{"id":1463,"date":"2020-10-14T21:38:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T21:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=1463"},"modified":"2024-01-24T13:43:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T13:43:50","slug":"sewage-treatment-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/sewage-treatment-process\/","title":{"rendered":"What does a good sewage treatment process involve?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1463\" class=\"elementor elementor-1463\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b47dc5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b47dc5d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"d4488c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Water Pollution<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b6997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"57b6997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-water-pollution-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1496 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-water-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Water Pollution?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1495 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-water-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of Water Pollution.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1494 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/industrial-causes\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Industrial Causes of water pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item 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menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1491 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/prevention-of-water-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Preventing water pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1490 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/sewage-treatment-process\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Sewage Treatment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1489 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-pollution-facts\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water pollution facts<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1487 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/flint-michigan-water-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Flint Michigan Pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4dfa46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"b4dfa46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5311836\" data-id=\"5311836\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-972d64e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"972d64e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Liquid Waste (Sewage\/Wastewater) Treatment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcf2387 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcf2387\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wastewater (liquid waste) from flushing the toilet, bathing, washing sinks, and general cleaning goes down the drain and into a pipe, which joins a larger sewer pipe under the road. The sewer pipe goes on to connect to a different sewer pipe that leads to the treatment center.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_1541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1541\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1541\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basic-sewage-treatment-process.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of a basic sewage treatment plant.\" width=\"593\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basic-sewage-treatment-process.jpg 593w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basic-sewage-treatment-process-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basic-sewage-treatment-process-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustration of a basic sewage treatment plant.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">STAGE ONE: SCREENING<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Screening is the first stage of the wastewater treatment process. Screening removes large objects like diapers, nappies, sanitary items, cotton buds, face wipes, and even broken bottles, bottle tops, plastics, and rags that may block or damage equipment.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Special equipment is used to remove grit that gets washed into the sewer.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">STAGE TWO: PRIMARY TREATMENT<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It involves the separation of solid, organic matter (or human waste) from the wastewater. It is done by putting the wastewater into large settlement tanks for the solids to sink to the bottom. The settled solids are called sludge. At the bottom of these circular tanks, large scrappers continuously scrape the floor of the tank and push the sludge toward the center, where it is pumped away for further treatment. The rest of the water is moved to Secondary treatment.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">STAGE THREE: SECONDARY TREATMENT<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The water, at this stage, is put into large rectangular tanks. These are called aeration lanes. Air is pumped into the water to encourage bacteria to break down the tiny bits of sludge that escaped the sludge scraping process.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">STAGE FOUR: FINAL TREATMENT<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next, the \u2018almost\u2019 treated wastewater is passed through a settlement tank. Here, more sludge is formed at the bottom of the tank from the settling of the bacterial action. Again, the sludge is scraped and collected for treatment. The water at this stage is almost free from harmful substances and chemicals. The water is allowed to flow over a wall where it is filtered through a bed of sand to remove additional particles.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After that, the filtered water is discharged into the river.<\/span><\/p><p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">*This description is not a standard for all treatment plants, but the principle is similar.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Now let us see some stunning facts and disasters from water pollution in recent times.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd1533a\" data-id=\"bd1533a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7340ea6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" 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