Water and wastewater treatment: Biological processes

B. Sizirici Yildiz

doi:10.1533/9780857096463.3.406

Water and wastewater treatment: Biological processes

B. Sizirici Yildiz

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

Population growth in urban areas is leading to an expansion in industrial development, which in turn creates increased volumes of wastewater with ever more complex compositions. The wastewater that is generated is discharged into water sources that supply drinking water to other urban areas, causing higher levels of pollution. One option for the treatment of water and wastewater is the use of biological processes, which offer certain advantages over other common treatment technologies. The organic contaminants to be destroyed are used and transformed by bacteria or other organisms as a source of food. Thus the water/wastewater treatment process is used to dispose of waste in a non-toxic and sanitary manner. This chapter discusses the major biological options for water and wastewater treatment.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	Metropolitan Sustainability
Subtitle of host publication	Understanding and Improving the Urban Environment
Publisher	Elsevier Ltd
Pages	406-428
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Print)	9780857090461
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857096463.3.406
State	Published - Sep 2012

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Activated sludge process
Attached growth (biofilm) processes
Fixed (packed) bed reactors
Fluidized bed reactors
Rotating bioreactor contactor
Slow sand filters
Surface impoundments
Suspended growth processes
Trickling filter

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