Table of Contents

What is Domestic Wastewater and Why Treat It? * Excreta-related Diseases * Essential Microbiology and Biology * Effluent Quality * BOD Removal Kinetics * Domestic Wastewater Treatment Options * Domestic Wastewater Flows and Loads * Preliminary Treatment * Waste Stabilization Ponds (WSP) * Anaerobic Ponds * Facultative Ponds * Maturation Ponds * Physical Design of WSP * Operation and Maintenance of WSP * Monitoring and Evaluation of WSP * Wastewater Storage and Treatment Reservoirs * Constructed Wetlands * Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactors * Biofiltration * Simple Activated Sludge Variants * Waste Re-use in Agriculture * Wastewater Re-use in Aquaculture * References

About the Author

Duncan Mara is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institute of Biology, the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and the Royal Institute of Public Health. He is also Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds and Visiting Professor at the Instituto Cinara, Universidad del Valle, Colombia.