Comparison of Phosphorus Fractionation in Effluents from Different Wastewater Treatment Processes

Liu, L.; Smith, D. S.; Houweling, Dwight; Neethling, JB; Stensel, H. David; Murthy, Sudhir; Pramanik, Amit; Gu, April Z.

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“…The retention coefficient varied from 17.2% to 72.3% (average 49.4%) Table 1 , Figure 2 c. The concentration of total phosphorus in the permeate in the vast majority of samples did not exceed 0.2 mgP/L, while in almost half of the measurements it was lower than 0.1 mgP/L. The noticeable effects of total phosphorus removal in the ultrafiltration process can be explained by the presence of a significant part of it in an undissolved form in treated wastewater, which was the result of using both the biological dephosphatation process and the use of coagulants in sewage treatment plants [ 61 , 62 ].…”

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Ultrafiltration Process in Disinfection and Advanced Treatment of Tertiary Treated Wastewater

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The paper presents the results of research on the use of ultrafiltration, using membranes of 200 and 400 kDa separation, for disinfection of municipal treated wastewater. The research was conducted on a fractional technical scale using real municipal treated wastewater from two large wastewater treatment plants treating most of the wastewater over the one-million polycentric Gdańsk agglomeration (1.2 million inhabitants). UF 200 kDa and UF 400 kDa processes enabled further improvement of the physical and chemical parameters of treated wastewater. Total phosphorus (to below 0.2 mg/L–UF 200 kDa, 0.13 mg/L–UF 400 kDa) and turbid substances (to below 0.2 mg/L, both membranes) were removed in the highest degree. COD was reduced efficiently (to below 25.6 mgO2/L–UF 200 kDa, 26.8 mgO2/L–UF 400 kDa), while total nitrogen was removed to a small extent (to 7.12 mg/L–UF 200 kDa and 5.7 mg/L–UF 400 kDa. Based on the reduction of indicator bacteria; fecal coliforms including E. coli (FC) and fecal enterococci (FE) it was found that the ultrafiltration is an effective method of disinfection. Not much indicator bacterial were observed in the permeate after processes (UF 200 kDa; FC—5 CFU/L; FE—1 CFU/L and UF 400 kDa; FC—70 CFU/L; FE—10 CFU/L. However, microscopic analysis of prokaryotic cells and virus particles showed their presence after the application of both membrane types; TCN 3.0 × 102 cells/mL–UF 200 kDa, 5.0 × 103 cells/mL–UF 400 kDa, VP 1.0 × 105/mL. The presence of potentially pathogenic, highly infectious virus particles means that ultrafiltration cannot be considered a sufficient disinfection method for treated wastewater diverted for reuse or discharged from high load wastewater treatment plants to recreational areas. For full microbiological safety it would be advisable to apply an additional disinfection method (e.g., ozonation).

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