ENBUS102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Waste Management, Colloid, Phillipsite
12 Dec 2017
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What are the different sources of wastewater: domestic wastes. These comprises of wastes from sinks, toilets, washing machines etc. They contains solids, organic matter, ammonia, some metals and large numbers of faecal bacteria: industrial wastes. These comprises of metals, toxic organic compounds and acids. They are produced from washing, processing and cooling. The wastes may be present as suspension or solution form: surface drainage. It comes from runoff from impermeable areas like pavements, roads, car parking etc. The flow is a reflection of the precipitation: agricultural waste water. These comprises of animal waste, bacteria, nutrients, organic matter, fertilisers, pesticides. It happens where there is intensive farming: leachates. These comprises of effluents that contains organic matter, metal, pesticide etc. It originates from solid waste of domestic, industrial or agriculture use. It is waste water collection system usually constructed to collect domestic wastewater, industrial wastewater and surface drainage.
