Evaluation of Alternative Wastewater Treatment Technologies: An Interim ProcessEvaluation of the AEES 'Living Machine', Frederick County, Maryland

摘要

This report contains 14 sections, a list of references, and appendices. Theappendices contain all the data collected at the Frederick AEES facility during the study period, the quality assurance project plan and the detailed cost estimates prepared for the AEES process and for conventional alternatives. Section 2 describes the physical components at the Frederick facility while Sections 3 to 7 describe the data collection and monitoring procedures, and the quality assurance/quality control procedures used. Section 8 details the flow data collected during the study. Section 9, 10, 11, and 12 discuss water quality performance, hydraulic detention times in system components, comparison of independent data to OAI data, and the evaluation of the treatment contribution from the plants. Section 13 provide the cost data for the AEES process and the conventional alternatives, and evaluates the capabilities of the AEES process based on the data collected during the period of the USEPA study. Section 14 presents the conclusions and recommendations drawn from this study.