[PDF] Voluntary National Guidelines For Management Of Onsite And Clustered Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems eBook

Author : U. S. Environmental Agency
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2015-06-17
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ISBN : 9781514380543

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EPA has developed the Voluntary National Guidelines for Management of Onsite and Clustered (Decentralized) Wastewater Treatment Systems to raise the level of performance of onsite and clustered wastewater treatment systems through improved management programs. Decentralized wastewater treatment systems are defined here as individual onsite or clustered wastewater systems (commonly referred to as septic systems, private sewage systems, individual sewage treatment systems, onsite sewage disposal systems, or "package" plants) used to collect, treat, and disperse or reclaim wastewater from individual dwellings, businesses, or small communities and service areas. Such systems may provide an alternative to conventional centralized wastewater systems. However, any onsite or clustered wastewater treatment system that discharges pollutants from a point source to waters of the United States is subject to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Such discharge is illegal and subject to enforcement action unless it is authorized by an NPDES permit issued by an authorized state or tribe or by EPA. Onsite and clustered systems can be protective of public health and water quality if they are properly planned, sited, designed, constructed, installed, operated, and maintained. EPA is issuing this guidance to raise the quality of management programs, suggest minimum levels of activity, and encourage institutionalizing the concept of management. Implementation of the Management Guidelines can help communities meet water quality and public health goals, provide a greater range of options for cost-effectively meeting wastewater needs, and protect consumers' investment in home and business ownership. In a number of instances, decentralized wastewater treatment systems without proper management programs have failed in the long term because of lack of proper operation and/or maintenance and have had to be replaced by centralized systems. If centralized collection systems are feasible, decentralized systems are recommended only where there is assurance of an enforceable management system consistent with this strategy, including long-term financial and technical capacity for operation and maintenance.

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Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,10 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Sewage
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"This manual contains overview information on treatment technologies, installation practices, and past performance."--Introduction.

Author : Robert L. Siegrist
Publisher : Springer
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 50,52 MB
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319404725

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This book presents technical information and materials concerning the engineering of decentralized infrastructure to achieve effective wastewater treatment while also minimizing resource consumption and providing a source of reclaimed water, nutrients and organic matter. The approaches, technologies and systems described are targeted for green building and sustainable infrastructure across the United States and similar industrialized nations, but they are also applicable to water and sanitation projects in developing regions around the world. Today, decentralized infrastructure can be used to sustainably serve houses, buildings and developments with water use and wastewater flows of 100 to 100,000 gal/d or more. The book provides in-depth engineering coverage of the subject in a narrative and slide format specifically designed for classroom lectures or facilitated self-study. Key topics are covered including: engineering to satisfy project goals and requirements including sustainability, contemporary water use and wastewater generation and methods to achieve water use efficiency and source separation, alternative methods of wastewater collection and conveyance, and treatment and reuse operations including tank-based (e.g., septic tanks, aerobic treatment units, porous media biofilters, membrane bioreactors), wetland-based (e.g., free water surface and vegetated subsurface bed wetlands), and land-based unit operations (e.g., subsurface soil infiltration, shallow drip dispersal). Approaches and technologies are also presented that can achieve nutrient reduction and resource recovery in some cases or pathogen destruction to enable a particular discharge or reuse plan. The book also describes requirements and methods for effective management of the process solids, sludges and residuals that can be generated by various approaches, technologies, and systems. The book contains over 300 figures and illustrations of technologies and systems and over 150 tables of design and performance data. There are also more than 200 questions and problems relevant to the topics covered including example problems that have solutions presented to illustrate engineering concepts and calculations.

Author : Ronald W. Crites
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1466583266

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Calling for ecologically and economically sound wastewater treatment systems, the authors of Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems explore the use of wetlands, sprinkler or deep irrigation, groundwater recharge, and other natural systems as sustainable methods for the treatment and management of wastewater. Based on work by prominent experts in natural waste treatment, this text provides a thorough explanation on how soil and plants can successfully sustain microbial populations in the treatment of wastewater. Determining that natural systems cost less to construct and operate, and require less energy than mechanical treatment alternatives, this book also explains how these processes produce lower amounts of residual solids, and use little or no chemicals. What’s New in the Second Edition: This revised edition includes current design and regulatory and operational developments in the natural wastewater treatment field. It provides detailed examples and analyses along with significant operational data in each chapter. It also considers how processes provide passive treatment with a minimum of mechanical elements, and describes new approaches to partially mixed ponds, including dual-powered aeration ponds. Introduces the planning procedures and treatment mechanisms responsible for treatment in ponds, wetlands, land application, and soil absorption systems Provides new case studies of constructed wetlands and water reuse systems Presents design criteria and methods of pond treatment and pond effluent upgrading Describes constructed wetlands design procedures, process applications, treatment performance data, and land treatment concepts and design equations Includes information on constituents of emerging concern (CEC) and their fate in natural systems The text discusses wastewater pond systems, free water surface constructed wetlands, subsurface and vertical flow constructed wetlands, land treatment, sludge management, and onsite wastewater systems. It describes residuals and biosolids management, including nitrogen removal pretreatment methods, and uses U.S. customary and metric units in all chapters. It presents case studies of new applications of natural systems and includes worked examples of design equations for ponds and land treatment. It also provides a biosolids regulatory update from a top EPA scientist, and algae reduction technologies for ponds and wetlands. Designed for practicing wastewater engineers and scientists involved in the planning, design, and operation of ponds, wetlands, land treatment, biosolids, and onsite soil-based treatment systems, the book integrates many natural treatment systems into one single source.