Terminal Island Treatment Plant converted its digesters to thermophilic operation with the objective to comply with the U.S. EPA Part 503 Biosolids Rule requirements for Class A biosolids. The following processes were tested: a) single-stage continuous; b) two-stage continuous; c) single-stage sequencing batch. Salmonella sp. were always non-detect in digester outflows (<3 MPN/4 g dry wt), whereas fecal coliform densities were usually below the Class A limit of 1000 MPN/g dry wt. However, the recurrence of fecal coliforms in post-digestion caused non-compliance with the Class A limit at the truck loading facility as the last point of plant control for compliance. After several design modifications of the post-digestion train, operation of the digesters as sequencing batch digesters according to the time-temperature requirement of Alternative 1 of the Part 503 Biosolids Rule achieved compliance for both Salmonella sp. and fecal coliforms at the last point of plant control (truck loading facility).
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December 01 2006
Single-stage Sequencing Batch Process for Producing Class A Biosolids from AD Effluent at Terminal Island Treatment Plant
Huub H.J. Cox;
Huub H.J. Cox
1City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation; Hyperion Treatment Plant, 12000 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey, CA 90293, USA
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Steve Fan;
Steve Fan
1City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation; Hyperion Treatment Plant, 12000 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey, CA 90293, USA
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Reza Iranpour
Reza Iranpour
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1City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation; Hyperion Treatment Plant, 12000 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey, CA 90293, USA
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Water Practice and Technology (2006) 1 (4): wpt2006075.
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Huub H.J. Cox, Steve Fan, Reza Iranpour; Single-stage Sequencing Batch Process for Producing Class A Biosolids from AD Effluent at Terminal Island Treatment Plant. Water Practice and Technology 1 December 2006; 1 (4): wpt2006075. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2006.075
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