Top benefits of biological wastewater treatment
Biological wastewater treatment systems over suspended growth systems is that their microbial populations are more resistant to shock loads of contaminants. By removing pathogens and harmful chemicals, wastewater treatment plants reduce the potential for waterborne diseases. Clean water from treatment plants can be safely returned to water sources and safeguarding public health. As a house […]
Turning Domestic Wastewater Into Drinking Water
Historic methods for domestic wastewater treatment: Humankind has a history of reusing water dating back to the history of humans as much as 1500 to 2000 BCE, when Indian, Greek and Egyptian writers wrote about Using a hot iron dipped in water, heating water in the sun, boiling water over a fire, and filtering water […]
Plastic Waste & Circular Economy
Plastic is one of the extraordinary inventions of humankind and is widely used on Earth. Plastic is a versatile material used in a lot of industries due to its high strength-to-weight ratio, low cost and long-term durability. 400 million tons of plastic are produced every year and out of which 10 million tons of plastic […]
Rising energy consumption in domestic wastewater management
The energy demand is increasing throughout the world in all sectors because of population growth and inefficient devices. This matter will get worse over the years if energy-efficient systems are not introduced in different industrial, commercial and domestic sectors. The annual global energy consumption is estimated to be 580 million terajoules per annum with different […]
Domestic Wastewater Future of Water Recycling
Earth has been referred to as the “Water Planet” by NASA, being about 70% of it covered with water. According to the US Geological Survey, however, only about 3% of it is freshwater. And only about 0.3% of this freshwater is easily accessible surface water i.e., lakes, rivers, etc. The image below attempts to visualize […]
How to treat domestic wastewater
Water scarcity in this century is now inevitable, according to the WHO the total percentage of domestic wastewater safely discharged worldwide after treatment is only 55.5%. This is a very alarming situation keeping in mind that only 3% of water is freshwater and out of 3%, two-thirds of freshwater is present in the form of […]
Domestic Wastewater Treatment Process
Understanding Domestic Wastewater: An Overview Domestic Wastewater refers to the wastewater generated from the household through different Domestic activities e.g., laundry, dishwashing, garbage disposal and toilets. The domestic wastewater is usually divided into two main categories: wastewater types Descriptions Black Water Domestic wastewater comes in a combined form i.e. toilet, sink and dishwasher. It includes […]
