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The document discusses the characteristics of sewage, which includes physical, chemical, and biological aspects essential for designing effective sewage treatment systems. It highlights the importance of understanding parameters such as color, odor, pH, and the presence of microorganisms in sewage. Additionally, it emphasizes the role of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) in regulating pollution and promoting environmental awareness.

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Characteristics of Sewage

The document discusses the characteristics of sewage, which includes physical, chemical, and biological aspects essential for designing effective sewage treatment systems. It highlights the importance of understanding parameters such as color, odor, pH, and the presence of microorganisms in sewage. Additionally, it emphasizes the role of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) in regulating pollution and promoting environmental awareness.

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Department of Civil Engineering

Public Health Engineering

CHARACTERISTICS OF SEWAGE

Mr.D.V.Patil

Lecturer,RIT,Rajaramnagar
INTRODUCTION
• Sewage consists of various residential, public
and industrial mixtures of wastewater, which
contain organic and inorganic materials in
dissolved or suspended or colloidal form as
well as various microorganisms useful and
harmful to human life.
• We need the characteristics and examination of
sewage before designing any sewage
treatment system to work efficiently.
Characteristics OF SEWAGE /
Waste water
• The Characteristics of sewage arc classified as
follows:

1. Physical characteristics
2. Chemical characteristics and
3. Biological characteristics
1. Physical characteristics
A . Color :
Color is due to the suspended and other
matters found in wastewater.
If sewage is fresh it has a soap solution
color i.e grey-brown and decomposed sewage
has dark grey color.

B. Odour:
Fresh sewage is of soapy or oily
odour but stale sewage has offensive odour
due to H2S, CH4
• C. Temperature:

Generally sewage has slightly


higher temperature than the water which
increases the biological activities. 40 degree C.

D . Turbidity :
It is very turbid than water
due to the presence of high suspended and
other
E. Solids : 350-1200 mg/L

• Though sewerage typically contains lower than


zero to 0.5 % solids, the remainder being
water, still the nuisance caused by the solids
cannot be unnoted, as these solids are
extremely degradable and so want correct
disposal.
• The sewerage solids could also be classified
into dissolved solids, suspended solids and
volatile suspended solids.
• Data of the volatile or organic fraction of solid,
that decomposes, becomes necessary, as this
constitutes the load on biological treatment units
or resources of a stream once sewerage is
disposed off by dilution.

• The estimation of suspended solids, each organic


and inorganic, provides a general image of the
load on deposit and grit removal system
throughout sewerage treatment. Dissolved
inorganic fraction is to be thought-about once
sewerage is employed for land irrigation or the
other utilize is planned.
2. Chemical Characteristics
• Sewage contains complex compounds derived
from urine, faces, inorganic chemicals etc.

• a. pH
• b. DO (Dissolved Oxygen)
• c. BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)
• d. COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand)
• a. pH
• The hydrogen ion concentration expressed as
pH scale, could be a valuable parameter within
the operation of biological units.
• The pH scale of the contemporary sewerage is
slightly quite the water provided to the
community. However, decomposition of
organic matter might lower the pH scale,
whereas the presence of business waste
material might manufacture extreme
fluctuations typically the pH scale of raw
sewerage is within the vary 5 to 8.0.
• DO (Dissolved Oxygen):

It is the amount of
oxygen dissolved in waste water.
Presence it indicates the
sewage is fresh or oxidation has
been occurred after
treatment. It is necessary to
ensure at least 4 ppm of DO in stream in which treated
wastewater is disposed otherwise
fish are likely to be killed.

• BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)

BOD is defined as the amount of oxygen required


for the bacteria to oxidize the organic matter present in
the sewage.

BOD – 80 mg/L
• COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand)

• It is defined as the amount of oxygen required


for chemical oxidation of organic matters
readily oxidizable carbonaceous and other
matter.
• COD – 150 mg/L
3. Biological characteristics
• Domestic sewage consists of various types of
plant or animal microorganism and the biological
characteristic of sewage is related to the presence
of these microorganisms.
• This microorganism whose presence is 22 — 25
millions numbers in a liter of sewage may be
pathogenic, indicator organisms etc. The main
source of pathogenic microorganism is excreta
from sick people and these organisms require
living tissues to grow and reproduce and harmful
to man.
The microorganism can be broadly
classified into:
• (a) Aquatic plants
• (b) Aquatic animals
• (c) Aquatic mold (fungi), bacteria and
virus.
• Aquatic Plants consists of waterweeds algae
etc.
• Aquatic animals consist of fish, snails,
amphibians insects, earth Worms, hydra etc.
• Aquatic mold (fungi), bacteria and virus are
also aquatic plant but categorized separately.
These are responsible for disease.
• The bacterium which needs free oxygen
to survive is called aerobic bacteria
and which
survives without free oxygen is
anaerobic bacteria called and which
presence or absence of free
survives
oxygen isincalled
facultative bacteria.
• The decomposition of sewage is possible
due to these bacteria.
Aerobic Process:-
• When the decomposition of organic matter take place in
presence of oxygen it is known as aerobic process.pr
• Aerobic process is carried out by aerobic bacteria.
• If sufficient oxygen is not present, the sewage is aerated.
Anaerobic Process:-
When the decomposition of organic matter take place in absence
of oxygen it is known as anaerobic process.
Role of MPCB in Pollution control:-
• MPCB being a major regulation for implementation of
envormental laws and pollution control in the state ,plays an
important role in securing sustainable development by
enforcing various law, rules & regulation etc. to prevent and
control the pollution.
• MPCB role has multi disciplinary including command control,
regulation,facilitation,management guide to all the stake
holder.
• Besides that by dissemination of information on environment
protection and training to all stake holder, creation of
awareness become one of the important function of the board.
• Empowered to carry out certain urgent works as are within its
bound.

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