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Sewage Treatment Microbiology of Sewage

Sewage Treatment - Microbiology of Sewage - Sewage is the used water supply containing domestic waste together with human excrement and wash water and industrial waste, including acids, greases, oils, animal matter, vegetable matter and storm waters.

The basic principle in sewage treatment is that water is separated from the waste while the solid organic matter is biodegraded by microorganisms to simple compounds like nitrates, sulphates, carbonates, carbon dioxide, methane etc.

Sewage treatment is managed on small scale as in individual homes and rural areas as well as an large scale in towns by municipal bodies. We shall consider the most common methods of sewage treatment at these levels, Small scale sewage treatment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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