Microbiology of Activated Sludge - Robert J. Seviour

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Microbiology of Activated Sludge

By: Robert J. Seviour (Editor), L. Blackall (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 January 1998

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Waste water treatment is the largest biotechnology industry in the world, handling and disposing of domestic and industrial wastes so they present no threat to the general populace or the environment at large. The activated sludge process is the cornerstone of sewage treatment systems. Although it is a biological process and has been in use for more than 80 years, we still lack detailed understanding of how it works and how its performance might be better controlled and manipulated. This book presents a comprehensive review of what is currently known about the general microbiology of activated sludge and some of the bacteria responsible for the major operational problems encountered. Current understanding and the existing literature are critically assessed and new potentially valuable areas for research suggested. Methodology particularly appropriate to the study of the bacteria that cause bulking and foaming is described, and there is an identification section consisting of photomicrographs and detailed descriptions of the filamentous and other bacteria commonly seen in activated sludge plants. The impact of molecular methods on our understanding of activated sludge microbiology is emphasized throughout the book. The book will be of immediate interest to both microbiologists and waste water engineers, and has been written so as to be relevant and understandable to both. It will also be of interest and value to postgraduate students and researchers working in the fields of environmental engineering, general microbiology and microbial ecology.

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Non-Fiction Science Biology, Life Sciences Microbiology excluding Medical Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Waste Management Zoology & Animal Sciences Engineering & Technology Environmental Science Sanitary & Municipal Engineering Waste Treatment & Disposal

Sewage Treatment & Disposal Molecular Biology Botany & Plant Sciences

Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction to the microorganisms found in activated sludge processes	p. 1
The activated sludge process	p. 44
The normal microbial communities of activated sludge plants	p. 76
Factors affecting the occurrence of filamentous bacteria in activated sludge plants	p. 99
Current taxonomic status of filamentous bacteria found in activated sludge plants	p. 122
Bulking	p. 147
Foaming	p. 161
The microbiology of nitrogen removal in activated sludge systems	p. 203
Microbiological aspects of phosphorus removal in activated sludge systems	p. 227
Practical methods for the examination and characterization of activated sludge	p. 257
Descriptions of the filamentous bacteria causing bulking and foaming in activated sludge plants	p. 301
Glossary	p. 349
References	p. 354
Index	p. 410
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