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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
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