Kalamazoo Wastewater Treatment Plant
Kalamazoo wastewater treatment plant
On October 22, 2011, a group of students from the class of CHEG 2610 visited the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant (KWRP) to learn more about the process to treat wastewater around the Kalamazoo area. To clean up the water, the KWRP used the Activated Sludge, which is a biological treatment technique in which a mixture of wastewater and biological sludge (microorganisms) is agitated and aerated.
The Kalamazoo wastewater treatment plant has been renewed since February 1955 until 2003. At the begging, it started just to provide a treatment to an average wastewater flow of 12.0 million gallons per day but nowadays it provides treatment to approximately 28 million gallons per day. Approximately half of this flow comes from significant industrial users such as large manufacturers and hospitals. The balance of the flow comes from residential customers, schools, and other industries. This paper will describe the process that the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant uses to make wastewater drinkable or usable in the environment.
Water Treatment Process We were received by ------------------------- who gave us an hour presentation long describing the history of KWRP and the process used to clean up the water. Most of the information presented was similar to the one in page 460 to 464 of the Introduction to Environmental Engineering book. After the presentation ended, each of us was required to wear goggle and helmet protection for the tour around the KWRP. The tour began in the administration building where computer systems are located to monitor the process within the plant. The first station that we visited was the Raw Wastewater Pump Station, all the industries and municipal wastewater flow in this station first. This station is used to remove debris from the wastewater. We observed one sample of wastewater received in this plant; disagreeable odor and a brown color was the characteristic of this water, according to the tour
On October 22, 2011, a group of students from the class of CHEG 2610 visited the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant (KWRP) to learn more about the process to treat wastewater around the Kalamazoo area. To clean up the water, the KWRP used the Activated Sludge, which is a biological treatment technique in which a mixture of wastewater and biological sludge (microorganisms) is agitated and aerated.
The Kalamazoo wastewater treatment plant has been renewed since February 1955 until 2003. At the begging, it started just to provide a treatment to an average wastewater flow of 12.0 million gallons per day but nowadays it provides treatment to approximately 28 million gallons per day. Approximately half of this flow comes from significant industrial users such as large manufacturers and hospitals. The balance of the flow comes from residential customers, schools, and other industries. This paper will describe the process that the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant uses to make wastewater drinkable or usable in the environment.
Water Treatment Process We were received by ------------------------- who gave us an hour presentation long describing the history of KWRP and the process used to clean up the water. Most of the information presented was similar to the one in page 460 to 464 of the Introduction to Environmental Engineering book. After the presentation ended, each of us was required to wear goggle and helmet protection for the tour around the KWRP. The tour began in the administration building where computer systems are located to monitor the process within the plant. The first station that we visited was the Raw Wastewater Pump Station, all the industries and municipal wastewater flow in this station first. This station is used to remove debris from the wastewater. We observed one sample of wastewater received in this plant; disagreeable odor and a brown color was the characteristic of this water, according to the tour