Sampling for Measurement of Odours
Research into the sampling and measurement of odours has developed in a number of sectors, especially the agriculture, food and process industries, with knowledge from each sector being...
Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing
Under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), many municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities must perform Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing. Regulatory...
Biofilms in Wastewater Treatment
The central theme of the book is the flow of information from experimental approaches in biofilm research to simulation and modeling of complex wastewater systems. Probably the greatest challenge...
Biofilms in Medicine, Industry and Environmental Biotechnology
Biofilms are of great practical importance for beneficial technologies such as water and wastewater treatment and bioremediation of groundwater and soil. In other settings biofilms cause severe...
Enhancing Biodegradability of Refractory Aromatics in Wastewater
Chlorinated aromatics, nitroaromatics, and azoaromatics are widely used in industry. As a result, these compounds are commonly present in industrial wastewater. Aerobic biological treatment...
A Dynamic Model to Assess Microbial Health Risks Associated with Beneficial Uses of Biosolids - Phase 1
Maximum allowable levels for chemical contaminants in biosolids were developed for the Part 503 rule using risk-based methodologies. However, maximum allowable levels of microbiological ...
Efficient Redundancy Design Practices
The design of wastewater treatment plants with redundancy to assure a quality end product may be in conflict with efforts to assure effectiveness. Redundancy of major system components is to...
Research Digest: Field Validation of Biokinetic Coefficients for Predicting Degradation of Organic Compounds
This research was the first significant demonstration of an extant respirometric test to determine the biodegradation rate parameters (biokinetics) of select individual organic compounds at full...
Evaluating Endocrine Disruption in Receiving Waters
In recent years, concerns have been raised that low concentrations of chemicals may alter the normal functions of the endocrine system, resulting in potentially significant adverse effects on...
Research Digest: Toxicity Screening of Influents Using Bioluminescent Reporter Technology
Influent toxicity can be a critical problem for publicly owned treatment works that use the activated sludge process as part of their treatment regime. In this project, the researchers developed...