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1 Foundation for Water Research 2005 Information Note FWR - WFD15 Sewage - overview Introduction Mains water supplied to households is used for many purposes, other than drinking and food preparation, notably bathing and showering, toilet flushing and the washing of utensils, dishes and clothes. Except where main drainage is not installed, the used water gravitates to the local sewer and becomes sewage. Domestic wastewater will contain both solid and dissolved pollutants including faecal matter, paper, urine, sanitary items, food residues and a variety of other contaminants. The sewer network will usually also receive wastewaters from office and commercial properties and from industrial premises. Rainwater from roofs and roads may also drain into the sewer network. The combined flow from these various sources travels through the sewer system and ultimately to a sewage works where it receives treatment before discharge of the treated effluent to a stream, river, estuary or the sea. Sewage Why do we need to treat sewage? Effluent standards of sewage is essential to ensure that the receiving water into which the effluent is ultimately discharged is not significantly polluted. However, the degree of treatment required will vary according to the type of receiving water. Thus, a very high degree of treatment will be required if the effluent discharges to a fishery or upstream of an abstraction point for water supply. A lower level of treatment may be acceptable for discharges to coastal waters where there is rapid dilution and dispersion. Standards for the quality of effluents from sewage works discharging to rivers and coastal waters have been applied in the UK since early in the last century but the EC Urban Waste Water (UWWT) Directive 1991 (Reference 1) now defines standards for sewage effluents discharging to rivers, estuaries and coastal waters. What does sewage treatment involve? Sewage treatment involves: l The removal of solids by physical screening or sedimentation l The removal of soluble and fine suspended organic pollutants by a biological oxidation process. Both forms of treatment produce sludge as by-products and these have to be treated and disposed of separately in an economical and environmentally acceptable way. (See the description below on sludge treatment.) The following describes a typical sewage treatment sequence which is illustrated in Figure 1. In practice, there are many process variations employed according to locality and the standard of effluent required.
2 Preliminary Screening Figure 1 Sewage Process Large solids (plastics, rag, woody material) are removed first by mechanical screens. Traditionally, screening was used to remove only large solid material (> 25-30mm) in order to protect downstream operations. Nowadays, much finer screens (6mm mesh) are commonly employed to remove smaller inert solids. The material retained ( screenings ) is usually washed to remove faecal matter and then compressed for disposal to landfill or to an incinerator. Inlet from sewer By-products Screening Large solids, rags, plastics Temporary stormwater storage Grit Removal Sedimentation Grit, stones, sand sludge Biological Secondary (biological) sludge Tertiary Tertiary sludge Discharge to receiving waters Grit removal At the next preliminary stage, fine mineral matter (grit and sand), originating mainly from road runoff, is allowed to deposit in long channels or circular traps. The retained solids are removed and usually sent to landfill for disposal. Storm water diversion channel sedimentation At times of rainstorms, the flow of sewage into the works may be too high to be accommodated by the downstream treatment stages. In these circumstances, some of the flow may be diverted at this point to storm tanks where it is stored temporarily before returning it for treatment when the flow subsides. The sewage passes into large sedimentation tanks to provide a quiescent settlement period of about 8 hours. Most of the solids settle to the bottom of the tanks and form a watery sludge, known as primary sludge, which is removed for separate treatment. The sewage remaining after settlement has taken place is known as settled sewage.
3 Secondary (biological) treatment Settled sewage then flows to an aerobic biological treatment stage where it comes into contact with micro-organisms which remove and oxidise most of the remaining organic pollutants. At smaller works, the biological stage often takes the form of a packed bed of graded mineral media through which the sewage trickles and on the surfaces of which the micro-organisms grow. At most larger works, the sewage is mixed for several hours with an aerated suspension of flocs of micro-organisms (known as the activated sludge process). As well as removing most of the polluting organic matter, modern biological treatment can, where necessary, remove much of the nitrogen and phosphorus in the sewage, thus reducing the nutrient load on the receiving waters. Final settlement Following secondary (biological) treatment, the flow passes to final settlement tanks where most of the biological solids are deposited as sludge (secondary sludge) while the clarified effluent passes to the outfall pipe for discharge to a watercourse. In the case of the activated sludge process, some of the secondary sludge is returned to the aeration tanks for further contact with the sewage. The secondary sludge from biological treatment also requires separate treatment and disposal and may be combined with the primary sludge for this purpose. Tertiary treatment Sludge Why do we treat sludge? What does a typical sludge contain? In circumstances where the highest quality of effluent is required, a third (tertiary) stage of treatment can be used to remove most the remaining suspended organic matter from the effluent before it is discharged to a watercourse. Tertiary treatment is effected by sand filters, mechanical filtration or by passing the effluent through a constructed wetland such as a reed bed or grass plot. All methods of sewage treatment generate organic sludges (or biosolids ) as by-products and these must be managed separately from the liquid sewage (Reference 2). Raw (untreated) sludges have a very high oxygen demand and must not be allowed to enter the water environment. There is, therefore, a need to deal with them in a way that permits their ultimate disposal in an environmentally acceptable and sustainable manner. The sludge disposal route selected for a given sewage treatment works will depend on several factors including its location, the availability of suitable farm land, the characteristics of the sludge and the overall cost. Sludges produced by sewage treatment are organic in nature and contain useful amounts of plant nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and essential trace elements. Therefore, the first objective should be to utilise the sludge as a fertiliser or soil conditioner on agricultural land. In fact, some 60 per cent of the sludge produced in the UK is (after appropriate processing) recycled to farms. Agricultural use of sludge is regulated by government controls and by codes of practice designed to protect the quality of the soil, its crops and the health of human and animal consumers of such crops (References 3 and 4). However, sludges produced at some sewage works are unsuitable for use in agriculture owing, for example, to the presence of unacceptably high concentrations of heavy metals or other contaminants from industrial sources. The two main options in this situation are: l l Conversion of the sludge to a solid cake form followed by disposal in landfill Conversion of the sludge to solid form and burning it in an incinerator followed by disposal of the ash to landfill. Both of these options are also strictly regulated in the UK to minimise
4 environmental impact. While these two options account for most of the remaining 40 per cent of UK sludges, there are also other minor uses for sludge, for example as a garden fertiliser, to make compost or as a fertiliser for crops which are subsequently used as fuel at power generating stations. In their initial form, most raw (untreated) sludges have a high water content (96-99%), are putrescent and have an offensive odour. They will also contain a variety of human and animal pathogens derived from the contributing population. Various forms of treatment may be used to achieve volume reduction by removing some of the water content. Odour and pathogen reduction is achieved by stabilisation and disinfection processes. In recent years, the control of odour emissions to the atmosphere has become an important requirement of sludge treatment. The following outlines the more common types of sludge treatment employed, of which various combinations are used according to the end product required. consolidation Anaerobic digestion As a first stage of treatment, sludge is passed through stirred tanks or subjected to centrifugation to reduce its water content and volume by up to 50 per cent. The separated liquor is returned to the sewage flow for treatment and the consolidated sludge passes forward for further processing. In this process, consolidated liquid sludge is retained in an airtight tank (digester) and maintained at 35 deg. C for days. Under the anaerobic conditions in the tank, various bacteria break down about half of the sludge organic matter and convert it into a gas containing about 70 per cent methane. The gas is used to heat the digester and, in some cases, also to fuel gas engines to generate electricity. The sludge resulting from anaerobic digestion is much less offensive in odour than the untreated raw sludge and, with certain restrictions (Reference 2), is generally suitable for use in agriculture in liquid or solid form. Further consolidation of sludge after digestion, to reduce its volume, is a common practice. Mechanical dewatering Either untreated or digested sludge may be converted from a liquid to a sludge cake by treating it first with a conditioning chemical which releases much of the water initially bound to the organic matter. Much of the free water is then removed from the sludge in a filter press, a belt filter or a centrifuge. The resultant sludge cake will have only per cent of the volume and weight of the original sludge, thereby reducing subsequent handling and transport costs. The conversion of sludge to a solid form is essential prior to its disposal to landfill. Incineration Thermal drying This involves the burning of sludge at deg. C to destroy its organic content and to leave a smaller residue of mineral ash for final disposal, usually to landfill. Incineration is only suitable for large sewage works and is used when the option of agricultural use of the sludge is not practicable. The process is carried out under closely controlled conditions and is subject to strict environmental regulation to ensure that ambient air quality is not compromised by the combustion gases. A few sewage works in the UK employ thermal drying systems to convert the sludge to pelletised or granular form comprising about 90 per cent solids. The heating involved also destroys pathogens. Thermally-dried sludges are used in agriculture or for amenity uses (for example, golf courses, parks and other amenity areas).
5 Pasteurisation (disinfection) Lime stabilisation Composting To destroy all pathogens in liquid sludge, it is heated to about 70 deg. C for at least 30, minutes after which it is cooled and subjected to anaerobic digestion. This combination of pasteurisation and digestion produces an enhanced treated product (Reference 3) which enables it to be used more widely for various agricultural purposes. At some smaller works, lime is added to liquid sludge to raise its ph to above 12.0 for several hours. The high alkalinity improves its odour and reduces the number of pathogens. A few sewage works compost sludge by the process of windrowing. The process generates heat and a rise in temperature in the composting material causes pathogen destruction. The final product may be suitable for amenity use. Figure 2 A typical Sludge Sequence Figure 2 shows a typical sludge treatment sequence for production of an enhanced treated sludge (biosolids) for use as fertiliser in agriculture. Many other options are possible in practice. Combustible gas Return top liquor for treatment Heat Sludge Cooling Raw primary and secondary sludge Initial consolidation to reduce volume 70 0 C Pasteurisation to destroy pathogens 35 0 C Anaerobic Digestion to improve odour and reduce solids Return top liquor for treatment Ambient temperature Tanker to farmland for sub-soil injection Further consolidation and cooling
6 References 1. Council of the European Communities. Directive concerning urban wastewater treatment (91/271/EEC) Foundation for Water Research. Review of Current Knowledge: Sewage Sludge. Foundation for Water Research, Marlow SL7 1FD Available on: ( 3. Council of the European Communities. Directive on the protection of the environment, and in particular the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture. (86/278/EEC). Official Journal of the European Communities. No.181/6. 4 July Available on: ( europa.eu.int/eur-lex) 4. ADAS Environmental. Water UK & British Retail Consortium Agreement on sewage sludge. Guidance note available from ADAS Gleadthorpe Research Centre, Mansfield, Notts NG20 9P Available on: ( Produced by the Foundation for Water Research FWR 2005 It is FWR s policy to improve our services in every way and so whilst details set out in this publication were correct at the time of publishing, we are unable to guarantee that changes have not subsequently taken place. We therefore reserve the right to alter content at any time without notice. This publication may not be copied for distribution or used for any commercial reason without prior permission from FWR. Publication N o : FWR-WFD 15 Design Agency - Foundation for Water Research Allen House, The Listons, Liston Road, Marlow, Bucks SL7 1FD. T : +44 (0) F : +44 (0) E : office@fwr.org.uk W :
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