Sewage treatment
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD OF TREATING LIQUID SEWAGE INCLUDES PRECIPITATING HEAVY METALS FROM THE SEWAGE, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SETTLED, FILTERED OR OTHERWISE TREATED SO AS TO REMOVE A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE SOLIDS CONTENT THEREOF, AND RAISING THE PH OF THE SEWAGE TO OVER 11 AND PREFERABLY OVER 12 TO DESTROY PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS AND TO RELEASE ENZYMES FROM BACTERIA IN THE SEWAGE, LOWERING THE PH SO THAT IT IS IN A RANGE IN WHICH THE ENZYMES DIGEST COMPONENTS OF THE SEWAGE, ADDING MICROORGANISMS TO THE SEWAGE TO ASSIST IN DECOMPOSING ORGANIC COMPONENTS THEREOF, KILLING THE ORGANISMS DEVELOPED AND REMOVING THEM, NEUTRALIZING THE SEWAGE SOLUTION REMAINING AND REMOVING CATIONS AND ANIONS FROM IT WITH ION EXCHANGE RESINS. THE WATER PRODUCED IS OF DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND THE PROCESS BY WHICH IT IS MADE IS APPRECIABLY FASTER THAN PRESENT COMMERCIAL SEWAGE TREATMENTS.
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- 👤 E Luck
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