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Aerated lagoon
An aerated lagoon or aerated basin is a holding and/or treatment pond provided with artificial aeration to promote the biological oxidation of wastewaters.[1] [2] [3] There are many other biological processes for treatment of wastewaters, for example activated sludge, trickling filters, rotating biological contactors and biofilters. They all have in common the use of oxygen (or air) and microbial action to biotreat the pollutants in wastewaters.
Suspension mixed lagoons flow through activated sludge systems where the effluent has the same composition as the mixed liquor in the lagoon. Typically the sludge will have a residence time or sludge age of 1 to 5 days. This means that the chemical oxygen demand(COD) removed is relatively little and the effluent is therefore unacceptable for discharge into receiving waters.[4] The objective of the lagoon is therefore to act as a biologically assisted flocculator which converts the soluble biodegradable organics in the influent to a biomass which is able to settle as a sludge.[4] Usually the effluent is then put in a second pond where the sludge can settle. The effluent can then be removed from the top with a low COD, while the sludge accumulates on the floor and undergoes anaerobic stabilisation. .[4]
Aerated lagoon used to treat wastewater from a hogfarm. Courtesy of Environmental Dynamics Inc.
Aerated lagoon
References
[1] Middlebrooks, E.J. (1982). Wastewater Stabilization Lagoon Design, Performance and Upgrading. McMillan Publishing. ISBN0-02-949500-8. [2] Tchobanoglous, G., Burton, F.L., and Stensel, H.D. (2003). Wastewater Engineering (Treatment Disposal Reuse) / Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Book Company. ISBN0-07-041878-0. [3] Beychok, Milton R. (1967). Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons. LCCN 67019834. [4] Henze, M. (2008). Biological Wastewater Treatment. IWA Publishing. ISBN1-84339-188-0. [5] Beychok, M.R. (1971). "Performance of surface-aerated basins". Chemical Engineering Progress Symposium Series 67 (107): 322339. Available at CSA Illumina website (http:/ / md1. csa. com/ partners/ viewrecord. php?requester=gs& collection=ENV& recid=7112203& q=& uid=788301038& setcookie=yes) [6] http:/ / www. wastewater. com/ pdf/ 124. pdf
Aerated lagoon
External links
Wastewater Lagoon Systems in Maine (http://www.lagoonsonline.com) Aerated, Partial Mix Lagoons (http://www.epa.gov/owm/mtb/apartlag.pdf) (Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Aerated Lagoon Technology (http://www.clemson.edu/ces/eees/outreach/ AERATEDLAGOONTECHNOLOGY.pdf) (Linvil G. Rich, Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental Engineering and Science, Clemson University)
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