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The raw sewage must be treated before it is discharged into the river
stream. The extent of treatment required to be given depends not only
upon the characteristics and quality of the sewage but also upon the
source of disposal, its quality and capacity to tolerate the impurities
presentinthesewageeffluentswithoutitselfgettingpotentiallypolluted.
Thelayoutofconventionalwastewatertreatmentplantisasfollows:

IndianStandardsfordischargeofsewageinsurfacewatersaregiveninthetable
below.
IndianStandardsforDischargeofSewageinSurfaceWaters
CharacteristicoftheEffluent

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TolerancelimitforDischargeofSewageinSuface
WaterSources
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BOD5

20mg/L

TSS

30mg/L

The unit operations and processes commonly employed in domestic wastewater

treatment, their functions and units used to achieve these functions are given in
thefollowingtable:
UnitOperations/Processes,TheirFunctionsandUnitsUsedforDomestic
WastewaterTreatment

Unit
Operations/Processes
Screening

Functions

TreatmentDevices

Removaloflargefloating,
suspendedandsettleablesolids
Removalofinorganicsuspended
solids

Barracksandscreensofvarious
description
Gritchamber

Primary
Sedimentation
AerobicBiological
SuspendedGrowth
Process

Removaloforganic/inorganic
settleablesolids
Conversionofcolloidal,dissolved
andresidualsuspendedorganic
matterintosettleablebioflocand
stableinorganics

Primarysedimentationtank

AerobicBiological
AttachedGrowth
Process
Anaerobicbiological
growthprocesses

sameasabove

Tricklingfilter,Rotatingbiological
contactor

Anaerobic
Stabilizationof
OrganicSludges

sameasabove

GritRemoval

Activatedsludgeprocessunitsandits
modifications,Wastestabilisationponds,
Aeratedlagoons

Conversionoforganicmatterinto Anaerobicfilter,Fluidbedsubmerged
CH4&CO2andrelativelystable mediaanaerobicreactor,Upflowanaerobic
sludgeblanketreactor,Anaerobicrotating
organicresidue
biologicalcontactor

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Anaerobicdigestor

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