Saturday, April 14, 2012

Learning About Wastewater Management

By Shara Augusto


Wastewater Remedy Options

Wastewater treatment is the removal of harmful and detrimental elements and residue in used water or wastewater to obtain environmentally safe water for reuse. The wastewater management techniques produce up to 99% clean and risk-free water from every household because the harmful deposits and residues are removed.

We can filter, remove and clean water and wastewater by following different procedures like sedimentation, ingestion filtering, chemical remediation and aeration. Filtering of intake is the simplest technique in water remediation; however it is not the most efficient way of producing safe and potable water. Intake filtration is done by eliminating water contaminants with the use of different sizes of screens prior to the collection of wastewater in treatment plants.

When we say chemical water treatment, it is the procedure wherein various types of chemical compounds are integrated to disinfect and to destroy harmful pathogens in effluent or used water. These chemicals include like iodine, chlorine and ozone.

Another wastewater or sewage water remediation used today is the sedimentation. It is one type of water purification which entails the storage of water in a container for a period of time to let the sediments and residues settle below the holding equipment before forwarded to another treatment process. This procedure further removes and sieves minute water residuals before they disinfection stage.

Another auxiliary wastewater treatment is the filtration method. As the name suggests, water undergoes and passes through series of filter beds to clean the water from solids and residues left after the initial procedures. What is done to the elements and deposits not removed during the first two stages of water purification? Well, the leftover suspended materials are removed by letting the water pass on filter beds of synthetic nets and membranes to generate higher level of clean water.

Another technique undertaken to ensure the production of odorless water is the aeration method. This is one of the last stages in wastewater purification procedures to ensure the generation of odorless water. Since strong smelling processed water is not feasible for reuse, aeration is made to return the water to original neural smell. It is a procedure made during the wastewater and effluent water purification stage where the processed or treated water is exposed to the air to remove its strong overpowering odor.

Another way of treating water and wastewater is reverse osmosis. It is a sophisticated method of treating water which capability includes the desalination of ocean and sea water to become tasteless drinkable water.

What is another significant element needed to survive aside from oxygen? Apart from the air we breathe, living things need clean water to live and to survive. In this connection, everyone should ensure to have access to clean drinkable water each day. As the global population explodes and grows daily, but our water resource remains constant. Due to the dire need to supply clean water and to make sure that our reserve for natural and clean water is adequate for everybody, wastewater management techniques are practiced.




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