3rd Edition

Mathematics Manual for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators: Wastewater Treatment Operations Math Concepts and Calculations

By Frank R. Spellman Copyright 2023
    340 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    340 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    To properly operate a waterworks or wastewater treatment plant and to pass the examination for a waterworks/wastewater operator’s license, it is necessary to know how to perform certain calculations. All operators, at all levels of licensure, need a basic understanding of arithmetic and problem-solving techniques to solve the problems they typically encounter in the workplace.

    Hailed on its first publication as a masterly account written in an engaging, highly readable, user-friendly style, the fully updated Mathematics Manual for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators: Wastewater Treatment Operations covers all the necessary computations used in wastewater treatment today. It presents math operations that progressively advance to higher, more practical applications, including math operations that operators at the highest level of licensure would be expected to know and perform.

    Features:

    • Provides a strong foundation based on theoretical math concepts, which it then applies to solving practical problems for both water and wastewater operations.

    • Updated throughout and with several new practical problems added.

    • Provides illustrative examples for commonly used waterworks and wastewater treatment operations covering unit process operations found in today’s treatment facilities.

    1. Flow, Velocity and Pumping Calculations. 1.1. Flow and Velocity Calculations. 1.2. Pumping. 1.3. Basic Water Hydraulics Calculations. 1.4. Basic Pumping Calculations. 1.5. Positive Displacement Pumps. 2. Preliminary Treatment Calculations. 2.1. Wet Well Capacity and Pumping Rate. 2.2. Screening. 2.3. Grit Removal. 2.4. Screenings and Grit Removal Practice Problems. 3. Primary Treatment Calculations. 3.1. Process Control Calculations. 3.2. Primary Treatment Practice Problems. 4. Trickling Filter Calculations. 4.1. Trickling Filter Process Calculations. 4.2. Trickling Filter Practice Problems. 5. Rotating Biological Contactors (RBCs). 5.1. RBC Process Control Calculations. 5.2. RBC Practice Problems. 6. Activated Biosolids. 6.1. Activated Biosolids Process Control Calculations. 6.2. Activated Biosolids Practice Problems. 7. Treatment Ponds. 7.1. Treatment Pond Parameters. 7.2. Treatment Pond Process Control Calculations. 7.3. Treatment Pond Practice Problems. 8. Chemical Dosage Calculations. 8.1. Chemical Dosing. 8.2. Chemical Dosage Practice Problems. 9. Biosolids Production & Pumping Calculations. 9.1. Process Residuals. 9.2. Percent Solids. 9.3. Biosolids Pumping. 9.4. Biosolids Production & Pumping Practice Problems. 10. Biosolids Thickening Calculations. 10.1. Thickening. 10.2. Gravity/Dissolved Air Flotation Thickener Calculations. 10.3. Centrifuge Thickening Calculations. 10.4. Biosolids Thickening Practice Problems. 11. Biosolids Digestion. 11.1. Biosolids Stabilization. 11.2. Aerobic Digestion Process Control Calculations. 11.3. Anaerobic Digestion Process Control Calculations. 11.4. Biosolids Digestion Practice Problems. 12. Biosolids Dewatering and Disposal. 12.1. Biosolids Dewatering. 12.2. Pressure Filtration Calculations. 12.3. Rotary Vacuum Filter Dewatering Calculations. 12.4. Sand Drying Bed Calculations. 12.5. Biosolids Disposal. 12.6. Biosolids to Compost. 12.7. Biosolids Dewatering and Disposal Practice Problems. 13. Wastewater Laboratory Calculations. 13.1. The Wastewater Lab. 13.2. Composite Sampling Calculation (Proportioning Factor). 13.3. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) Calculations. 13.4. Moles and Molarity. 13.5. Normality. 13.6. Settleability (Activated Biosolids Solids). 13.7. Settleable Solids. 13.8. Biosolids Total Solids, Fixed Solids and Volatile Solids. 13.9. Wastewater Suspended Solids and Volatile Suspended Solids. 13.19. Biosolids Volume Index (BVI) & Biosolids Density Index (BDI). 14. Wastewater Treatment Practice Calculations.

    Biography

    Frank R. Spellman is a retired assistant professor of environmental health at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, and the author of more than 160 books covering topics ranging from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to all areas of environmental science and occupational health. He consults on homeland security vulnerability assessments for critical infrastructures, including water/wastewater facilities, and conducts audits for Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Environmental Protection Agency inspections throughout the country. Dr. Spellman lectures on sewage treatment, water treatment, and homeland security, as well as on safety topics, throughout the country and teaches water/wastewater operator short courses at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.