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Changes in sludge quality at the water treatment plants

Publication date: 11.02.2015

Technical Transactions, 2014, Enviromental Engineering Issue 1-Ś (20) 2014, pp. 19 - 25

https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.14.323.3411

Authors

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Wojciech Balcerzak
Institute of Water Supply and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Cracow University of Technology
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Stanisław M. Rybicki
Institute of Water Supply and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Cracow University of Technology
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Changes in sludge quality at the water treatment plants

Abstract

This paper presents the variability of the quantity and specific composition of the sludge produced at two different surface water treatment plants ‒ the Raba water treatment plant (WTP), collecting water from an artificial reservoir; and the Rudawa WTP, collecting running surface water. The authors analyzed the differences in the amount and characteristics of sludge and tried to relate them to specific technological systems in use at the treatment plants. The paper mainly focuses on heavy metals removed from the water and then trapped in the sludge. The aim of the work was to describe changes that involved both the quantity of sludge and its characteristics, especially with respect to its further disposal (e.g. heavy metals, etc.). Additionally, some aspects of an activated carbon dosing regime and its impact on a heavy metal content in sludge were discussed.

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Information: Technical Transactions, 2014, Enviromental Engineering Issue 1-Ś (20) 2014, pp. 19 - 25

Article type: Original article

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Changes in sludge quality at the water treatment plants

English:

Changes in sludge quality at the water treatment plants

Authors

Institute of Water Supply and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Cracow University of Technology

Institute of Water Supply and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Cracow University of Technology

Published at: 11.02.2015

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Wojciech Balcerzak (Author) - 50%
Stanisław M. Rybicki (Author) - 50%

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