TITLE:
Why Should We Bother on Measurement in Wastewater Treatment Operation?
AUTHORS:
Stig Morling
KEYWORDS:
Measurement, Legal Issues, On-Line Instruments, Nitrogen, Sludge Systems, WWTP (Wastewater Treatment Plant)
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Water Resource and Protection,
Vol.8 No.11,
October
18,
2016
ABSTRACT: The
question of wastewater treatment and control is reflected from a very specific viewpoint:
the low priority given to accurate and useful measurements within wastewater
treatment. The matter is discussed from four various perspectives, that may be
labelled “Legal understanding”; “Needs for accurate measurement results already
in the planning and design stage”; “The measurement problem and human behaviour”; “The understanding of the short
term and long term dynamics and changes in pollutionand flow loads on a
wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)”. All these aspects bring about much improved
needs for an accurate and frequent measurement scheme both for pollutants and
flows entering a WWTP. The conclusion is stated as follows: A far more and well
elaborated on-line measurement system at the plants would become a needed tool
for improved water environment protection at lower costs.