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ANAEROBIC AND AEROBIC TREATMENT OF COMBINED POTATO PROCESSING AND MUNICIPAL WASTES
Citation:
Neel, J., J. Vennes, G. Fossum, AND F. Orthmeyer. ANAEROBIC AND AEROBIC TREATMENT OF COMBINED POTATO PROCESSING AND MUNICIPAL WASTES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-76/236.
Description:
Demonstration and evaluation of the treatment of combined potato processing waste-water and domestic wastes using various combinations of anaerobic and aerated lagoons. Measured parameters included: BOD, COD, TSS, VSS, nitrogen, phosphorus, volatile acids, total coliform, fecal coliform, enterococcal bacteria, and plankton. During 12 months of operation the highest efficiencies were obtained by the anaerobic and aerated lagoons in series. Removals averaged: BOD 76 percent, COD 64 percent, coliforms 91 percent and enterococci 98 percent. Removals by either an anaerobic lagoon operated in parallel were lower. Operational cost of the anaerobic-aerated lagoons in series was 4.3 cents per kilogram of BOD removal.