Re-Using Truck Stop Sewage for Toilets and Truck Washing

Treatment of wastewater from service areas at motorways

“…On-site inspections of all test sites, an inventory of sanitation facilities and comparisons of the actual situation with design documentation were fi rstly carried out. In order to evaluate treatment effi ciency samples of primary treated wastewater (at the outlet of the primary settling tank) and secondary treated water (at the outfl ow of the German data (Londong and Meyer 2010) American data (Seabloom and Sylvester 1972) Canadian data (Jowett et al 2008) biological section) were taken. During the study 12 sampling series were performed.…”

“…by combining it in series with the existing one. Such use of high--capacity septic tanks is recommended by Jowett et al (2008). More about the proper design and operation designing of septic tanks can be found in studies by Spychała et al (2013) or Nasr and Mikhaeil (2013), and with aid of computer tools in a paper by Pawlak and Błażejewski (2010).…”

“…The system design must take into account the relatively high variability both in the amount of wastewater determined by traffi c intensity and in composition of wastewater, which differs from a typical domestic one. In developed countries on-site plants used for such facilities are becoming more and more technologically advanced; many of them produce the treated wastewater suitable for fl ushing toilets or washing of trucks (Jowett et al 2008, Parker et al 1977). This reduces both water consumption and the environmental impact of pollutants.…”