ABSTRACT
Standard wastewater treatment consists of a series of steps or unit processes tied together (see Figure 16.1) with the ultimate purpose of taking the raw sewage influent and turning it into an effluent that is often several times cleaner than the water in the outfalled water body. As we did for the water calculations presented in Chapter 15, we present math calculations related to waste-water at the operations level as well as the engineering level. Again, our purpose in using this format is consistent with our intention to provide a single, self-contained, ready reference source.
