Thursday, 31 October 2013

What is in waste water ?


Waste water contains liquids and semisolid waste produced my the community that surroundes it. The water that comes into the plant usually consists under the three maine catagories of physical , biological and chemical

The major components of waste water are...

~ suspended solids
~ biodegradable organic compounds
~ persistent or non biodegradable organic compounds
~ pathogens
~ pollutants known to cause disease
~heavy metals
~dissolved inorganic calcium,sodium and sulfate compounds, nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon compounds
~ antibiotics and other drugs



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