Research study
The new system comprises a fully automated secondary treatment activated sludge
system including aeration, degassing, settlement and sludge dewatering stages.
This system is fed with effluent from Zeon’s existing primary treatment DAF
system. The chemical dosing associated with the DAF system is to be fully automated
as part of the contract in order to improve the operating efficiency of primary
treatment. Also, the feed flow-balancing capacity is to be increased in order
to provide a homogenous feed to the DAF system. Combined primary and secondary
sludge produced is to be stored in a sludge holding tank and a belt press is
then utilised to dewater the sludge (see diagram).
In order to optimise the operation of the existing DAF system, ACWa has implemented
various recommendations from the treatability study, including the conversion
of the existing small balance tank to a calamity tank, with the raw effluent
diverted when pH, flow or load are beyond design parameters. Feed pumps have
been installed with inverter drives to allow flow control into the DAF system.
The modifications will provide controlled and average flow to aerobic secondary
treatment, thereby improving operating efficiency and optimising effluent discharge
quality.
Automatic monitoring of the final treated final effluent will be undertaken
in a new treated effluent collection tank. Suspended solids and pH monitors
are included and an automatic sampler will provide daily composite sampling
of the treated effluent for routine analysis. Treated effluent transfer pumps
are used to discharge effluent to the existing lagoon.
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