment Ministers,
Environment Ontario and Environment Canada
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.0 INTRODUCTION AND PROJECT OBJECTIVES
1.1 Background
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Study Scope
1.4 Report Format
2.0
CONVENTIONAL LAGOON TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY
2.1 General
2.2 Continuous Discharge Facultative Lagoons
ee Process Description
2.2.2 Design Guidelines
2.2.3 Performance Characteristics
2.2.4 Costs of Treatment
2.3 Fill-and-Draw Facultative Lagoons
2.3.1- Process Description ~~
2.3.2 Design Guidelines
2.3.3 Performance Characteristics
2.3.4 Costs of Treatment
2.4 Aerated Lagoons
2.4.1 Process Description
2.4.2 Design Guidelines
2.4.3 Performance Characteristics
2.4.4 Costs of Treatment
2.5 Aerobic - Facultative Lagoons
2.5.1 Process Description
2.5.2 Design Guidelines
2.5.3 Performance Characteristics
2.5.4 Costs of Treatment
2.6 Summary of Treatment Capabilities
of Conventional Lagoon Systems
3.0 ALTERNATIVES FOR UPGRADING LAGOON EFFLUENT QUALITY
3.1 General
3.2 The Sutton Process
3.2.1 Process Description
3.2.2 Design of Sutton Process Plants
Sen Preliminary Treatment
3.2.2.2 Extended Aeration Design
3.2.2.3 Phosphorus Removal
3.2.2.4 Lagoon Design
Table of Contents cont’d
3.2.3 Operation and Performance of Sutton Process PI
3:2:3:1 Operating Conditions
3.2.3.2 Extended Aeration Plant Effluent Quality
3.2.3.3 Final Effluent Quality
3.2.3.4 Seasonal Effects
3:2:3:5 Effluent Toxicity
3.2.3.6 Operational Problems
3.2.5 Sludge Quantity and Quality
3.25.1 Sludge Quantity
Se Sludge Quality
92:53 Effects of Sludge on Polishing Pond
Effluent Quality
3.2.6 Capital and Operating Costs
3.2.6.1 Capital Costs
3.2.6.2 Operation Costs
3.2.6.3 Annual Capital and Operating
& Maintenance Costs
33 The New Hamburg Process
3.3.1 Process Description
3.3.2 Design of New Hamburg Process Plants
3.3:2.1 Lagoon Design
322 Phosphorus Removal
3.3.2.3 Fiter Design
3.3.3 Operation and Performance of the
New Hamburg Process
3.3.3.1 Operation Conditions
9/3:3:? Plant Performance
3.3.3.3 Effluent Toxicity
_ 3.3.3.4 Operating Problems
3.3.4 Capital and Operating Costs
3.3.4.1 Capital Costs
3.3.4.2 Operation Costs
3.3.4.3 Annual Capital and Operating
& Maintenance Costs
3.4 Summary of Alternatives for Lagoon Effluent
Quality Upgrading
3.4.1 Sutton Process
3.4.2 | New Hamburg Process
3.4.3 Other Upgrading Alternatives