Secondary treatment

2 Fixed-Filter Systems Filtration as part of the water treatment process has been practiced for many years. Filtration creates a barrier between the contaminant 

Some fixed filtration systems are relatively inexpensive. For example, constructed wetlands and sand filters are generally the most successful methods of polishing the treated wastewater effluent from lagoons. These systems have also been used with more traditional, engineered primary treatment technologies such as septic tanks and primary clarifiers. In such constructed wetlands, the system utilizes the roots of plants to provide substrate for the growth of attached bacteria, which utilize the nutrients present in the effluents and for the transfer of oxygen. 

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They are designed to improve effluents from secondary treatment processes by removing suspended material and with it some of the remaining BOD. 

Ultrafiltration. Ultrafiltration was described under pretreatment methods. It is used to remove finely divided suspended solids, and when used as a tertiary treatment, it can remove virtually all the BOD remaining after secondary treatment. 

Secondary Treatments and Uses. Insulation boards normally have few secondary treatments. Some boards may receive a coating of primer and others may be laminated into panels of several thicknesses. Insulation boards are used for economical, insulative wall paneling, ceiling tiles, bulletin boards, and similar uses. Laminated panels are used for insulative panels, usually as roof decking or insulation under built-up roofing. 

After humidification, the products are trimmed to size and stacked. The stacks are then moved to the next processing step and many of the secondary treatments of hardboard will take place at the panel production site. These latter may include the following ... 

Secondary Treatments and Uses. Because hardboard products are utilized in a myriad of different ways, the variety of secondary treatments used by customers are practically unlimited. Hardboards are used in furniture, cabinets, paneling, doors, toys, and a host of other uses. Post-treatments may include cutting-to-size, finishing treatments with roU-appHed patterns, melamine overlays, printed paper overlays, paints, and even some extremely durable and water-resistant coatings used in tub and shower linings or other uses where water contact is frequent and extreme. 

Secondary Treatment and Uses. The vast majority of OSB panels are used "as is," without further processing or treatment. Primary uses are as wall and roof sheathing, floor decking, and other constmction panel uses in home and commercial constmction. OSB products are effectively filling in for the decline in plywood production. Small amounts of OSB are used in furniture, primarily as frame stock, and in other uses in which plywood might be used. 

In order to conform to environmental quaUty guidelines, mills have installed a number of primary and secondary treatment systems to control... 

In secondary wastewater treatment plants receiving silver thiosulfate complexes, microorganisms convert this complex predominately to silver sulfide and some metallic silver (see Wastes, INDUSTRIAL). These silver species are substantially removed from the treatment plant effluent at the settling step (47,48). Any silver entering municipal secondary treatment plants tends to bind quickly to sulfide ions present in the system and precipitate into the treatment plant sludge (49). Thus, silver discharged to secondary wastewater treatment plants or into natural waters is not present as the free silver ion but rather as a complexed or insoluble species. 

Small Communities. Small communities and recent subdivision additions to larger communities, which have not yet been coimected to municipal coUection systems, must have a means of waste disposal. Septic tanks are a possibiHty, but require periodic servicing and cleaning. Furthermore, the soil is not always suitable for accepting the effluent. An alternative is the package plant. These units are commercially produced to serve small areas. They furnish primary treatment and some secondary treatment, and require only minimal operating supervision. Capacity can be varied as needs dictate. In general, pubHc health authorities prefer such installations instead of septic tanks. 

W. F. Nolte, "Effects of Elevated Pressure on Secondary Treatment of Wastewater," myidvances in Environmental S cience and Engineerings Vol. 4, Gordon and Breach Science PubHshers, New York, 1981, pp. 161—169. 

Chlorination. Chlorination kills bacteria and is routinely included in secondary treatment. For some special uses, it gives a water quaUty that is acceptable for blending with other water in storage reservoirs. 

Points of Chemical Addition In independent physical-chemical treatment or in phosphate removal in the primary clarifier ahead of biological treatment, chemicals are added to raw sewage. In tertiary treatment for phosphate removal and suspended solids (SS) reduction, they are added to secondary effluent. In both cases, proper mixing and flocculation units are needed. For phosphate removal or improvement of SS capmre in biological secondary treatment, chemicals are often added directly to aeration units or prior to secondary settling units, without separate mixing and flocculation. In some phosphate removal applications coagulants are added at... 

As a result of several studies, the following conclusions regarding viruses in sewage warrant consideration (1) primary sewage treatment has little effect on enteric viruses (2) secondary treatment with trickling filters removes only about 40 percent of the enteroviruses (3) secondary treatment by activated sludge treatment effectively removes 90 percent to 98 percent of the viruses and (4) chlorination of treated sewage effluents may reduce, but may not eliminate, the number of viruses present. 

We will address some of these issues later on in this chapter. But for now, simply recognize the fact that the most basic part of waste water treatment is solids removal. Solids are removed in primary and secondary treatment tanks, but without such effective removal there is no treatment process efficiency. 

In a typical plant operation the pollutants dissolved in the wastewater or that would not settle in the primary clarifiers flow on in the wastewater to the Secondary treatment process. Secondary treatment further reduces organic matter (BOD,) through the addition of oxygen to the wastewater which provides an aerobic environment for microorganisms to biologically break down this remaining organic matter. 

This process increases the percent removals of BOD and TSS to a minimum of 85 percent. A secondary treatment facility can be comprised of Oxygenation Tanks, Pure Oxygen Generating Plant, Liquid Oxygen Storage Tanks, Secondary Clarifiers,... 

Secondary Treatment A wastewater treatment process used to convert dissolved or suspended materials into a form more readily separated from the water being treated. Usually the process follows primary treatment by sedimentation. The process commonly is a type of biological treatment process followed by secondary clarifiers that allow the solids to settle out from the water being treated. Sedimentation The process of subsidence and deposition of suspended matter from a wastewater by gravity. 

The chemical solvent DIPA acts as secondary treatment to remove H2S and CO2. The DIPA allows pipeline quality residual levels of acid gas 10 be achieved easily. A stripper is required to reverse the reactions of the DIPA w ith CO2 and H2S. This adds to the cost and complexity of the sys... 

Hines, W.G. McKenzie, S.W. Rickert, D.A. Rinella, F.A. Dissolved Oxygen Regimen of the Willamette River, Oregon, Under Conditions of Basinwide Secondary Treatment. Geological Survey Circular 715-1, Reston, VA, 1977 1-52. 

Trickling filter beds used as secondary treatment... 

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