Effect of average flow and capacity utilization on effluent water quality from US municipal wastewater treatment facilities |
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Authors: | Weirich Scott R Silverstein Joann Rajagopalan Balaji |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States |
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Abstract: | There is increasing interest in decentralization of wastewater collection and treatment systems. However, there have been no systematic studies of the performance of small treatment facilities compared with larger plants. A statistical analysis of 4 years of discharge monthly report (DMR) data from 210 operating wastewater treatment facilities was conducted to determine the effect of average flow rate and capacity utilization on effluent biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), total suspended solids (TSS), ammonia, and fecal coliforms relative to permitted values. Relationships were quantified using generalized linear models (GLMs). Small facilities (40 m3/d) had violation rates greater than 10 times that of the largest facilities (400,000 m3/d) for BOD, TSS, and ammonia. For facilities with average flows less than 40,000 m3/d, increasing capacity utilization was correlated with increased effluent levels of BOD and TSS. Larger facilities tended to operate at flows closer to their design capacity while maintaining treatment suggesting greater efficiency. |
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Keywords: | Wastewater treatment Reliability Risk |
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