Treatment of oilfield produced water by waste stabilization ponds: Biodegradation of petroleum-derived materials

Shpiner, R.; Liu, G.; Stuckey, David C.

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2009.07.005

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“…The high oil and grease reduction efficiency is corroborated by the findings of Shpiner et al [25]. They concluded that waste stabilization ponds can treat synthetic produced water (PW) and achieve high oil and grease removal levels (>90%).…”

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Sewage Treatment by Waste Stabilization Pond Systems

Bansah

Suglo²

2018

JENRM

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Sewage generated in Ghana is commonly discharged into the environment without any form of treatment to reduce the degree of contamination and mitigate potential public health and environmental issues. Although some attempts have been made in some parts of Ghana to utilize the waste stabilization pond (WSP) system to treat domestic sewage, the ponds often fail to achieve their purpose due to lack of basic maintenance and supervision. To assess the utility of the WSP system for treating sewage, wastewater samples were collected from the raw sewage, anaerobic, facultative and maturation ponds of WSPs at Obuasi in Ghana, and analyzed for physicochemical and microbiological contaminants. The results show that the final pond effluent meets recommended microbiological and chemical quality guidelines. The waste stabilization pond system demonstrates high removal efficiencies of wastewater contaminants. The biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, nitrate and faecal coliforms reduction efficiencies of 97.3%, 97.6%, 83.3% and 99.94% respectively are highly significant, and compare well with reported removal efficiencies in the literature. Additionally, the ponds have high reduction efficiencies for heavy metals and pathogenic microorganisms. The wastewater treatment system complies with standard wastewater management practices, and provides a useful method for treating and disposing wastewater in Ghana.

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Sewage Treatment by Waste Stabilization Pond Systems

Bansah

Suglo²

2018

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“…TDS concentration required to induce 50% lethality. The importance of water conservation measures in oilfield and petroleum refinery sectors has been well documented (Homer et al, 2011;Fakhru'1-Razi et al, 2010;Shpiner et al, 2009). Horner et al (2011) used a risk assessment approach to identify constituents requiring treatment prior to beneficial use of oilfield produced water.…”

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“…Foulant biopsy demonstrated that the fouling on the membrane surface was mainly due to inorganic (salts) and reduced its efficacy in water conservation. Shpiner et al (2009) evaluated potential reclamation of produced oilfield wastewater containing both dispersed oil and low levels of heavy metals using waste stabilization ponds. These investigators used COD and O&G removal to evaluate treatment efficiencies under aerobic and anaerobic conditions using different hydraulic retention times and oil skimming.…”

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Water Conservation—Whole Effluent Toxicity Paradox

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Water Environment Research

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Total dissolved solids (TDS) management in water has become an increasingly important topic as competition for water supply sources and the intensity of use both increase. Regulatory failure of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) whole effluent toxicity (WET) tests is one of several potential factors in managing TDS concentrations in effluent. Consequently, WET tests have become a de facto concentration standard that sets the limit for the intensity of water use and the amount of water conservation feasibly obtained for a facility. Conflicting regulations dealing with the application of mixing zones and antidegradation policies can prevent water conservation and actually result in the unintended consequence of causing more water use. The impact of TDS on NPDES-required WET tests, conflicting regulations dealing with the application of mixing zones that are counter-productive to water conservation, alternative practices currently being used, and other means of rectifying this paradox are discussed.

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“…Biotreatment is a cost-effective and efficient method which has been used widely for remediation of oilfield produced water (Campos et al, 2002;Chavan and Mukherji, 2008;Ji et al, 2009;Shpiner et al, 2009). However, a major problem hampering these technologies is the recalcitrance of HPAM to biodegradation.…”

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Treatment of oilfield wastewater containing polymer by the batch activated sludge reactor combined with a zerovalent iron/EDTA/air system

Wei

2011

Bioresource Technology

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Treatment of oilfield produced water by waste stabilization ponds: Biodegradation of petroleum-derived materials

Cited by 40 publications

References 21 publications

Sewage Treatment by Waste Stabilization Pond Systems

Sewage Treatment by Waste Stabilization Pond Systems

Water Conservation—Whole Effluent Toxicity Paradox

Treatment of oilfield wastewater containing polymer by the batch activated sludge reactor combined with a zerovalent iron/EDTA/air system

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