ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING-2ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING—2 WASTE WATER ENGINEERING (INCLUDING AIR POLLUTION) By Dr. B.C. PUNMIA B.E. (Hons.), M.E. (Hons.), Ph.D. Formerly, Professor and Head Department of Civil Engineering & Dean, Faculty of Engineering M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur * ASHOK KUMAR JAIN Consulting Engineer Arihant Consultants, Mumbai IN SI UNITS LAXMI PUBLICATIONS (P) LTD BANGALORE eCHENNAl eCOCHIN GUWAHATI eHYDERABAD JALANDHAR eKOLKATA eLUCKNOW eMUMBAI RANCHI NEW DELHIPublished by : LAXMI PUBLICATIONS (P) LTD. 22, Golden House, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002. 011-23 26 23 68 Phones: { 011-23 26 23 70 Faxes. } 011-23 25 2572 “| 011-23 26 22 79 Branches : © 129/1, Illrd Main Road, IX Cross, Chamrajpet, Bangalore (Phone : 080-26 61 15 61) 26, Damodaran Street, T. 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First Edition : duly 1996 Second Edition : July 1998 Reprint : Sept. 1999 Reprint : Sept. 2000 Reprint : Aug. 2001 Reprint : Jan. 2003 Reprint : August 2003 Reprint : Feb. 2005 EWW-0618-150-WASTE WATER ENGG © 1998 : B.C. PUNMIA, ASHOK K. JAIN ISBN : 81-7008-091-6 Price : Rs. 150.00 Only C—9893/05/02 DTP Composing by : Arihant Consultants, Jodhpur Printed at : Sanjeev Offset Printers, Delhi-51CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Historical_Developments Important Terms and Definitions = Wastewater Treatment Systems m Wastewater Management ee CHAPTER 2. COLLECTION AND CONVEYANCE OF SEWAGE 2.1, Systems of Waste and Sewage Disposal 2.2, Conservancy System 23. Water Carriage System 24. 25, BEBBRE Comparison and Choice of The Two Systems... Classification of Water Carriage System ~ CHAPTER 3. WASTEWATER FLOW RATES 3.1. General 32 Dry Weather Flow 3.3. Factors i Weather Flow ~ 3.4, Variations in Rate of Sewage - 3.6. Rational Method 3.7. Empirical Formulae 4.2. Hydraulic Formulae on 43. Nomograms/Tables For Hydraulic Computations ... 4.4. Minimum Velocity of Flow oy 45. Maximum Velocity of Flow ~ 4.6. Hydraulic Elements of Circular Sewers ~ 4.7, Egg Shaped Sewers ~ 4.8. Other Sewer Sections ~ 49. Storm Water Drains ~ CHAPTER 5. CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERS 41 Introduction : of Sewers i 2 i 53, 5.4. 33. 5.6. 32. : BREBERe YAR HE BSsRess RRBSSASES58. 5.9. 5.10. 5.11. 5.12. 5.13. & Safe Supporting Strength and Bedding Conditions Planning of Sewerage System Layout and Construction of Sewer Lines Testing of Sewer Lines Geaning and Maintenance of Sewers ‘aeilal EDRERESERE SRERSBEREBE EG Introduction Inlets Catch Basins or Catchpits - Drop Manhole CHAPTER 8 WASTEWATER CHARACTERISTICS 8.1. FEEEEGRERREESS Introduction : Constituents of Sewage Characteristics of Wastewater Cycles of Decomposition Physical Characteristics . Oxygen Demand Biochemical Demand 1D) Total Demand (TOD) ‘Theoretical Demand D) Relative Stability Population Equivalent RSRAG BRRERBSSEEBEB x8 ai) CHAPTER 9. NATURAL METHODS OF WASTEWATER DISPOSAL 9.1. Introduction ~ 223 9.2. Disposal by Dilution wo 2h 9.3. Types of Receiving Waters For Dilution 225 9.4, Self Purification of Natural Streams ~~ 226 9.5." Oxygen Sag Analysis ~~ 22D 9.6. Dilution into Sea . ‘ 247 9.7. Disposal by Land Treatment 2B 9.8. Comparison of Disposal Methods wo 253 CHAPTER 10. UNIT OPERATIONS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT 10.1. Unit Operations and Processes 256 10.2. Physical Unit Operations 257 10.3. Chemical Unit Processes 258 10.4. Biological Unit Processes 239 10.5. Methods of Treatment of Wastewater 260 10.6. Methods of Sludge Processing and Disposal 268 CHAPTER 11. PRELIMINARY TREATMENT 11.1. Introduction 276 11.2, Racks and Screens 2718 11.3. Comminutors and Barminutors 283 11.4. Grit Chambers 284 11.5. Design of Grit Chambers 285 11.6. Proportional Flow Weir 289 11.7. Parshall Flume With Parabolic. Section of Grit Chamber 291 11.8. Disposal of Grit 294 11.9. Aerated Grit Chambers 295 11.10. Detritus Tanks 296 11.11. Skimming Tanks 296 11.12. Vacuum Floatation 298 CHAPTER 12. SEDIMENTATION AND CHEMICAL CLARIFICATION 12.1. Introduction 306 12.2. Types of Settlings 307 123. Settling of Discrete Particles 308 12.4. ‘Types of Settling Tanks 3M 12.5. Horizontal Flow Sedimentation Tank ~ 315 12.6. Design of Sedimentation Tanks = 318 12.7. Chemical Clarification - 32 128. _ Type 2 Settling : Flocculent Settling ~ 328(ai) CHAPTER 13. BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT I: SEWAGE FILTRATION 13.1. 13.2. 133. 13.4. 13.5. 13.6. 13.7. 13.8. 13.9. 13.10. 13.11. 13.12. 13.13. 13.14, 13.15. 13.16. Introduction Biological Treatment Techniques ‘Types of Sewage Filters Intermittent Sand Filters Contact Beds Trickling Filters Construction of Conventional Trickling Filters Loading, Efficiency and Performance of Conventional Trickling Filters Merits and Demerits of Conventional Trickling Filters High Rate Filtration Recirculation and Trickling-Filter Flow Sheets Process Design and Efficiency of Trickling Filters Proprictory Types of High Rate Filters Secondary Clarifiers (Humus Tanks) Trickling Filter Troubles and Remedies Other Types of Filters CHAPTER 14. BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT II : 14.1. 142. 14.3. 14.4. 14.5. 14.6. 14.7. 148. 14.9. 14.10. 14.11. 14:12. 14.13. 14.14, 14.15. ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS Introduction Activated Sludge Process mechanism Aeration Units Diffused Air System Mechanical Aeration Systems Combined Mechanical and Diffused Air System ... Aeration Tank Loading Criteria Sludge Production and Process Control Oxygen Requirements and Control Activated-Sludge-Treatment. Systems Secondary Settling Operational Difficulties Advantages and Disadvantages High-Purity-Oxygen Activated Sludge CHAPTER 15. BIOLOGICAL TREA' 2 15.1. 15.2. MISCELLANEOUS METHODS Oxidation Ditch Stabilization Ponds (Oxidation Ponds) 331 332 333 333 335 337 340 345 387 387 391 391 396 401 414 415 423 431 441 442 447 45715.3. 15.4. 15.5. 15.6. 15.7. CHAPTER 16. TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SLUDGE 16.1. 16.2. 163. 16.4. 16.5. 16.6. 16.7. 168. 16.9. (aii) ‘Acrobie Ponds (Algae Ponds) Anaerobic Ponds Facultative Ponds (Oxidation Ponds) Aerated Lagoons Rotating Biological Contactors Introduction Sludge Treatment Processes Amount and Characteristics of Sludge Sludge Thickening or Concentration Anaerobic Digestion Aerobic Digestion Sludge Conditioning Sludge Dewatering Final Disposal of Sludge CHAPTER 17. SEPTIC AND IMHOFF TANKS 17.1. 17.2. 173. 174, 175. 17.6. 17.7. 178. 179. Septic Tanks Design and Construction Features Effluent Disposal in Septic Tanks Advantages and Disadvantages of Septic Tanks Leaching Cesspools Imhoff Tanks Imhoff Tank Design Considerations Advantages and Disadvantages of Imhoff Tanks ... The Clarigester CHAPTER 18. ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT 18.1. 18.2. 18.3. 18.4. 18.5. 18.6. 18.7. 18.8. 18.9. 18.10. 18.11. 18.12, Introduction Suspended Solids Removal Diatomaccous-carth Filters Ultrafiltration Granular Media Filtration Adsorption by Activated Carbon Phsophorus Removal Nitrogen Removal Biological Nitrification-denitrification Ammonia Stripping: Physico Chemical Wastewater Treatment Disinfection of Sewage : Chemical Oxidation CHAPTER 19. INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT 19.1. Introduction 459 461 463 472 473 416 477 478 487 41 503 S058 506 508 513 Sit S17 §21 $23 S24 525 526 Sa $33 S34 535 536 S38 S41 544 545 550 551 552av) 19.2. Characteristics of Industrial Wastewater 19.3. Methods of Treatment 19.4. Dairy Industry 19.5. Cane Sugar Industry Wastewater 19.6. Distillery and Brewery Wastewater si 19.7. Petrochemical Industries Waste 562 19.8. Textiles Industries Waste a 564 19.9. Paper and Pulp Mills Waste = 566 CHAPTER 20. HOUSE DRAINAGE 20.1. General Principles = 569 20.2. Principles of House Drainage = 569 20.3. Pipes and Traps = 570 20.4. Classification of Traps ~ S71 20.5. Floor Trap or Nahni Trap < S72 20.6. Gully Trap ~ $572 20.7. Intercepting Traps . ~ 573 20.8. Grease Traps we «S74 20.9. Sanitary Fittings we STA 20.10. Systems of Plumbing ee 580 20.11. House Drainage Plans 582 CHAPTER 21. RURAL SANITATION 21.1. Introduction = 584 21.2. Rural Sanitation = 584 21.3. Collection and Disposal of Dry Refuse = 585 21.4. Collection and Disposal of Sullage - 586 21.5. Disposal of Excretal Waste 586 21.6. Night Soil Disposal without ‘Water Carriage : Previes “ 586 CHAPTER 22. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL 22.1. ‘Introduction 591 Quantity and Composition of Refuse . 592 22.3. Collection and Removal of Refuse 592 224. Transport of Refuse = = 593 225. Disposal of Refiise . $93 22.6. _ Composting ~ 597 CHAPTER 23. AIR POLLUTION 23.1. Introduction : Definitions ~ 601 23.2. The Biosphere and Environment = 602, 23.3. Causes of Air Pollution = 603 23.4. Composition of Atmospheric Air a 604:@v) 23.6. Characteristics of Important Air Pollutants 23.7. Effects of Air Pollution 23.8. Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution Dispersion 23.9. Plume Rise and Effective Height of Stack 23.10. Dispersion Equations. 23.11. Design of Stack Height 23.12. Air Pollution Control Methods and Equipment 23.13. Equipment for Control of Particulate Pollutants ... 23.14. Control of Gaseous Pollutants APPENDIX INDEXIntroduction 1.1. SANITARY ENGINEERING Sanitary Engineering is the branch of Public Health En- gineering which deals with the preservation and maintenance of health of the individual and the community, by preventing com- municable deseases. It consists of scientific and methodical collection, conveyance, treatment and disposal of the waste matter, so that public health can be protected from the offensive and injurious substances. Sanitation is the prevention of the sporadic outbreak of diseases, and can be achieved by either controlling or eliminating such en- vironmental factors that contribute in some form or the other to the transmission of diseases, If the waste matter, created and given out by the human and animal life, and also by industries etc. is allowed to accumulate, it will get decomposed and will contaminate or pollute air, water and food. Hence sanitary disposal of the waste, either in the solid form or in the liquid form, is most essential. The sanitary sewage includes excreta (i.c. waste matter eliminated from the body), domestic sewage (ic. uscd water from home or community which includes toilet, bath, laundry, lavatory and kitchen-sink wastes) and industrial wastes. The improper disposal of human excreta and sewage is the major factor threatening the health and comfort of individuals where satisfactory sewerage systems are not available. 1.2, HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS The need for proper drainage of wastewater seems to have been felt even during the ancient times. Among the first historical traces of sanitary engineering construction, dating back to about 3750 @2 ‘WASTEWATER ENGINEERING B.C., is the sewer arch at Nippur in India. A sewer running under an important street in Tell Asmar, near Bagdad, was probably con- structed during the twenty sixth century B.C. Excavations in the environs of Bagdad reveal sewers constructed of bricks, with laterals connected to water flushed latrines, date from 2500 B.C. Curt Merckel, an antiquarian of Engineering, was able to find an old Babylonian seal cylinder. Layard’s explorations revealed arched severs in Nineveh and Babylon dating from seventh century B.C. Schick and Warren have unearthed considerable informations about the sewers of Jerusalem. The works of this class in Grecian cities are fairly well known, and the great underground drains of Rome have repeatedly been described. The Cloaca Maxima, an ancient arched channel which drained the Roman Forum is still is use in Rome. It is believed that these early channels were installed as ground and surface drains and not for the water carriage of human faecal matter. Following Roman practice, early sewers elsewhere were constructed originally for the removal of storm water. All human excreta were excluded from the sewers of London until 1815, from those of Boston until 1833 and from those of Paris until 1880. There was no marked progress of sewerage from first century AD. to the beginning of nineteenth century. However, wastewater farming was practiced in Germany in 1550 and in England in 1700. In England, chemical precipitation of wastewater was tried in 1762. The subject of wastewater treatment and disposal received only o¢- casional local attention in England until the construction of sewerage systems after the cholera epidemics of the mid-1800 s. The early sanitary conditions in London, Paris and United States were the worst possible. John Phillips was the first engineer to make a com- prehensive study of metropolitan sewerage needs in an official capacity in 1847. In the years 1848, 1849, 1852, 1853 and 1854, there was an out break in cholera epidemic in England, resulting in a total mortality of 25000 lives. The developments in the sewerage works was ‘the result of the awakening of the people by a succession of cholera epidemics. The actual works started in 1859 under the su- pervision of J.W. Bazalgette. The sewerage system of Paris, like that of London, was inaugurated as a result of cholera epidemic. In United States, J. W. Adams first applied the engineering knowledge to design the sewer system for Brooklyn. E.S. Chesbrough designed the sewer system for Chicago in 1858. In 1880, Waring system of separate sewers was installed in Memphis. Early Studies in sewage treatment were made in the United States through the establishment of the Lawrence Experimental Station in 1887 by the Massachusetts State Board of Health. The influence of the research done there has been profound and far reaching. The intensive methods of treatmentINTRODUCTION 3 developed at Lawrence are still in use today. In the early stages, both England and United States suffered from the improper design of separate systems of sewerage in which the house sewerage and rain water were led separately. It is not definitely known as to who designed the first system ofsewers for removing house sewage separately, but the principle was strongly advocated by Chadwick, the father of sanitation in England. Excreta was legally admitted to sewers of London, Boston and Paris in 1815, 1833 and 1880 respectively. It was in 1847 that connections of houses and cesspools to the sewers were made compulsory by the law in London. The discharge of wastewater to environments (i.c. land and streams) caused adverse condition, and this led to the development of intensive methods of sewage treatment. Sedimentation and chemical precipitation (1762) were one of the first processes used for wastewater treatment. In 1865, early experiments on microbiology of sludge digestion were conducted in England. In 1868, early experiments on intermittent filtration of wastewater were conducted, while in 1870 early experinents on intermittent sand filtration were made in England. In 1876, first septic tank was developed in the United States. In 1882, first experiments on aeration took place in England. United States was the first to use bar racks in 1884: In United States first chemical precipitation treatment plant was installed in 1887. In 1889, filtration in contact beds was tried at the Lawrence Experiment station, Massachusetts. In 1891, the method of sludge digestion in lagoons was developed-in Germany. In 1895, methane gas was collected from the septic tanks and used for plant lighting in England. The first rotary sprinklers for rotary filters were developed in 1898. The first grit chambers were developed in the United States in 1904. The offensive character of the sludge produced by sedimentation led to the use of septic tanks in which the solids were rendered more or less inoffensive, but difficulties of various kinds led to the general adaptation of Travis two-story septic (hydrolytic) tank in England in 1904, and the Imhoff tank which was patented in Germany in 1904. The chlorination of wasterwater for disinfection was demonstrated by Phelps in the United States, in 1906. The first municipal installation of a trickling filler was made in United States 1908, and at the same time laws of disinfection were formulated by Chick in United States. In United States, the first Imhoff tanks were constructed in 1911. Simultaneously, in 1911, separate sludge digestion was adopted in United states, to distinguish it from the two-storey tank process. In 1912-13, aeration of wasterwater in tanks containing slate was carried out at Lawrence Experiment station. In 1914, experiments were conducted by Ardern and Lockett that4 WASTEWATER ENGINEERING led to the development of the activated sludge process, wherein a high degree of purification is achieved. The process was first applied in a municipal plant for treating sewage at San Marces, Tex., in 1916. In 1925, contact aerators were developed by Buswell in United States. The changing characteristics of wasterwater, due to discharge df many contaminants, are responsible for the many changes that are taking place today in the wastewater treatment. More than half a million types of organic compounds have been synthesized since the turn of the century and many of these compounds find their way in the wastewater from many cities. Most of these can be treated effectively, but the number of those compounds which are not amenable to treatment is also increasing. The number of industries that discharge wastes to domestic sewers has increased significantly in the past 3 to 4 decades. In the future, it is anticipated that rather than combining industrial and domestic waste, separate treat- ment facilities will be provided for the industrial wastes before they Can be discharged to the domestic sewers. 1.3. IMPORTANT TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 1. Refuse : Refuse is a general term used to indicate what is rejected or left out as worthless. It may be in liquid, semi-solid or solid form, and many be divided into six categories : (i) garbage (ii) rubbish (ii) sullage (iv) sewage (v) subsoil water and (vi) storm water. 2. Garbage : Garbage indicates dry refuse. It includes waste paper, decayed fruits and vegetables, grass and leaves, and sweepings from streets, markets and other public places. Thus, garbage contains large amounts of organic and putritying matter. 3. Rubbish : Rubbish indicates sundry solid wastes from offiees, residences and other buildings. It also includes waste building materials, brocken furniture, paper, rags etc. Generally, rubbish is dry and is of combustible nature. 4, Sullage : Sullage is a term used to indicate the wastewater from bath rooms, kitchens, washing places and wash basins etc. It does not create bad smell since organic matter in it is either absent or is of negligible amount. 5. Sewage : Sewage indicates the liquid waste from the com- munity. It includes sullage, discharge from laterines, urinals, stables industrial waste and also the ground surface and storm water that may be admitted into the sewer. It is extremely putrescible ; its decom- position produces large quantities of malodorous gases, and it may contain numcrous pathogenic or disease producing bacteria.INTRODUCTION s 6. Sub-Soil water : [t is the ground water that finds it entry into sewers through leaks. 7. Storm water: It indicates the rain water of the locality. 8. Sanitary sewage : Sanitary sewage or domestic sewage indicates sewage mainly derived from the residential building and industrial establishments. It is extremely foul in nature. Sanitary sewage may be classified as (i) domestic sewage and (i) industrial sewage. 9. Domestic sewage : It is the sewage obtained from the lavatory basins, urinals and water closets of residential buildings office buildings, theatres and other institutions. Since it contains human excreta and urine, it is extremely foul in nature. 10. Industrial sewage : it is wastewater Obtained from the industrial and commercial establishments. It may contain objectionable organiccompounds that may not be amenable to conventional treatment processes. 11. Night soil: It is a term used to indicate the human and animal excreta. 12. Sewer: It is an under-ground conduit or drain through which sewage is carried to a point of discharge or disposal. Separate sewers are those which carry the house hold and industrial wastes only. Storm water drains are those which carry rain water from the roofs and street surfaces. Combined sewers are those which carry both sewage and storm water. House sewer (or drain) is a pipe carrying away the sewage from a building to a street sewer. Main sewer or trunk sewer is a sewer thal receives sewage from many tributary branches and sewers, serving as an outlet for a large territory. Branch sewer or submain sewer is a sewer which receives sewage from @ relatively small area, usually a few laterals, and discharge into a main sewer. Lateral sewer is a sewer which Collects sewage directly from the houses. It indicates the first stage Of sewage collection. Depressed sewer is a section of sewer constructed lower than adjacent sections to pass beneath an obstacle or Obstruction. It runs full under the force of gravity and at greater than atmospheric pressure, the sewage entering and leaving at atmospheric pressure. /ntercepting sewer is a sewer laid transversely to general sewer system to intercept the dry-weather flow of sewage and such additional surface and storm water an may be desirable. An intercepting sewer is usually a large sewer, flowing parallel to a natural drainage channel, into which a number of main or out fall sewers discharge. Out fall sewer is a sewer that receives the sewage from the collecting system and conducts it to a point of final discharge or to a disposal plant. v6 WASTEWATER ENGINEERING Relief sewer or overflow sewer is a sewer built to carry the flow in excess of the capacity of an existing sewer. 13. Sewerage : The term sewerage, as a noun, means the structures, device, equipment and appurtenances intended for the collection, transportation and pumping of sewage and liquid wastes, but excluding works for the treatment of sewage. The term sewerage also includes the entire science of collecting and carrying sewage by water carriage system through sewers. 14, Wastewater : The term wastewater is now increasingly used is place of sewage. Wastewater includes both organic and mineral matter carried through liquid media. While the organic portion of the wastewater is putrescible, undergoing biological decomposition, the mineral matter may combine with water to form dissolved solids, may form unsightly sludge deposits and may contribute to the hardness of the water in the effluent. 1.4, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS The wastewater treatment or sewage treatment is a broad term that applies to any process, operation or combination of processes and operations, that can reduce the objectionable properties of water- carried waste and render it less dangerous and repulsive to man. Thus, the waterwater should be treated before its ultimate disposal in order to : (a) reduce the spread of communicable diseases caused by the pathogenic organisms in the sewage and (6) prevent the pollution of surface and ground water. Wastewater treatment is a combination of physical, chemical and biological processes. Methods of treatment in which the application of physical forces predominate are known as unit operations, while the methods of treatment in which chemical or biological activity are involved are known as unit processes. There are three types of unit operations and processes. 1. Physical unit operations 2. Chemical unit processes and 3. Biological unit processes. Physical unit operations are those in which application of physical forces predominate. They consist of screening, mixing, flocculation, sedimentation, flotation etc. Chemical unit processes are those in which removal of contaminants are brought about by chemical activity. Common examples of chemical unit processes are : chemical precipita- tion, gas transfer, adsorption, ion exchange, electrodialysis etc. Biologi- cal unit processes are these in which the removal of contaminants are brought about by biological activity. Common examples of suchINTRODUCTION 7 Processes are : activated sludge process, tricking filtration, sludge digestion etc, Conventional treatment is the term used to describe the standard method of sewage treatment in temperate climates. It comprises of the following stages of treatment : 1. Preliminary processes/treatment 2. Primary treatment and 3. Secondary (or biological) treatment. The preliminary processes consist of removing floating materials as well as heavy settleable inorganic solids; these also include pumping and flow measurement. The primary treatment is aimed at the sedimen- tation of organic suspended solids. In secondary treatment, biological Processes are used to remove most of the organic matter. Sometimes, the wastewater is also subjected to tertiary treatment (also known as advanced treatment) with the aim of removing the pollutants not removed in primary and secondary treatment. These pollutants may include soluble inorganic compounds (such as phos- phorus and nitrogen) remaining organic material, pathogens, colloidal solids, soluble minerals and other toxic substances. In addition to the various stages of treatment of wastewater mentioned above, the processing and disposal of sludge obtained from the above treatment methods is of equal importance. Disposal of ‘the accumulated waste sludge is a major economic factor since the cost of its processing is about one third of that involved in the treatment plants. The basic features and characteristics of these unit operation/processes and treatment methods have been described in Chapter 10. 15. WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT There are three constituents and interrelated aspects of waste- water management : 1. Collection 2. Treatment 3. Disposal/Re-use. Collection of domestic and industrial wastewater is best achicved by a fully developed sewerage or water carriage system. The planning and design of wastewater collection facilities involves the determination of wastewater flow rates; the hydraulic design of sewers, large conduits, and junction and diversion structures ; the selection of sewer ap- purtenances and pumping stations. Most sewers are laid under roads to avoid interference with private property when connections and repairs have to be made. Sewers are commonly laid in straight lines, man holes being provided at all changes of direction, gradient and8 WASTEWATER ENGINEERING “diameter. With the modern developments in other fields, many recent changes have been made in wastewater collection — notable amongst them being the photogrammetric and computer techniques to the design of sewers, the improvement of construction materials, and the application of computers in the control of storm sewers. The topics on the wasterwater collection have been discussed in chapters 2 through 7. Treatment of wastewater is essential in order to reduce the spread of communicable diseases caused by the pathogenic organisms in the sewage and to prevent the pollution of surface and ground water. The treatment of wastewater is carried out by a combination of physical unit operations and chemical and biological unit processes, before the end products can be safely disposed off. The form of treatment normally adopted consists of providing an environment in which natural processes of decay can be intensified and controlled so as to take place in the least objectionable manner. The various methods of wastewater treatment have been discussed in chapter 9 through 20. After the treatment, the problems of disposal arises. The most important recent trend in the field of disposal is the establishment of increasingly stringent requirements to protect the environment. Currently used effluent disposal methods are (i) dilution in streams and rivers (i) land application and (fii) re-use in aquaculture and «sop irrigation. The most striking example of agricultural re-use of domestic wastes is in China in which over 90% of national night soil production is, after treatment, applied to the land and it represents about one third of the nutrients actually used by the crops. The sludge and concentrated pollutants are disposed of in lagoons, sludge drying beds or sanitary land fills, for small treatment plants, and by vacuum filtration followed by heat drying and incineration in large treatment plants. Performance criteria for wastewater management system Anideal wastewater managementsystem, consisting of collection, treatment and disposal/reuse, should satisfy the following criteria. 1. Health criteria The system should be so designed that pathogenic organisms do not spread either by direct contact with the night soil or sewage or indirectly via. soil, water or food. The treatment method chosen should be such that high degree of pathogen destruction is achieved and other harmful chemical pollutants are removed or neutralized to the largest extent possible. 2. Reuse criteria. The treatment processes used should be such that the treatment effluent is safe to be reused for aquaculture, . agriculture, industrial cooling and ground water recharge.INTRODUCTION 9 3. Ecological criteria. If the treated effluent is not re-used, but is disposed of in the receiving waster, its characteristics should be such that the aquatic environment is protected and the self purifica- tion capacity of the recipient water is not exceeded. For this, a high degree of removal of organic matter (BOD) is required in order to prevent pollution of the receiving watercourse by oxygen depletion. 4. Nuisance criteria. The treatment system should be so designed that either it does not release objectional odour or the degree of odour released must be below the nuisance thresh hold. No part of the system should be aesthetically offensive. 5. Cultural criteria. The methods chosen for collection, treat- ment, disposal and reuse should be such that they match with local habits, social customs and religious practices of the people of the area. 6. Operational criteria. The system should be such that it may operate with minimum difficulties, and greater degree of spill is not required. It should be such that operation is possible with locally available staff, with minimum possible training. 7. Cost criteria. The system should have minimum possible capital and running costs, which can be easily paid by the community. The return of the reuse of the end products is an important factor. If the end products are not reused, their disposal should be achieved with minimum possible cost.Collection and Conveyance of Sewage 2.1. SYSTEMS OF WASTE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL Wastes or refuse are of two types : solid waste and liquid waste. Night soil consists of human or animal excreta and ureas, originating at privies, water-closets, urinals and stables. Garbage in- dicates dry refuse from a town, and includes swecpings from houses, streets, markets and such other public places, waste paper, leaves, grass, parings from vegetables, decaying fruit ctc. constitute garbage. Sullage indicates waste waster from bath rooms, kitchens, washing places and wash basins etc. Sewage indicates the liquid waste from the community. It includes sullage, discharge from latrines, urinals, stables, and the industrial waste. It is extremely putrescible; its decomposition produces large quantitics of malodorous gases, and it may contain numerous pathogenic or disease producing bacteria. The refuse, consisting of all above item, formed in any sanitary system should be rapidly and safely ‘carried to its disposal site so as to maintain a clean environment. Excreta and sewage is satisfactorily disposed of if the following conditions are satisfied. 1, The waste does not pollute the ground surface, nor is it exposed to atmosphere when in adequately treated. 2. It should also not be accessible. to children or household pets. 3. It does not pollute or contaminat¢ drinking water supply. 4. It does not give rise to odour nuisance. (10)COLLECTION AND CONVEYANCE OF SEWAGE ll 5. It does not give unsightly appearance. 6. It does not give rise to mosquito nuisance. It should also not be accessible to insects and rodents. 7. It does not pollute or contaminate the waters of bathing beach or streams used for domestic water supply. Depending upon the type of waste, two systems may be employed for its collection, conveyance and disposal : (@) Conservancy system (6) Water carriage system. 2.2. CONSERVANCY SYSTEM This is an old system in which various types of wastes, such as night soil, garbage etc. are collected separatety in vessels or deposited in pools or pits and then removed periodically atleast once in 24 hours. On account of this method of handling independently the different types of refuse from a place, the term conservancy system has been derived. The system is also known as the dry system. The following are the methods of collection of various types of wastes in the system. 1. Night soil. Night soils or human excreta in latrines, privies or cesspools etc. is collected separately in pans or pails and carried on heads of sweepers to a central place from where it is transported in bullock carts or motor vans to a place away from the town for its final disposal. Normally, it is buried into ground, in trenches, to give excellent manure in one or two years. 2. Garbage. Garbage is collected separately, in dust bins and conveyed on hand carts or motor van once or twice is a day. It may consist of waste matter of both non-combustible as well as combustible type. The two are therefore sorted out. Garbage disposal methods include the open dump, hog feeding, incineration, dumping into sanitary fill, fermentatian or biological digestion. Incineration, if properly controlled, is satisfactory for burning combustible refuse. 3. Sullage and storm water. Sullage and storm water are collected and conveyed separately in closed or open gutters. The liquid and semi-liquid mass of filth which frequently overflow the receptacles in privies is swept away by the sweepers to drain from the privies, which carry it to drains carrying sullage and storm water, along the public lanes or streets. There was a time when the conservancy system was favoured and the water carriage system was opposed by European chemists, physicians and agriculturists because of a fear of contamination of the soil by leakage from the sewers and the possible pollution of bodies of water receiving the sewage, and possible nuisance where12 WASTEWATER ENGINEERING sewage was distributed on land. However, in India, the conservancy system is still on vogue in all the villages and small towns. Only a few cities have the water carriage system. Disadvantages of conservancy system The conservancy system has the following disadvantages : 1. Hygiene and sanitary aspect : The consevancy system is highly unhygienic and cause insanitary conditions since the excreta starts decomposing within few hours of its production. Even if it is assumed that cleaning will take place twice in a day, the excreta remaining in the previes will emit bad smell and will give rise to fly nuisance. 2. Transportation aspect : Transportation of night soil takes place in open carts through streets and other crowded localities. This is highly undesirable. 3. Labour aspect : The working of the system depends entirely on the mercy of labour (sweepers). If they go on strike even for one day for any reason whatsoever, the previes can not be used because of foul smell. The whole locality will smell very badly. 4. Building design aspect : The lavatories or previes are to be located outside the house and slightly away from the main building. The compact design is therefore not possible. 5. Conditions of drains : Insanitation may be there due to carriage of sullage through open drains laid in the streets. 6. Human aspect : In the present day world, when man has progressed much, it is highly humiliating to ask human beings to transport night soil in pails on their heads. 7. Risk of epidemic : Due to improper or careless disposal of night soil, there are more chances of. outbreak of epidemic. 8. Pollution problems : The liquid wastes from lavatories etc., during their washing, may soak in the ground, thus contaminating the soil. If the ground water is at a shallow depth, it may also be polluted due to percolation of waste water. 9. Cost consideration : Though the system is quite cheap in the beginning, its maintenance and establishment costs (i.¢. recurring expenditure) are very high. 10. Disposal land requirement : The system requires considerable land for the disposal of sewage. 2.3. WATER CARRIAGE SYSTEM In this system, the collection, conveyance and disposal of various type of wastes are carried out with the help of water. Thus, water is used as medium to convey the waste from its point of production to the point of its treatment or final disposal. Sufficient quantityCOLLECTION AND CONVEYANCE OF SEWAGE 13 of water is required to be mixed with the wastes so that dilution ratio is so great that the mixture may flow just like water. In this system, specially designed latrines, called water closets (W.C.) are used which are flushed with 5 to 10 litres of water after its use by every person. The human excreta is thus flushed away and led to suitable designed and maintained sewers. The wastes from kitchens, baths, wash basins etc. are also led to the sewers. The sewers are the underground closed pipes which are laid on suitable longitudinal gradient so that flow takes under gravity and proper flow velocity is maintained to keep the sewer clean. The sewers lead the sewarage so collected, to a suitable site where it is treated suitably and then is disposed off by irrigation or by dilution. It should be noted than the garbage is collected separately and conveyed in the same manner as is done in the case of conservancy system. If garbage is permitted in the sewers, they may be clogged. The system requires large initial cost of installation and it requires large quantity of water also to create efficient flow conditions. If the financial conditions of people are poor, it may be difficult to adopt this system. However, this is the most efficient and hygienic system of sewage disposal, and may be adopted in stages if sufficient funds are not available in the beginning. Advantages of water carriage system The water carriage system is the most modern system of drainage, and has the following advantages: 1. Hygienes and sanitary aspect : The system is very hygienic since the night soil and other waste water is conveyed through closed conduits which are not directly exposed to the atmosphere. There is no bad smell because of continuous flow. 2. Epidemic aspect : There are no chances of outbreak o1 edpidemic because flies and other insects do not have direct access to the sewage. 3. Pollution aspect : The liquid wastes etc, are directly conveyed through the sewers, and therefore there are no changes of the waste water being soaked in the ground thus contaminating the soil. The waste water does not percolate down to join the ground water. There are no chances of pollution of water of wells in individual houses if any. 4. Compactness in design : Since the latrines are flushed after every use, excreta does not remain and there are no foul smells. The latrines can therefore be attached to the living and bed rooms. This permits a compact design. The lavatories can be accommodated in any part of the house. 5. Labour aspect: The labour required for the operation and maintenance is extremely small. In fact, the functioning of the system14 WASTEWATER ENGINEERING is practically automatic, except for the operation of certain pumps etc. Therefore, there is no labour problem. In the individual houses, the latrines/lavatories can be coveniently cleaned by occupants them- selves. 6. Treatment aspect : The system permits the use of modern methods of treatment of the sewerage collected through the sewers. The treated waste water and sewage can be safely disposed off without any risk. 7. Land disposal requirements : Because of treatment facilities, the land required for the disposal of the treated wastewater is very much smaller than-that required for the conservancy system. 8. Cost consideration : Though the initial cost of installation of the system are very high, the running costs are very small since manual labour is very much reduced. 2.4. COMPARISON AND CHOICE OF THE TWO SYSTEMS The water carrigage system is the most modern and hygienic system of sweage disposal, and should be invariabley adopted wherever sufficient funds are available. Table 2.1 gives comparison between the two systems. 2.5. CLASSIFICATION OF WATER CARRIAGE SYSTEM The water carriage system can be divided into the following (1) Separate system (2) Combined system (3) Partially separate system The above three types are commonly referred to as the three systems of sewerage. 1. Separate system The separate system provides two separate systems of sewers— the one intended for the conveyance of foul sewage only, such as faecal matter, domestic wastewaters, the washings, and drainings of places such as slaughter houses, laundries, stables, and the waste waters derieved from the manufacturing processes ; and the other for the rain water, including the surface washing from certain streets, overflow from public baths and foundations etc. The sewage from the first system of sewers can be led to the treatment works, while the flow from the second system of sewers can be discharged directly to natural streams etc. without any treatment. . Advantages The separate system has the following advantages : 1. The cost of installation is iow. The storm water can beCOLLECTION AND CONVEYANCE OF SEWAGE 15 TABLE 2.1 COMPARISON BETWEEN CONSERVANCY AND WATER CARRIAGE SYSTEM | ___Comaorvay Sates | ‘The system is unhygienic since every] The system is hygienic. Sewers are laid thing is visible. below the ground and hence excreta! ete. is not visible. Due to putrefication, there is a lot of] No chances of putrefication, and foul smell. Large labour force is required Water consumption is small Requires high water consumption Initial cost is small, though the running| High initial cost. Running costs small costs are high No technical persons required Technical persons required for oper- ation and maintenance Acute pollution problems Pollution problems are rare. Risk of spread of epidemic Nosuch risk Large land required for the disposal of] Small land required for the disposal of untreated sewage. treated sludge Final disposal into streams etc not free} Final disposal easier because of treat- from risks ment works. Good quality manure available from} The sludge has small manure value. the end products The system is more suitable for rural] The system is better suited for urban conditions conditions. disposed off through the open channels along the road sides. Old sewers may also be suitably converted to carry rain water. Thus, the actual sewers carrying foul sewage will be of smaller size. 2. The load on the treatment units will be lowered, since only the foul sewage carried by the separate sewers need be treated. 3. If there is necessity of lifting the sewage mechanically, the system will prove to be economical both from the point of view of capital costs, as well as from the point of view of running costs. 4, The sewages in the separate system will be of more unifrom character, and so will lend itself more easily to putrification. 5. There is no necessity of providing automatic flushing tanks, for use in dry weather, because the flow in a sewer of smaller section is much more efficient. 6. Sewers of smaller section can be easily ventilated than those of larger section.16 WASTEWATER ENGINEERING 7. The night flow will be comparatively small this may facilirate operations at the outfall works. 8. Rain water can be discharged into streams or rivers without any treatment. Disadvantages 1. Since the sewers are of small size, it is difficult to clean them. 2. They are likely to get chocked. 3. Two sets of sewers may. ultimately prove to be costly. 4. There is a likelyhood of connections being wrongly made through a confusion of the systems. 5. Storm water sewers or drains comes in use only during the rainy season. During other part of the year, these may serve as dumping place for garbage, and may get chocked. 6. Because of lesser air contact in small size sewers, foul smell may be there due to the sewage gas formed. 2. Combined system The combined system provides only one sewer to carry both the foul sewage as well as the rain water. The sewage and rain water are carried to the sewage treatment plant, before its final disposal. The combined system is advocated on the ground that the street surface washings are as impure as the sewage itself, and should therefore be suitably treated before being allowed to enter the natural stream. Advantages 1. The system requires only one set of sewers. Hence the maintenance costs are reduced. 2. The sewers are of larger size, and therefore the chances of their choking are rare. Also, it is easy to clean them. 3. The strength of the sewage is reduced by dilution. 4. There is more air in the larger sewers than in smaller ones of the separate system. Hence the sewer gas that may be formed gets diluted. Thus the chances of foul smell are reduced. Disadvantages 1. The cost of ‘construction are very high because of large dimensions of the sewers to be constructed at sufficient depth to receive the sewage from the basement. 2. Beasue of large size of sewers, their handling and transpor- tation is difficult. 3. Due to the inclusion of the storm water, the load on the treatment plant increases.COLLECTION AND CONVEYANCE OF SEWAGE 17 4. The system is uneconomical in the circumstances when pump- ing is required for lifting of sewage. 5. During heavy rains, the sewers may overflow, and may thus create unhygienic conditions and cause pollution problems. 6. Storm water is unnecessarily polluted. 7. The large sewers get easily silted if not properly designed. They may become foul in dry weather, when rain water, is not available. 8. Large sewers are more difficult to be ventilated than the smaller ones. 3. Partially combined system In this system, only one set of underground sewers is laid. These sewers admit the foul sewage as well as the early washings by rains. As soon as the quantity of storm water exceeds a certain limit, the storm water overflows, and is thus collected and conveyed in open drains to the natural streams. The foul sewage, however, continues to flow in the sewers. Advantages 1. The sewers are of reasonable size. Their cleaning is there- fore not very difficult. 2. It combines the advantage of both the separate as well as the combined systems. 3. The storm water permitted in the sewers eliminates its chances of chocking. The sewers are completely cleaned during rainy season. 4. The problem of disposing off storm water from homes is simplified. Disadvantages 1. During the dry weather, when there is no rain water, the velocity of flow will be low. Thus self cleansing velocity may not be achieved. 2. The storm water increases the load on treatment units. 3. The storm water also increases the cost of pumping. Factors governing choice of separate system The scparate system is adopted under the following conditions: 1. Financial aspect : If sufficient funds are not available in the beginning, sewers may be constructed to carry only domestic sewage, and the rain water may be conveyed thro’ the open drains. These drains can be converted into regular sewers later when sufficient funds are available. 2. Flat topography : If the country is flat, the sewers will have to be laid at a depth in order to achieve reasonable gradient. In