Abstract

One of the simplest forms of biological treatment process is the stabiliza¬tion pond or stabilization lagoon. It is also the most common industrial wastewater treatment facility. This versatile installation serves many ba¬sic purposes, including: (a) storage or impoundment of wastewater; (b) settling and removal of suspended solids; (c) storage or impoundment of settled solids; (d) equalization; (e) aeration; (0 biological treatment; and (g) evaporation. The relative simplicity and low operating costs of a stabi¬lization pond make it the preferred technology for handling, treatment, and disposal of industrial wastewater as well as municipal wastewater for small communities in most instances. Based on a recent survey by the US EPA [1], treatment systems in the general category of 44stabilization ponds’ constituted 34.7% of the 9951 secondary treatment systems operating in the United States in 1968. Stabilization ponds served 7.1% of the 85,600,000 people served by secondary treatment plants. These ponds usually small communities, and 90% were in communities with 10,00 pesons or fewer.KeywordsAlgal CellNutrient RemovalOxygen Transfer RatePond TemperatureStabilization PondThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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