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Treatment by Subsurface Application

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Biological Treatment Processes

Part of the book series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ((HEE,volume 8))

Abstract

There are two major components of a subsurface wastewater treatment system: (a) a pretreatment tank for gravity separation and accumulation of the settleable solids from the wastewater, and (b) subsurface distribution and final treatment of the supernatant liquid from this pretreatment tank. This chapter covers the topics of subsurface waste treatment theory, anaerobic septic tank, aerobic tank, subsurface disposal, leaching field, tile field, soil percolation, seepage pit, cesspool, upflow permeameter, etc. Many design examples are presented.

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  1. Emeritus Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bolton Landing, NY

    Nicholas L. Clesceri

  2. Professor, Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA and Emeritus Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

    Donald B. Aulenbach

  3. Alternative Environmental Strategies, LLC, Williamsville, NY

    James F. Roetzer

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  1. Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

  2. Krofta Engineering Corporation, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

  3. Zorex Corporation, 1 Dawn Drive, Latham, NY, 12110, USA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

  4. Monsanto Company, 14620 Mill Spring Ct., Chesterfield, MO, 63017

    Norman C. Pereira PhD

  5. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, 16945 Deerfield Drive, Strongsville, OH, 44136, USA

    Yung-Tse Hung PhD, PE, DEE

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Clesceri, N.L., Aulenbach, D.B., Roetzer, J.F. (2009). Treatment by Subsurface Application. In: Wang, L.K., Pereira, N.C., Hung, YT. (eds) Biological Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 8. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-156-1_3

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