Optimization "How-tos"

General wastewater treatment plant optimization

• Wastewater optimization cheat sheet

  • Reference sheets with typical values and calculations related to wastewater treatment optimization.

• Material balances

  • A PowerPoint presentation on how to do a basic material  balance (e.g. mass balance) for wastewater treatment.

  • narrated slides and practice problem

Sampling and testing

• Instructions on to make a clarifier core sampler

  • A way to make a clarifier core sampler using materials available at a hardware store.

  • Use the core sampler for measuring the mass of sludge in clarifiers.

• Using centrifuge for conducting suspended solid (SS) test

  • A benchtop centrifuge can be used to get a quick measurement of suspended solids

  • For use in measuring sludge masses in clarifiers and aeration basins, and a potential time saver when practicing Total Mass Control.

• Relationship between centrifuge method for suspended solids (SS) test and classic biological kinetics

  • A technical paper that outlines how centrifuge method can be used for quick assessment of activated sludge parameters (An oldie but a goodie).

Primary treatment

• Primary clarifier mass control

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Secondary treatment (Activated Sludge)

• Total Mass Control overview

• How to measure sludge mass in secondary clarifiers

Phosphorus removal

• Phosphorus control workshop