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Filament Identification and Process Control in Activated Sludge

Conducted by Michael Richard, Ph.D. and Bob Alberts

Course Content and Outline

Workshop Title: Filament Identification and Process Control in Activated Sludge

Length of Workshop: 16 hours (2 days); ___ CEU's.

Date: October 23rd & 24th, 2008

Offered At: Alberts Water & Wastewater Services, Inc. Professional Teaching Lab, 200 Racquette Dr.,  Fort Collins, CO  80524, Phone: 970-494-1610, Fax: 970 494-1611.                    

$375.00 per attendant - includes breakfast/lunch &
Dr. Richard's Manual on Activated Sludge


Brief Description of the Workshop and Outline:


This two day workshop will cover the microbiology of activated sludge systems and will provide the participant with hands-on training in microscopic identification and assessment techniques for poor floc formation, dispersed growth, bacterial foaming and filamentous bulking. Identification of filamentous bacteria in activated sludge will be emphasized.

The course will consist of six hours of lecture with slides and 10 hours of hands-on laboratory work with phase contrast microscopes. The textbook for this course will be: Manual on the Causes and Control of Activated Sludge Bulking, Foaming and Other Solids Separation Problems, Third Edition, D. Jenkins, M. Richard and G. Daigger, Lewis Publishers, 2003.

Lecture topics will include an overview of the microbiology of activated sludge; detailed microscopic techniques used in filament identification; the causes of filamentous bacteria; and use of this information in problem solving. Specific laboratory techniques to be gained include: use of the phase contrast microscope; handling and preparation of samples; microscopic counting and staining techniques; identification of filaments in activated sludge; and use of this information in problem solving.

A brief outline follows:

 Day 1

8:00 -   8:30        Introduction
8:30 -  10:00       Lecture: Activated Sludge Microbiology
10:00 -10:15       BREAK
10:15 - 12:00      Lecture: Activated Sludge Microbiology Problems
12:00 - 1:00        LUNCH
1:00  -  3:00        Lab: Use of the phase contrast microscope
3:00 -  3:15        BREAK
3:15 -  5:00   
    Lab: work with good and bad sludges

Day 2

8:00 -  9:00        Lecture: Filament Identification Techniques
9:00 - 10:00       Lab: Filament identification with samples
10:00 -10:15      BREAK
10:15 - 12:00     Lab: Continue filament identification
12:00 - 1:00       LUNCH
1:00  -  3:00       Lab: Examination of participant samples
3:00 -  3:15        BREAK
3:15 -  4:30   
    Lecture: Use of this information in problem solving
4:30 -  5:00   
    Questions and Answers
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Participants should bring samples from their activated sludge system to include 100 mls of MLSS from the exit end of the aeration basin and a separate sample of foam, if present

 


- Seminar Dates To Be Announced –

June (late) - Pumping & Measurements (Actual dates to be announced)

                    $100 per attendant - Includes breakfast/lunch

                    Featured Instructors - Bob Alberts / Gary Girolimon / Gragg White

 

Plant Maintenance (late summer/ early fall) - Further details to be announced