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The toxicity of chemical additives to wastewater should be tested to determine the effect of the additives on the ecosystem. Ideally the additive will do what it is designed to do, only be discharged in a minimal amount, and not have any adverse effects on the...
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Neo WaterFX300 is a lanthanide based coagulant for use in water treatment. It is mainly composed of the ionic forms of Cerium (Ce) but can contain other lanthanides such as Lanthanum (La), Neodymium (Nd), and Praseodymium (Pr) among others. Similar to other metal salt...
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Introduction As clean water becomes scarce, the removal of contaminants from wastewater is becoming increasingly important. Nutrients such as phosphorus (P) in the form of phosphate (PO43-) serve as a food source for algae. Recently excessive amounts of P in natural...
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Nothing makes a WWTF operator prouder than the sight of gin-clear effluent spilling over the weirs of the clarifiers. Few things spoil that beautiful sight more than algae growing in the clarifier, catching on the weir as the effluent spills over, floating in the...
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If you must remove phosphorus from your wastewater, it is likely you must also remove ammonia- nitrogen. Nitrification, the process of oxidizing ammonia to nitrate and nitrite, is optimal in the narrow range of pH from 7.5 to 8.6. A pH below 7.2 results in a...
