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Wastewater Bacteria

3.0

Wastewater

Water Pollution Biology / Michael H. Gerardi

Michael Gerardi

mgerardi196@comcast.net

570-398-7260 Ext.

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Wastewater Bacteria (3 hours) reviews the significant bacterial groups, the roles they perform in wastewater treatment and the operational conditions that affect their activity. The roles that are performed by each bacterial group may be positive and/or negative to the treatment processes and depend upon the operational conditions of the basic principles of bacterial activity and growth that are presented in this course. Several of the significant groups of bacteria that are reviewed are 1) denitrifying bacteria, 2) fermentative (acetate-forming and acid-forming) bacteria, 3) filamentous bacteria, 4) floc-forming bacteria, 5) hydrolytic bacteria, 6) methane-forming bacteria, 7) nitrifying bacteria, 8) pathogenic bacteria, 9) poly-P bacteria, 10) sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, and 11) sulfur-reducing bacteria.

Basic thru Advanced

* In-depth review of significant bacterial groups responsible for the success or failure of a wastewater treatment process * Describe the roles performed by aerobic, facultative anaerobic and anaerobic bacteria * Review of the operational conditions of a wastewater treatment process that promote healthy and unhealthy activity by the major groups of bacteria * Present and review the roles of the significant groups of bacteria in wastewater treatment

Operators, technicians, engineers involved in the daily operation, process control and troubleshooting of wastewater treatment processes.

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