Registration on each day opens at 08.30am and the first session will commence at 09.00am, with each day ending at 17.00pm

DAY ONE - Monday 19 September 2011

Overview of Wastewater Treatment

• Sources of wastewater
• Chemical composition
• General plant overview
• Link to process
• Legislative drivers: IPPC, Water Framework Directive, EPER

Primary Treatment

• Oil separation, emulsion breaking, solids removal
• API&CPI separators, dissolved air flotation
• Chemical treatment to aid separation

DAY TWO - Tuesday 20 September 2011

Secondary Treatment

• Biological treatment process overview
• Design of treatment layout
• Aeration options
• Microbiology of wastewater treatment
• Filamentous bulking and foaming
• Microscopy as a troubleshooting tool
• Respirometry

Biological Nitrogen Removal

• Nitrification
• Denitrification
• Emerging Technologies

Operational Parameters and Troubleshooting

• Process control
• Control of sludge age
• Loading control
• Mass balancing
• High ammonia in the effluent
• Bulking/floating sludge remediation

DAY THREE - Wednesday 21 September 2011

Tertiary Treatment and Polishing

• Metal removal
• Odour control
• Effluent polishing
• Recycling options

Sludge Dewatering and Disposal

• Sludge thickening
  
• Oily sludge centrifugation
  
• Belt and plate & frame presses