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Typical Wastewater Treatment Plant Flow Diagram

The document outlines the typical flow diagram of a wastewater treatment plant. It shows the preliminary, primary, and secondary treatment stages as well as sludge treatment and water recycling or disposal. It also provides some additional facts about wastewater treatment plants.

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Typical Wastewater Treatment Plant Flow Diagram

The document outlines the typical flow diagram of a wastewater treatment plant. It shows the preliminary, primary, and secondary treatment stages as well as sludge treatment and water recycling or disposal. It also provides some additional facts about wastewater treatment plants.

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Rizalh Cross
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Fact sheet

Typical wastewater treatment plant flow diagram

PRELIMINARY PRIMARY SECONDARY


WATER RECYCLING
TREATMENT TREATMENT TREATMENT

ODOUR CONTROL
RETURNED
TO WATER OR
CYCLE
OCEAN EVAPORATION
PONDS

RAW SCREENING PRIMARY SECONDARY


WASTEWATER SYSTEMS SEDIMENTATION AERATION SEDIMENTATION
(SEWAGE) GRIT TANKS TANKS WATER
RECYCLED OR OR
FOR USE
INDUSTRY WATERING AGRICULTURE

Did you know that...


• Wastewater treatment plants are not generic and vary from one
location to another.
• Some plants have two separate components to the secondary
process and some have units combined into one.
SLUDGE
BIOSOLIDS TREATMENT • Some wastewater treatment plants have an odour control process
to prevent odours affecting nearby residents.
• Wastewater treatment plants work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,
to provide an important sanitation service that protects public health
and the environment.
2828 | © watercorporation.com.au 2016

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