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WASTEWATER TREATMENT
ADAM WONG | CHLOE SIM | KOK KA SHING | PUI CHUN SHIAN |
YEONG POH LING | ZACHARY OOI
WHAT IS WASTEWATER?
• Liquid waste/sewage discharged into
water bodies
2 – Industrial Wastewater
INDIVIDUAL
SEPTIC CONNECTED
TANK SEWAGE
SYSTEM
- Commonly used in Msia
INDIVIDUAL SEPTIC TANK
- Multi chamber storage tank that
separates the liquid between the
solid waste
- Comprises a network of
underground sewer pipes, pump
stations, sewage treatment plants
& sludge treatment facilities
Wastewater undergoes several stages in its treatment process which can be classified into 3
different stages.
PRELIMINARY TREATMENT
Typical Circular,
Sedimentation Radial-flow
Tanks
tank
Hopper
bottomed,
upward
flow tank
APPROACHES TO SECONDARY TREATMENT
Lagoon Systems
LAGOON SYSTEM
ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM
WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
• REUSE AND RECYCLING
• COLLECTION of WASTEWATER
1) CENTRALIZED SYSTEMS
2) DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS
• AWARENESS of WASTEWATER
• TREATMENT of WASTEWATER
• GATHER THE USED WATER FROM OUR HOMES, BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES
AND CONVEY IT TO A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
• TWO WAYS CAN BE USED TO COLLECT WASTEWATER :
I) CENTRALIZED SYSTEMS
II) DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS
I) CENTRALIZED SYSTEMS
• PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEMS
• SERVE ESTABLISHED TOWNS AND
CITIES
• PROVIDE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL
SERVICES FOR NEIGHBORING SEWER
DISTRICTS
• LARGE-SCALE SYSTEM
• GATHER WASTEWATER FROM MANY
USERS FOR TREATMENT AT ONE OR
FEW SITES
• ECONOMICAL, ALLOW FOR GREATER
CONTROL, REQUIRE FEWER PEOPLE
• PRODUCE ONLY ONE DISCHARGE TO
MONITOR INSTEAD OF SEVERAL.
II) DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS
• DO NOT CONNECT TO A PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM
• MAY BE TREATED ON SITE (MOST COMMON) OR
DISCHARGED TO A PRIVATE TREATMENT PLANT
• REQUIRE WELL TRAINED STAFFS AND HIGH
COST OF MAINTENANCE