Waste Treatment

Proceedings of the Second Symposium on the Treatment of Waste Waters

Peter C. G. Isaac

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780080093239
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483152240
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Waste Treatment contains the proceedings of the Second Symposium on the Treatment of Waste Waters, held on September 14-19, 1959 and organized by the Public Health Engineering Section of the Department of Civil Engineering of King's College at the University of Durham in the UK. The papers explore the theory and practice of wastewater treatment, with emphasis on biological treatment and the disposal of solids removed from liquid wastes. This book is comprised of 21 chapters and begins with a discussion on the biochemistry of aerobic treatment of organic waste and the biochemistry of anaerobic digestion. The next chapter deals with the ecology of activated sludge and bacteria beds and examines the factors determining the character and dominant organisms of a sludge. The reader is methodically introduced to the use of manometric methods in the study of sewage and trade wastes; biological oxidation systems for industrial waste treatment; application of recirculation to the purification of sewage and trade wastes; and treatment of distillery and antibiotics wastes. The effects of liquid wastes on receiving waters are also considered, along with the principles of vacuum filtration and their application to sludge-drying problems. The final chapter focuses on the reclamation of water from domestic and industrial wastes. This monograph will be a useful resource for policymakers and practitioners in the field of public health.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Waste Treatment
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• EDITORIAL
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• CHAPTER 1. SOME ASPECTS OF THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF AEROBIC ORGANIC WASTE TREATMENT
• CHAPTER 2. SOME ASPECTS OF THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
• CHAPTER 3. ECOLOGY OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE AND BACTERIA BEDS
• CHAPTER 4. THE USE OF MANOMETRIC METHODS IN THE STUDY OF SEWAGE AND TRADE WASTES
• CHAPTER 6. PROCESS DESIGN OF BIOLOGICAL OXIDATION SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT
• CHAPTER 7. THE APPLICATION OF RECIRCULATION TO THE PURIFICATION OF SEWAGE AND TRADE WASTES
• CHAPTER 8. THE TREATMENT OF CHEMICAL WASTES
• CHAPTER 9. THE TREATMENT OF DISTILLERY AND ANTIBIOTICS WASTES
• CHAPTER 10. THE RELEVANCE OF WASTE-WATER ANALYSIS TO THE DESIGN OF PROCESS AND PRETREATMENT PLANT
• CHAPTER 11. ANALYTICAL TESTS IN RELATION TO THE DISCHARGE OF TRADE EFFLUENTS TO SEWERS
• CHAPTER 12. THE EFFECTS OF LIQUID WASTES ON RECEIVING WATERS
• CHAPTER 13. THE SELF-PURIFICATION OF STREAMS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TESTS
• CHAPTER 14. PRINCIPLES OF VACUUM FILTRATION AND THEIR APPLICATION TO SLUDGE-DRYING PROBLEMS
• CHAPTER 15. SLUDGE FILTRATION AND DRYING
• CHAPTER 16. COMPOSTING
• CHAPTER 17. THE PRACTICE OF SLUDGE DIGESTION
• CHAPTER 18. THE ORIGIN, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF EFFLUENTS IN THE FOOD CANNING AND FREEZING INDUSTRIES
• CHAPTER 19. THE APPLICATION OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES TO THE TREATMENT OF LIQUID TANNERY EFFLUENT
• CHAPTER 20. TREATMENT OF WASTE WATERS FROM MILKPRODUCTS FACTORIES
• CHAPTER 21. RECLAMATION OF WATER FROM DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES
• APPENDIX 1: THE SEPARATION AND COMPOSTING PLANT AT THE CRAIGMILLAR REFUSE-DISPOSAL WORKS OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH
• APPENDIX 2: LIST OF LECTURERS, PARTICIPANTS ETC.
• AUTHOR INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX