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Removal of fatty oils (skimming tanks)
Sewage contains lot of grease and fatty oils (which forms a scum in sedimentation tanks and interferes with oxidation process in aeration tanks) which are removed. Skimming tanks or primary settling basins are about 1 m deep and the scum accumulations are removed manually or buried or burnt. This method is not of much use in India.