August 2008
7 posts
All You Need to Know About Removing Solid Residue...
Recycling and reuse of wastewater will do away with the need of using fresh water. The extent to which the processes involved in wastewater treatment are cost effective and easy to follow will act as an impetus. Hence discussing about the processes involved in wastewater treatment and their relative merits and demerits becomes pertinent. Like Sedimentation tanks, Septic tanks (Imhoff tanks) can...
Water Quality and Pollution -- The Raison D'etre...
Water as a chemical: Pure water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. It is colorless, odorless and tasteless. It exists as liquid at ambient temperature. Water - what it contains: Water has both living and non-living organisms and substances in it. The living organisms can be further subdivided into macro- and micro- organisms. Macro organisms, which are biological, are those that are visible to...
Wastewater Points To Think About - Part II
In a previous article, I listed some important factors you must take into account before you treat wastewater. These include the presence, in the wastewater, of acidity, alkalinity, hardness, and chloride, as well as the BOD and COD of wastewater. In this article, I have added substantially to the list. Before wastewater treatment begins, the following factors must also be considered. Ammonia...
Wastewater -- Aspects To Think Of
There are some important things you must take into account before you begin wastewater treatment. Acidity: Can water be acidic in taste? Most natural water, domestic wastewater and many industrial wastewater are buffered by a carbon dioxide-bicarbonate system. Acid waters are of concern because of their corrosive characteristics and the expense involved in removing or controlling the...
How To Eliminate Solid Impurities From Wastewater
Wastewater treatment has taken on a new magnitude itself now, against the background of the danger of running out of fresh water. Wastewater is storm-water, water used for varied purposes, and sewage, enveloping the community. Most urban social groups produce sewage from household as well as nonhousehold causes. Except when rightly treated, sewage water can harm the society and damage nature. In...
Everything You Wish To Know About Discharging...
Quality treating and reusing sewage will do away with the necessity of using fresh water. How much the procedures comprising wastewater treatment are costwise viable and easy to follow will give a kick start to employing water treatment. Thus discussing the procedures comprising treatment of wastewater and their pros and cons, becomes pertinent. Like tanks using sedimentation, Septic tanks (Imhoff...
The 4 Types Of Disease Caused By Organisms Through...
Tainted water can cause four categories of diseases : water borne, water washed, water based and water related. Water borne diseases can be transferred fecally or orally. Relatively many are due to bacteria; these involve cholera and typhoid, amongst others. Yet others are due to the phage virus or bacteriophages. Jaundice and infectious hepatitis occur due to these. Besides, others are the...