Performance Evaluation and Comparison of Facultative Ponds in Series and Parallel for Wastewater Treatment (Case study: Delijan WWTP)

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1 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Isfahan, Iran

2 Markazi Province Water and Wastewater Company, Arak, Iran

Abstract

Waste stabilization pond (WSP) is a conventional and widely applicable wastewater treatment unit globally. This system does not require complicated mechanical operating systems but it should not be classified as a simple process at all. Facultative ponds (FP) are the heart of this system as they use the natural symbiosis of facultative bacteria and algae for organic removal. The performance of FP is very reliant on different parameters such as wastewater influent characteristics or environmental operating conditions. Nonetheless, they are simply designed and operated based on parameters like surface organic loads and hydraulic retention time (Khosravi et al. 2013). Some literatures have recently focused on the optimization of WSP layout for higher performance (Shahsavani et al. 2019; Decostere et al. 2017; Espinosa et al. 2017). For example, a question is that which form of FPs, in series or parallel, have the highest performance or operational reliability? Answering to this question is practically a challenge. There is little chance in full scale to compare the performance of FPs with the layouts in series and parallel for long term, with same source of real wastewater, similar climate and operating conditions. This research primarily evaluates and compares the performance of FPs (2008-2020) in series and parallel layout in Delijan WSP.

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