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RECORD NUMBER: 1115 OF 1246Main Title | Upgrading Existing Wastewater Treatment Plants. Case Histories. | |||||||||||
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CORP Author | Hazen and Sawyer, New York.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio. Office of Technology Transfer. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1972 | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-258 818 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Sewage treatment ; Activated sludge process ; Trickling filters ; Upgrading ; Biochemical oxygen demand ; Design criteria ; Cost analysis ; Aeration ; Chlorination ; Tables(Data) ; North Carolina ; California ; New York ; Sewage treatment plants | |||||||||||
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Collation | 38p | |||||||||||
Abstract | The original South Buffalo Creek Sewage Treatment Plant was built in 1931 for an ultimate population of 37,000, an average flow of 3.25 million gallons per day and a wet weather flow of 6.5 million gallons per day. The report describes the current upgrading project which includes preaeration; chemical addition for phosphorus removal; special odor control measures; improved sludge handling; effluent polishing with deep bed filters. BOD and suspended solids removals in excess of 98% are expected. |