ABSTRACT
To this point in the text the material presented has provided the reader with a fundamental preamble to the material to follow. We noted that wastewater treatment ponds have existed and have provided adequate treatment since long before they were acknowledged as an alternative technology to mechanical plants in the United States. With legislative mandates to provide treatment to meet certain water quality standards, engineering specifications designed to meet those standards have been developed, published, and used by practitioners. Building on the material presented to this point, including the design equations and examples presented in the last chapter, the basic designs of the various pond types are presented in this chapter.
