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Background
information including Glossaries of Terms.
Conferences and Courses
Conferences,
Seminars, Event Calendars and Courses.
Process Information
Bulking and Foaming,
Control, Design, Hazardous Wastes, Nitrification/Denitrification,
Phosphorus Removal, Sedimentation, Selectors, Sludge Dewatering
and Disposal, Other Wastewater Topics.
Modelling
Research, Software.
Microbiology of Activated Sludge
Aspects of Wastewater
Microbiology, Filamentous Bacteria, Higher Organisms and Protozoa, Some Non-wastewater
Microbiology Sites.
Organizations
Organizations, Municipal Treatment Plant profiles
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General Information
- Introduction to Wastewater Systems, from Greater Vancouver Regional District.
- A Guide to Wastewater Treatment, from Greater Vancouver Regional District.
- Occupational Outlook, Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators US Dept. Labour.
- About Household Sewage KAO Consumer Life Science Research Laboratory.
- Managing Household Wastewater - self assessment, Mississippi State University.
- Sewer Science for the classroom National Science Teachers Association.
- Thomas Crapper: A Man, A Plan, A Commode! See also, Thomas Crapper, Myth & Reality
- The Great Toilet Paper Shortage by Steve Silverman.
- The History of Plumbing theplumber.com.
- Fecal Matters (the poop on poop) PlumbingSupply.com.
- Management of Residential Wastewater Systems North Carolina State University.
- Municipal Wastewater sources and characteristics Environment Canada.
- Swimming in Sewage Contaminated Waters Farnborough College of Technology, UK.
- Plumbing Poetry Nice & Easy Multimedia Pty Ltd.
- Water Works! by Environment Canada.
- Sewers of London Part 1 , Part 2 and Part 3 Historical tour, by Mary Gayman.
- History of Melbourne sewage system South East Water, Vic, Australia.
- Paris: Urban Sanitation before the 20th century by Frederique Krupa.
- Ancient Wastewater Treatment by Erik Schiff.
- Glossary of Water Analysis Terms Water Quality Association.
- Glossary of Water Resource Terms, by Gregg A. Eckhardt.
- Glossary of Environmental Terms NTTC.
Conferences and Courses
Conferences/Seminars
- Conference on Stormwater and Related Modeling 19-20 February, 1998, Toronto, Ontario.
- Asian Conference on Water and Wastewater Management, 2-4 March, 1998, Tehran, Iran.
- WATER: Source of Life - Source of Danger Industry Brokerage event, 4-6 March 1998, Cracow, Poland.
- WEFTEC Asia 96, Managing Water Quality in the Asia/Pacific Region 7-11 March, 1988, Singapore.
- Modelling and Microbiology of Activated Sludge Processes 16-18 March 1998, Copenhagen, Denmark (email mc@imt.dtu.dk).
- Ozwater & Ozwaste Exhibition 27-29 April, 1998, Brisbane, Australia.
- 2nd International Conference, Advanced Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse 14-16 September 1998, Fiera Milano, Italy (email milano98@amb1.amb.polimi.it).
- WATER CHINA 98, First International Exhibition & Conference 22-26 September 1998, Beijing, China.
- IAWQ Conferences International Association on Water Quality.
- WEDC Conferences Water, Engineering & Development Centre, Loughborough University, UK. Conferences in Africa and Asia.
- IAWQ Conferences in Australia.
- BCWWA Conferences/Seminars British Columbia, Canada.
Event Calendars
Courses
- Biotechnology
Research Centre La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia.
- Environmental Engineering courses Queensland University, Australia.
- Environmental Microbiology University of
Toronto, Canada.
- PhD studies Aalborg University, Denmark.
- Institute for Aquatic Environmental Engineering Karlsruhe, Germany
- WEDC Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University, UK.
- Environmental Engineering Michigan Technological University, USA.
- Environmental Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
- Operator Education Program BCWWA, Canada.
- Environmental Operators Certification Program BCWWA, Canada.
- Wastewater technology & Process Control Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, USA.
- Activated Sludge Workshops for pulp and paper mills Ray Kenny, Canada.
Process Information
Aeration
Bulking and Foaming
- Activated sludge bulking and foaming control. Jiri Wanner's book reviews literature on causes and possible solutions to these major solids separation problems.
- Also useful is the 2nd edition (1993) of "Manual on the Causes and Control of Activated
Sludge Bulking and Foaming" by David Jenkins, Michael Richard and Glen Daigger,
Lewis Publishers: Boca Raton, particularly for identification of the filamentous
organisms responsible.
- For a microbiological slant on foaming problems see Soddell, JA and RJ Seviour (1990)
"Microbiology of Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants", Journal of Applied
Bacteriology 69, 145-176. See also, Filamentous Bacteria Wall Poster.
- Filamentous Bulking, Short and Long Term Control of Bulking Scientific Solutions Ltd.
- Research on control of filamentous bulking and Nocardia foaming in activated sludge Professor Pagilla.
- Part 1 and Part 2 Activated-sludge bulking, Ron Shuyler, RTW.
- Bulking and foaming processes Dr. Hikmet Toprak.
Control
- Control
of activated sludge waste water treatment plants using AI techniques Chris Hellinga.
- Control and Optimization of Wastewater Treatment Plants Uppsala University, Sweden.
- Activated
sludge bulking and foaming control.
- Modelling
and control of activated sludge processes, 1995.
- Control and estimation strategies for activated sludge processes - abstract, Carl-Fredrik Lindberg.
- Modelling, Estimation and Control of Activated Sludge Processes research abstracts, Robert Tenno.
- Modelling/advanced control of an activated sludge treatment plant Maryland Sea Grant.
- Control of an Alternating Type Activated Sludge Process for Wastewater Nutrient Removal Rolf Hartmann.
- Identification and control of activated sludge plants Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands.
- Wastewater Instrumentation, Control & Automation - Steffens, Lant, Newell and Olsson.
- Design/Control strategies for high rate anaerobic treatment systems Ian Ramsay.
- Improved operation/control of the activated sludge process - PhD topic, Marc Steffens.
- LEE's Home Page PhD
studies in advanced control of activated sludge.
- Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems: Modelling and Control Peter Dold.
- Development of Control of Paper Mill Water Systems HUT, LPC Research.
- Respirometry for optimization and control of watewater plants Minworth Systems Limited.
Design and Operation
Hazardous Wastes and Safety Issues
Nitrification/Denitrification
Phosphorus Removal
Sedimentation
Selectors
Sludge Dewatering and Waste Disposal
Waste Management
Other Wastewater Topics
Modelling
Microbiology
Aspects of Wastewater Microbiology
- Bacteria and Viruses in Municipal Wastewater Gersberg, Brenner, Lyons and Elkins.
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
- CSM-Biothane Process for Anaerobic Wastewater food/paper processing wastewater.
- Composition of domestic sewage entering a waste treatment plant Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
- Influence of Nutrients on Floc Architecture University of Toronto.
- Identification of Muconic Acids in Bleach Plant Effluents University of Toronto.
- Enhancing AOX Removal in Aerobic Biological Treatment Systems University of Toronto.
- Influence of Nutrients on AOX Removal in activated sludge plants University of Toronto.
- High-temp Biological Treatment of Bleached Pulp Mill Effluent University of Toronto.
- Rothberg, Tamburini & Winsor Publication list includes some microbial studies.
- Monash University Microbiology of phosphate removal in wastewaters.
- Sewage Sludge as an Indicator of Metabolic Processes ETHZ Research Report.
- Microbiology
of treatment Processes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Term Project.
- Molecular Diagnostics for Activated Sludge
- In situ characterization of bacterial consortia in activated sludge Rudolf Amann
- Microorganisms
and higher plants for wastewater treatment 1983 paper by Wolverton, B.C., McDonald, R.C. and Duffer, W.R.
- Microbiology & bulking studies , Pascal FORMISYN Water-Soil Pollution Laboratory.
- Photomicrographs of microorganisms in industrial wastewaters Buckman Laboratories Inc.
- Microbiology Links Some include environmental and/or applied microbiology.
- Using Molecular Probing to Analyze Mixed Cultures in Activated Sludge Notre Dame University.
- Biotreatment of Industrial wastewater Hallas and Heitkamp.
- Coagulation and Flocculation of wastewater Sheree DiTerlizzi.
- Wastewater Treatment and Bioremediation of Contaminated Sites Microbiology Dept, Melbourne University.
- Sewer Overflows and their Biological Effects US EPA.
- Biology and Control of Toxic Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) CSIRO project.
- NCSU Water Resource Characterization DSS Viruses.
- Impact of Paper Chemicals on Activated Sludge Effluent Treatment System University of Toronto.
- Analysis of Activated Sludge Flocs in different treatment systems University of Toronto.
- Non-Filamentous Sludge Quality Problems Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
- Microorganism Atlas of bioindicators in wastewater treatment Agua y Medio Ambiente.
- Pfiesteria piscicida Aquatic Botany Laboratory, NCSU.
- Microbe digestion Triangle School Wetlands Wastewater Treatment System.
- Effects of Receiving-Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment on Bacteria U.S. Geological Survey report.
Filamentous Bacteria
- Activated sludge bulking
and foaming control. Jiri Wanner's book discusses the main filamentous
bacteria causing bulking and foaming problems.
- Soddell, JA and RJ Seviour (1990) "Microbiology of Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants." in Journal of Applied Bacteriology 69, 145-176. See also, Filamentous Bacteria Wall Poster.
- Also useful particularly for identification of the filamentous organisms responsible,
is the 2nd edition (1993) of "Manual on the Causes and Control of Activated
Sludge Bulking and Foaming" by David Jenkins, Michael Richard and Glen Daigger,
Lewis Publishers: Boca Raton,
- Actinomycetes-Streptomyces Internet Resource Center, Minnesota University.
- Publications on filamentous micro-organisms in sludge Madoni, P & Davoli, D.
Higher Organisms and Protozoa
Some Non-wastewater Microbiological Sites
Organizations
Organizations
Municipal Treatment Plants
- Albany North wastewater treatment plant USA.
- Allegheny County Sanitary Authority UWUA website, USA
- Anglesea Wastewater Treatment Plant Vic, Australia.
- City of Arcata Wetland Wastewater Treatment Plant California, USA.
- City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility Texas, USA.
- Ballenger Creek Wastewater Plant Maryland, USA.
- Bargara Wastewater Treatment Plant (unofficial, courtesy of Tony James) QLD, Australia.
- Barwon Region Water Authority Vic, Australia.
- The Boston Harbor Cleanup USA.
- Boston Primary Treatment Plant USA.
- Brushy Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Yarra Valley, Vic, Australia.
- Camben County Municipal Utilities Authority, New Jersey, USA.
- City of Castlegar South Canada.
- City of Clarksburg Wastewater Treatment Plant West Virginia, USA.
- Colorado Springs Wastewater Treatment Division, Colorado, USA.
- Coral Springs Improvement District Wastewater Treatment Plant USA.
- Town of Davie Wastewater Treatment Plant USA.
- Deer Island wastewater treatment Massachusetts, USA (unofficial, Wheelabrator EOS Inc.)
- East Bay Municipal Utility District - Wastewater Treatment System Oakland, USA.
- University of Florida Wastewater treatment plant/water reclamation facility, Florida, USA.
- Fort Collins Water and Wastewater Utilities USA.
- Glens Falls wastewater treatment plant profile USA.
- City of Grandville Wastewater Treatment Plant Michigan, USA.
- Grand Prairie Treatment Plant Texas, USA.
- City of Grandville Wastewater Treatment Plant Michigan, USA.
- Greater Vancouver Regional District Canada.
- Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District Wisconsin, USA.
- Guilderland wastewater treatment plant profile USA.
- J.A.M.E.S. wastewater plant, Abbotsford, Canada.
- Houston's 69th St Wastewater Treatment Plant Texas, USA.
- Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant Columbus, Ohio, USA.
- Lehighton Wastewater Treatment Plant Pennsylvania, USA.
- Lynn Wastewater Treatment Plant (unofficial, Erik Schiff) Massachusetts USA.
- Johnson County Wastewater Kansas, USA.
- Johnstown Sewage Treatment Plant Pennsylvania, USA
- City of Mankato Wastewater Treatment Minnesota, USA.
- City of Margate Wastewater Treatment Plant Florida, USA.
- Central Marin Sanitation Agency wastewater treatment plant California, USA.
- Marsh Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant New York, USA.
- City of New Bedford Wastewater Division (see also the Unofficial New Bedford Treatment Plant) MA, USA.
- Town of Ocean City Wastewater Treatment Plant Maryland, USA.
- Quincy Wastewater Treatment Plant Illinois, USA.
- San Antonio Wastewater Treatment Texas, USA.
- Searcy Water and Sewer System Arkansas Utilities, USA.
- Scottsdale Water Treatment Plant USA.
- Seattle Drainage & Wastewater Utility, Seattle USA.
- Springfield Regional Treatment Plant New England, USA.
- Stockholm Water Company Stockholm, Sweden.
- Suffield Wastewater Control Facility CT, USA.
- North Central Texas Joint Wastewater Systems Texas, USA.
- Triangle School Wetlands Wastewater Treatment System Carolina, USA.
- Frank E. VanLare Wastewater Treament Plant New York, USA.
- Willow Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant Salem, USA.
- Yokosuka US Naval Base Sewage Treatment Plant Japsan.
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