Gerardi The Biology and Troubleshooting of Facultative Lagoons

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-118-98176-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wastewater Microbiology

Provides personnel a new understanding of how lagoon and fixed filmsewage treatment systems work
* Tested in short-course situations by the author over the last20 years
* Directs the material in a practical manner atoperators who are responsible for process control andtroubleshooting
* Reduces the jargon, chemical equations, and kinetics thatoverwhelm most operators and laboratory technicians
* Provides necessary information for understanding biological andchemical conditions at the treatment process

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gerardi, Michael H.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Lytle, Brittany

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
PART I OVERVIEW 1
1 Introduction 3
2 Carbon and Energy Substrates 13
3 Microbial Interactions 19
4 The Facultative Lagoon 35
PART II LOWER LIFE FORMS 43
5 Bacteria 45
6 Archaea 59
7 Fungi 65
8 Bioaugmentation 69
9 Purple and Green Sulfur Bacteria 73
10 Pathogens and Disinfection 77
PART III ALGAE 85
11 Green Algae and Diatoms 87
12 Blue?]Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) 97
13 Algae, Alkalinity, and pH 105
14 Control Measures for Undesired Algal Growth 111
PART IV HIGHER LIFE FORMS 121
15 Protozoa 123
16 Metazoa 135
PART V PLANTS 143
17 Cattails and Bulrushes 145
18 Duckweed and Watermeal 149
19 Weed Problems 153
PART VI LARGE AQUATIC AND TERRESTIAL ANIMALS 157
20 Insects 159
21 Fish 167
22 Animal Control 171
PART VII SLUDGE AND ODORS 175
23 Sludge Accumulation and Disposal 177
24 Reed Beds 181
25 Odors 183
PART VIII MONITOR ING 189
26 Nitrification 191
27 BOD and TSS 195
28 Monitoring Parameters 199
29 Troubleshooting Notes 203
Bibliography 209
List of Abbreviations 213
Glossary 215
SUBJECT INDEX 223
GENERA AND SPECIES INDEX 227

Über Autor(innen)

Michael H. Gerardi holds an M.S. in Biology from James Madison University and has served as an expert witness for the US EPA on nitrification and denitrification. In addition to the prior books in Wiley's Wastewater Microbiology series, he has authored more than one hundred technical publications and has provided wastewater microscopy and consulting services for numerous municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants. He is an independent consultant and has developed wastewater biology courses for Penn State University and has present course to an audience of over 10,000 operators.