N-Removal with the Activated Sludge Process

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Course features
  • CEUs: 1.0 hours
  • Topic: Fundamentals
  • Certificates of Completion 
  • Bite-sized lessons in video format
  • Downloadable lesson summaries 
Course overview
This course is about how we remove nitrogen from wastewater using the activated sludge process. The activated sludge process is a system that uses microorganisms to remove dissolved pollutants like BOD, nitrogen, and phosphorus. This course is intended to introduce basic concepts and discuss typical roles/ responsibilities an operator has in running these systems.
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What you'll learn
  • How excess amounts of nitrogen impact the environment
  • Dominant forms of nitrogen in wastewater and strategies for removing
  • Key biological groups involved in nitrogen removal
  • Overview of nitrification and factors affecting performance
  • Overview of denitrification and factors affecting performance
  • The role of selector zones and recycle streams and how they work
  • Monitoring and control practices