Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Type's of Wastewater Treatment Plant

Civil and Environmental Engineer divide wastewater treatment plants into 2 main categories according to their wastewater characteristics. These are;

1- Industrial WWT Plants
2- Domestic WWT Plants

Industrial WWT Plants
Industrial wastewater treatment plants treat wastewater by physical, chemical, biological or chemical-biological activities.


Domestic WWT Plants

Domestic WWT treatment plants generally treat wastewater originating from human activies from where cities, states, villages, holiday resorts etc.

According to govermental effluent dischage limits it may treat TSS, BOD, COD or NH4, NO3 or P.

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