WASTE WATER?

Waste Water
Water that is no longer needed or is no
longer suitable for use.
 Waste Water Treatment
The process of converting waste water into
bilge water that can be discharged back into
the environment. Its goal is to reduce the
contaminants to acceptable level to make the
water safe for discharge back into the
environment.
 TYPES OF WASTE WATER
TREATMENT PLANT
• Chemical or Physical Treatment Plant
• Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant
 Chemical or Physical
Treatment Plant
These plants uses chemical reactions as well
as physical processes to treat waste water. These
are mostly used to treat waste water form
industries, factories and manufacturing firms.
This is because most of the wastewater from
these industries contains chemicals and other
toxins that can largely harm the environment.
 Biological Waste Water
Treatment Plants
Uses Biological matter and bacteria to
break down waste matter. These plants are
ideal for treating wastewater from households
and business premises.
 Disease Hazard
The improper disposal of human excreta and
sewage is one of the major factors threatening
the health and comfort of individuals in areas
where satisfactory municipal, on-site, or
individual facilities are not available.
This is so because very large numbers of
different disease-producing organisms can be
found in the fecal discharges of ill and
apparently healthy persons. Waterborne
diseases are caused by drinking contaminated
or dirty water. Contaminated water can cause
many types of diarrheal diseases including
cholera, guinea worm disease, typhoid, and
dysentery. Water related diseases cause 3.4
million deaths each year.
 BENEFITS of WASTEWATER
TREATMENT
• Ensures that the environment is kept clean.
• Lessens water pollution.
• Makes use of the most important natural
resource.
• Prevents the outbreak of waterborne diseases
• Ensures that there is adequate water for other
purposes like irrigation.
 STEPS for WASTE
WATER TREATMENT
1. Waste Water Collection
2. Odor Control
3. Screening
4. Primary Treatment
5. Secondary Treatment
6. Bio-solids Handling
7. Tertiary Treatment
8. Disinfection
9. Sludge Treatment
 Waste Water Collection
Collection systems are used put in the place by
municipal administration, home owners as well as business
owners to ensure that all the waste water is collected and
directed to a central point. This water is then directed to a
treatment plant using underground drainage systems. It
should be done in hygienic conditions. The pipes should be
leak proof and the people offering the exhausting services
should wear protective clothing.
 Odor Control
Odor Control is very important. Waste water
contains a lot of dirty substances that cause a foul
smell over time. To ensure that the surrounding
areas are free of the foul smell, odor treatment
processes are initiated at the treatment plant. All
odor sources are contained and treated using
chemicals to neutralize the foul smell producing
elements.
 Screening
Screening involves the removal or large
objects such as cotton buds, plastics, diapers,
rags, bottles, sanitary items, etc. that in one
way or another may result in constant
machine and equipment problems. The solid
wastes removed from the wastewater are
then transported and disposed off in landfills.
 Primary Treatment
This process involves the separation of
microbiotic solid matter from wastewater.
Primary treatment is done by pouring the
wastewater into big tanks for the solid matter to
settle at the surface of the tanks. The SLUDGE is
removed by large scrappers and is pushed to the
center of the cylindrical tanks and later pumped
out of the tanks for further treatment
 Secondary Treatment
Also known as the activated sludge
process, the secondary treatment stage
involves adding SEED SLUDGE to wastewater
to ensure that is broken down further. This
process leads to the production of large
particles that settle down at the bottom of the
huge tanks.
 Bio-solids Handling
The solid matter that settle out after the
primary and secondary treatment stages are
directed to digesters. The digesters are heated
at room temperature. The solid wastes are
then treated for a month where they undergo
anaerobic digestion. During this process,
methane gases are produces and there is a
formation of nutrient rich bio-solids
 Bio-solids Handling

which are recycled and dewatered into local

firms. The methane gas formed is usually used
as a source of energy at the treatment plants.
It can be used to produce electricity in engines
or to simply drive plant equipment. This gas
can also be used in boilers to generate heat
for digesters.
 Tertiary Treatment
This stage is similar to the one used by
drinking water treatment plants which clean
raw water for drinking purposes. The tertiary
treatment stage has the ability to remove up
to 99% of impurities from the waste water.
This produces effluent water that is close to
drinking water quality.
 Disinfection
After primary to tertiary treatment process,
there are still diseases causing organisms in the
remaining treated wastewater. To eliminate them,
the water must be disinfected for at least 20-25
minutes in tanks that contain a mixture of
chlorine and sodium hypochlorite. The treated
water is then released into the environment
through local water ways.
 Sludge Treatment
The sludge that is produced and collected
during the primary and secondary treatment
processes requires concentration and thickening
tanks that allow it to settle down and later
separates from the water. The sludge is then
treated and sent back into the environment and
can be used for agricultural use.
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DELOS SANTOS, JOSE GABRIEL M.
CRUZ, JADE MATTHEW N.
LUMABAN, RICARDO C.
GONZALES, JAHDIEL C.
SABORDO, JEAN
RICO,CARL LESTER
OLMILLO, NICO R.