Korba wastewater treatment plant is a conventional activated sludge followed by three maturation ponds (MP1, MP2, MP3) in series acting as a tertiary treatment. The first study of wastewater treatment plants showed that the effluent concentration of Escherichia coli and enterococci at the outlet of the (MP3) varies between 103 and 104CFU/100 ml. After the hydrodynamic study conducted by Rhodamine WT which showed short-circuiting in the MP1, two baffles were introduced in the first maturation pond (MP1) to improve the hydrodynamic and the sanitary performances. The second hydraulic study showed that the dispersion number ‘d’ was reduced from 1.45 to 0.43 by this engineering intervention and the Peclet number was raised from 0.69 to 2.32. The hydraulic retention time was increased by 14 h. Because of well-designed baffles, the removal efficiency of E. coli and enterococci was raised between 0.2 and 0.7 log units for the first maturation pond.
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February 01 2012
Removal improvement of bacteria (Escherichia coli and enterococci) in maturation ponds using baffles
A. Ouali;
*Wastewater Treatment Laboratory, Centre of Water Research and Technologies, Borj Cedria BP. 273, 8020 Soliman, Tunisia
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H. Jupsin;
H. Jupsin
**Sanitation and Environment Unity, Liège University, Campus d'Arlon, Av. de Longwy 185, 6700 Arlon, Belgique
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J. L. Vasel;
J. L. Vasel
**Sanitation and Environment Unity, Liège University, Campus d'Arlon, Av. de Longwy 185, 6700 Arlon, Belgique
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L. Marouani;
L. Marouani
***National Sanitation Utility (ONAS), 32, Av. Hédi Nouira. 1001 Tunis, Tunisia
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A. Ghrabi
A. Ghrabi
*Wastewater Treatment Laboratory, Centre of Water Research and Technologies, Borj Cedria BP. 273, 8020 Soliman, Tunisia
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Water Sci Technol (2012) 65 (4): 589–595.
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Received:
August 21 2011
Accepted:
October 04 2011
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A. Ouali, H. Jupsin, J. L. Vasel, L. Marouani, A. Ghrabi; Removal improvement of bacteria (Escherichia coli and enterococci) in maturation ponds using baffles. Water Sci Technol 1 February 2012; 65 (4): 589–595. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2012.896
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