Team effort solves operational problems
Abstract
The results of studies directed at improving the operational performance of the 5.92-m3/s (135-mgd) North Memphis Wastewater Treatment Plant (NMWWTP) in Memphis, Tenn., are presented. The facility is a contact-stabilization air activated sludge system that treats a soluble, high-strength, readily biodegradable municipal/industrial wastewater. Although some concern had been expressed that the process was not appropriate for this type of wastewater, operational criteria that were selected and implemented allowed the facility consistently to produce an effluent meeting secondary treatment standards. Those criteria included an F/M ratio of 1.0 g BOD/g MSLL.d based on the mixed liquor inventory in the contact and stabilization basins. The paper also discusses the cooperative management approach used, which included the city of Memphis, the major industrial dischargers to the NMWWTP, and their engineer.
Publication Title
Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation
Recommended Citation
Daigger, G., Richter, G., Collins, J., & Smith, J. (1983). Team effort solves operational problems. Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation, 55 (1), 17-22. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/facpubs/11436
