Blog tagged as wastewater treatment

On Enhanced biological phosphorus removal

20.06.22 07:01 AM - By vasanth - Comment(s)
On Enhanced biological phosphorus removal

Phosphorus accumulating organisms [PAOs] think different.


They are not interested in crowd formation like organic heterotrophs. They know their niche. They know where their space is. They know themselves.


Say, I’m a bacterium. I’m introduced to a new space/vast land with abundant resources for growt...

What does a coventional STP in India do?

14.01.21 09:43 AM - By vasanth - Comment(s)
What does a coventional STP in India do?

The primary reason for treating our sewage/wastewater is to remove the organic carbon constituents from the wastewater. Why is it important to do that?

 

The heterotrophic microbes present in surface water bodies like lakes and rivers can use this organic carbon for their primary metabolism. The ...