Presentation Abstract
Sewage typically contains high levels of nitrogen. Even with new technologies, on-site sewage (septic) treatment systems typically do not reduce nitrogen levels in treated wastewater. Cost effective on-site sewage systems with adequate denitrification capabilities are needed for areas where nitrogen has been determined a contaminant of concern. A collaborative effort between the Washington State Department of Health and the University of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering Department was undertaken to design and evaluate cost effective, reliable, and low maintenance public domain treatment technologies that have high nitrogen removal efficiencies. The systems were installed and tested at the Snoqualmie Wastewater Treatment Plant. In addition to meeting low effluent biochemical oxygen demand and low total and volatile suspended solids concentrations and bacteriological reduction, a major treatment objective was to produce an effluent TN concentration below 20 milligrams per liter (mg/L). A total nitrogen (TN) concentration of less than 20 mg/L is the Washington State technology-based standard for on-site nitrogen removal. Using the EPA Environmental Technology Verification protocol for nutrient reduction, three novel systems were evaluated for performance and denitrification capability. All three systems met the objective of reducing total nitrogen concentrations to less than 20 mg/L. This presentation will summarize the system designs, evaluation protocols, results, and next steps.
Session Title
Session S-06C: Water Quality III
Conference Track
Water Quality
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2014 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
1-5-2014 1:30 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 3:00 PM
Location
Room 606
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Sewage--Purification--Nitrogen removal--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Sewage disposal--Technological innovations--Washington (State)--Puget Sound
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Puget Sound (Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
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Three Cost-effective Public Domain On-site Sewage Treatment Technologies Verified for Their Ability to Denitrify
Room 606
Sewage typically contains high levels of nitrogen. Even with new technologies, on-site sewage (septic) treatment systems typically do not reduce nitrogen levels in treated wastewater. Cost effective on-site sewage systems with adequate denitrification capabilities are needed for areas where nitrogen has been determined a contaminant of concern. A collaborative effort between the Washington State Department of Health and the University of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering Department was undertaken to design and evaluate cost effective, reliable, and low maintenance public domain treatment technologies that have high nitrogen removal efficiencies. The systems were installed and tested at the Snoqualmie Wastewater Treatment Plant. In addition to meeting low effluent biochemical oxygen demand and low total and volatile suspended solids concentrations and bacteriological reduction, a major treatment objective was to produce an effluent TN concentration below 20 milligrams per liter (mg/L). A total nitrogen (TN) concentration of less than 20 mg/L is the Washington State technology-based standard for on-site nitrogen removal. Using the EPA Environmental Technology Verification protocol for nutrient reduction, three novel systems were evaluated for performance and denitrification capability. All three systems met the objective of reducing total nitrogen concentrations to less than 20 mg/L. This presentation will summarize the system designs, evaluation protocols, results, and next steps.
