Study of the Biodegradability of the Drugs in the Urban Wastewater Using the Activated Sludge Process

• Main Authors: H. Ghoualem, F. Naitali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2013-06-01
• Series: Chemical Engineering Transactions
• Online Access: https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/6475

There are a large number of treatment plants that treat urban wastewater activated sludge process. Present study deals, a municipal wastewater activated sludge process. This plant is located in Boumerdes (Algeria). The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the sewage treatment plant. The objectives of the study were: (i) monitoring and characterization sewage treatment plant (ii) to follow and to examine the efficiency of the biodegradation of the drugs (antibiotic, antifungal, antistamine) during the treatment of wastewaters. Physico-chemical parameters characterisation of wastewaters inlet to the treatment plant and outlet to treatment plant was conducted. Different parameters like COD, BOD5, biodegradability ratio, pressure of the surface, production of activated sludge and rheological aspect were analyzed and compared to the other actived sludge process.