Sludge dewatering can effectively reduce the volume and mass of sludge for subsequent treatment and disposal. The work validated the potential of Fenton's reagent combined with dodecyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (DDBAC) in improving sludge dewaterability and proposed the mechanism of joint conditioning. The composite conditioner dosage was optimized using response surface methodology. Re...

Methanotrophic bacteria perform major roles in global carbon cycles via their unique enzymatic activities that enable the oxidation of one-carbon compounds, most notably methane. Here we describe the annotated draft genome sequence of the aerobic methanotroph Methylococcus capsulatus (Texas), a type strain originally isolated from sewer sludge.

The metabolic capability of denitrifying sludge to oxidize ammonium and p-cresol was evaluated in batch cultures. Ammonium oxidation was studied in presence of nitrite and/or p-cresol by 55 hours. At 50 mg/L NH4 + -N and 76 mg/L NO2 -N, the substrates were consumed at 100% and 95%, respectively, being N2 the product. At 50 mg/L NH4 + -N and 133 mg/L NO2 -N, the consumption efficiencies decrease...

The occurrence, fate and environmental impact of 30 pharmaceuticals including sulfonamides, fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, macrolides, dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors, β-blockers, antiepileptics, lipid regulators, and stimulants were studied in two municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) located in Wuxi City, East China. A total of 23 pharmaceuticals were detected in wastewater sampl...

Cost estimation is an important consideration for the development and evaluation of wastewater treatment alternatives. This paper evaluates the most cost-effective treatment scheme among different plants employing two biological processes most commonly used for the treatment of municipal wastewater in Saudi Arabia, activated sludge and trickling filtration, by using a computer-based treatment c...

The process using lignosulfonates for acidic rock drainage (ARD) treatment is referred to as the Lignor TM process. Lignosulfonates are waste by-products produced in the sulfite pulping process. The present study has shown lignosulfonates are able to protect lime from developing an external surface coating, and hence to favor its dissociation. Further, the addition of lignosulfonates to ARD sol...

The effects of acetate, propionate, and butyrate on the anaerobic thermophilic conversion of propionate by methanogenic sludge and by enriched propionate-oxidizing bacteria in syntrophy with Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum delta H were studied. The methanogenic sludge was cultivated in an upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactor fed with propionate (35 mM) as the sole substrate for a per...

The growing biomass in the wastewater treatment plant is called "activated sludge"; usually it mainly composed by bacteria (95%) and Protozoa Metazoans (5%). sludge biological composition a good indicator of state health. In this study, an initial characterization microorganisms present activated carried out through DNA analysis.The aim activity development procedures for oxidation lines, to id...

BACKGROUND The problems related to conventional Fenton oxidation, including low pH required and production of considerable amounts of sludge have led researchers to investigate chelating agents which might improve the operating range of pH and the use of nano iron particle to reduce the excess sludge. The pyrene removal from contaminated soils by modified Fenton oxidation at neutral pH was defi...