ActivatedSludge100YearsandCounting

ActivAtedSludge-100YeArSAndcountingEditedbyDavidJenkinsandJiřÍWannerEditedbyDavidJenkinsandJiřÍWanner-100YeArSAndcountingActivAtedSludgeiwapublishing.com@IWAPublishingISBN:9781780404936(Hardback)ISBN:9781780404943(eBook)ActivatedSludge-100YearsandCountingcoversthecurrentstatusofallaspectsoftheactivatedsludgeprocessandlooksforwardtoitsfurtherdevelopmentinthefuture.Itcelebrates100yearsoftheActivatedSludgeprocess,fromthetimethattheearlydeveloperspresentedtheseminalworksthatledtoitseventualworldwideadoption.Thebookassemblescontributionsfromrenownedworldleadersinactivatedsludgeresearch,development,technologyandapplication.Theobjectiveofthebookistosummarisetheknowledgeofallaspectsoftheactivatedsludgeprocessandtopresentanddiscussanticipatedfuturedevelopments.Thebookcomprisesinvitedpapersdeliveredattheconference“ActivatedSludge…100YearsandCounting!”heldinEssen,Germany,June12thto14th,2014.ActivatedSludge-100YearsandCountingisofinteresttoresearchers,engineers,designers,operationsspecialists,andgovernmentalagenciesfromawiderangeofdisciplinesassociatedwithallaspectsoftheactivatedsludgeprocess.EditedbyDavidJenkinsandJiřÍWanner-100YeArSAndcountingActivAtedSludgeActivatedSludge–100YearsandCountingActivatedSludge–100YearsandCountingEditedbyDavidJenkinsandJiˇríWannerPublishedbyIWAPublishingAllianceHouse12CaxtonStreetLondonSW1H0QS,UKTelephone:[phone]Fax:[phone]Email:[e-mail]:©2014IWAPublishingApartfromanyfairdealingforthepurposesofresearchorprivatestudy,orcriticismorreview,aspermittedundertheUKCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct(1998),nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthepriorpermissioninwritingofthepublisher,or,inthecaseofphotographicreproduction,inaccordancewiththetermsoflicensesissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgencyintheUK,orinaccordancewiththetermsoflicensesissuedbytheappropriatereproductionrightsorganizationoutsidetheUK.EnquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethetermsstatedhereshouldbesenttoIWAPublishingattheaddressprintedabove.Thepublishermakesnorepresentation,expressorimplied,withregardtotheaccuracyoftheinformationcontainedinthisbookandcannotacceptanylegalresponsibilityorliabilityforerrorsoromissionsthatmaybemade.DisclaimerTheinformationprovidedandtheopinionsgiveninthispublicationarenotnecessarilythoseofIWAandshouldnotbeacteduponwithoutindependentconsiderationandprofessionaladvice.IWAandtheAuthorwillnotacceptresponsibilityforanylossordamagesufferedbyanypersonactingorrefrainingfromactinguponanymaterialcontainedinthispublication.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryISBN9781780404936(Hardback)ISBN9781780404943(eBook)Coverimages:Row1Image1and2:PhotographybyKenOsborn.PhotographsofEastBayMunicipalUtilityDistrict,Oakland,CA,USAbypermissionofBenHorenstein,ManagerWastewaterDivision.Row1Image3:CourtesyofDr.IvetaRuzickova,InstituteofChemicalTechnology,PragueRow2Image1:PhotographofsecondaryclarifieroftheWWTPPlzenbypermissionofMiloslavVostry,ManagerGeneral,Vodarnaa.s.,Plzen.CourtesyofJiriWannerRow2Image2:PhotographofregenerationzoneoftheWWTPLiberecbypermissionofMilanKuchar,ManagerGeneral,SeveroceskeVodovodyaKanalizace,a.s.,TepliceCoutes.CourtesyofJiriWannerRow2Image3:PhotographybyKenOsborn.PhotographsofEastBayMunicipalUtilityDistrict,Oakland,CA,USAbypermissionofBenHorenstein,ManagerWastewaterDivision.Row3Image1:Fluorescenceinsituhybridization.AppearinginChapter4asFigure4.3a.CourtesyofSimonMcIlroyRow3Image2:PhotographybyKenOsborn.PhotographsofEastBayMunicipalUtilityDistrict,Oakland,CA,USAbypermissionofBenHorenstein,ManagerWastewaterDivision.ContentsAbbreviations.....................................xviiAbouttheauthors.................................xxiPreface........................................xxxiiiChapter1ArdernandLockettremembrance......................1GlenT.Daigger(USA)1.1Introduction..........................................11.2InventionofAS.......................................31.2.1Thecontext...................................31.2.2Thediscovery..................................51.3AftermathoftheInvention..............................61.3.1Acceleratedimplementation.......................61.3.2Thepatent....................................81.4SubsequentDevelopments............................121.5FutureProspects....................................131.6Acknowledgements..................................151.7References.........................................15Chapter2Wastewatertreatmentrequirementsthroughtheyears(exemplifiedbythedevelopmentinGermany).....17HermannH.Hahn(Germany)2.1Introduction–TheEmergenceofSystematicWastewaterTreatment(InGermany)...............................17viActivatedSludge–100YearsandCounting2.2DevelopingWastewaterTreatmentCharacteristics–FromQuasi-AestheticConsiderationstoChemical,BiologicalandHealthConsiderations................................192.3FromConsiderationofOneSpecificPointofDischargetoIntegralAnalysisofanE