Alight Industries : Waste Water Treatment System : Sewage Treatment Plant

Sewage treatment Plant

Sewage treatment is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater, primarily from household sewage. It includes physical, chemical, and biological processes to remove these contaminants and produce environmentally safe treated wastewater. A by-product of sewage treatment is usually a semi-solid waste or slurry, called sewage sludge, that has to undergo further treatment before being suitable for disposal or land application.

The sewage treatment plants are based on the Latest FAB (Floating Aerobic Bio-media) or SAFF (Submerged Aerobic Fixed Film) treatment followed by clarification by a tube settler. Lime is dosed in for suppression of foaming tendencies. The clarified water is then further filtered in a Multimedia Sand Filter after dosing of coagulant (alum) for removal of unsettled suspended impurities followed by Sand Filter and Activated Carbon Filter for removal of organics. The filtered water from ACF is then chlorinated & stored in the treated water tank.

THERE ARE FOUR STAGES OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT:

STAGE ONE: SCREENING

Screening is first stage of the wastewater treatment process. Screening removes large objects like, diapers, nappies, sanitary items, cotton buds, face wipes and even broken bottles, bottle tops, plastics and rags that may block or damage equipment.

Special equipment is also used to remove grit that gets washed into the sewer.

STAGE TWO: PRIMARY TREATMENT

This involve the separation of organic solid matter (or human waste) from the wastewater. This is done by putting the wastewater into large settlement tanks for the solids to sink to the bottom of the tank. The settled solids are called ‘sludge’. At the bottom of these circular tanks, large scrappers continuously scrape the floor of the tank and push the sludge towards the center where it is pumped away for further treatment. The rest of the water is then moved to the Secondary treatment.

STAGE THREE: SECONDARY TREATMENT

The water, at this stage is put into large rectangular tanks. These are called aeration lanes. Air is pumped into the water to encourage bacteria to breakdown the tiny bits of sludge that escaped the sludge scrapping process.

STAGE FOUR: FINAL TREATMENT

Next the ‘almost’ treated wastewater is passed through a settlement tank. Here, more sludge is formed at the bottom of the tank from the settling of the bacterial action. Again, the sludge is scrapped and collected for treatment. The water at this stage is almost free from harmless substances and chemicals. The water is allowed to flow over a wall where it is filtered through a bed of sand to remove any additional particles.