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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
卷 87, 期 3, 页码 415-419出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.017
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activated sludge process; biochemical oxygen demand (BOD); fecal coliforms; suspended solids (SS); total coliforms
This paper investigates the removal of coliforms in full-scale activated sludge plants (ASP) operating in northern regions of India. Log 2.2 and log 2.4 removal were observed for total coliforms (TC) and fecal coliforms (FC), respectively. However, the effluent still contained a significant number of TC and FC which was greater than the permissible limit for unrestricted irrigation as prescribed by WHO. The observations also suggest that extended aeration (EA) process operating under high mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) and sludge retention time (SRT) is more efficient in the removal of coliforms. Further attempts have been made to establish the relationship between two key wastewater parameters, i.e. biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and suspended solids (SS) with respect to fecal and TC. The relationships were observed to be linear with a good coefficient of correlation. The interrelationship of BOD and SS with coliforms manifest that improvement of the microbiological quality of wastewater Could be linked with the removal of SS. Therefore, SS can serve as a regulatory tool in lien of an explicit coliforms standard. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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