Tools for Rating the Capacity of Activated Sludge Plants
Research Impact
The goal of this project was to develop protocols that integrate uncertainty and water quality considerations into the design process for activated sludge treatment plants. The report includes a review of activated sludge process models, a statistical primer, and the two statistical tools developed during this project: 1) a spreadsheet for identifying outliers in historical wastewater records using multivariate statistical methods; and 2) parameter distributions representing the uncertainty in activated sludge model parameters. The report also includes two detailed examples that demonstrate the use of the protocols. Using these protocols should help engineers avoid making overly conservative assumptions and estimates in treatment plant design. Published by WERF. 160 pages.
As of February 2020, the web tool is no longer available.
Originally funded as WERF project 00-CTS-3.
