WastewaterManagement photos on Flickr

Abandoned Agri-Cycle wastewater treatment plant which was shut down when they did not comply with EPD rules and regulations, putting the community of Talmo at risk.

The trouble started almost immediately after the plant opened in 2004. Local residents complained about the stench and polluted creeks. In 2007, a few days after Agri-Cycle was asked to stop accepting waste, one of the treatment ponds caught fire. A lot of back-and-forth ensued as to how to properly shut down the plant and dispose of the remaining waste. Finally, facing possible jail time, the owner submitted a workable plan in 2010, that would remove the toxic waste by 2012. The court pushed back to have everything cleaned up in 90 days, and the owner found himself in contempt of court again. In addition, he filed for bankruptcy.

In 2012, said owner (Richard Harville), was found guilty - get this - of illegally dumping wastewater in Upson County (about 3 hours away). Just a year prior, he was arrested for theft by receiving in the same county.

I mean - really?

Water flowing at a waste water treatment facility by World Bank Photo Collection

5

Water flowing at a waste water treatment facility. Manila, Philippines. Photo: Danilo Pinzon / World Bank

Photo ID: DP-PH004 World Bank

24851_179 by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Official Photostream

8

14 June 2016, Fiumicino, Italy - Partecipants of Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA) Annual Forum, held at FAO Headquarters attend a field visit to Orto Sole cooperative farm in Fiumicino and Torrimpietra. The farm, is located in a protected historical site made of sandy soils , which requires the optimization of the use of water resources in order to preserve soil structure and address the pitfall of weeds, pests and pathogens. The firm also adopts climate adaptation techniques, such as wastewater managemnt, osmofilm plant, ecological mulching, and flower strip project, designed to raise the number of pollinators and vulnerable bird species.It also has a farm market.

Worker at waster water treatment facility by World Bank Photo Collection

4

Worker at waster water treatment facility. Manila, Philippines. Photo: Danilo Pinzon / World Bank

Photo ID: DP-PH005 World Bank

Trickling bed, Port Jervis WWTP, February 15, 2018 by NYC Water

Operators at the Port Jervis Wastewater Treatment Plant confronted a biological mystery when stones in the plant’s trickling-filter beds turned orange for nearly two months. The condition – which resulted from the apparent growth and die-off of algae – was unlike anything the operators had seen in decades of working at the facility. The orange gunk showed up in January. It began as specks or clumps of orange that grew until it practically covered the entire filter bed. The trickling filters are part of the secondary wastewater treatment process. The stones in each bed are usually covered by a zoogleal biomass – a greenish, slimy layer of bugs and bacteria that gobble up the nutrients and organic waste in the wastewater. As the liquid passes over the surface of the biomass, the bacteria feed on and digest these wastes, breaking them down into more treatable and less polluting forms of matter. This process can be interrupted when the beds experience a “die-off,” an incident that kills most or all of the helpful bacteria in a short time. Particularly bad die-offs can interrupt the treatment process, and some can allow other types of bacteria to grow. That appears to be what happened with the orange goop. BWS wastewater managers said the trickling filters froze after a cold snap in late December. The cold was deep enough that operators had to chip the ice off the mechanical components of the filter. They believe the thin layer of ice that covered the medium also killed the good bugs and bacteria. The death of the zoogleal biomass allowed other organisms to take over. Laboratory testing confirmed that the orange hue on the medium was a particular genus of blue-green algae, Oscillatoria, which thrived on the nutrients and can grow in harsher conditions.

24851_256 by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Official Photostream

4

14 June 2016, Fiumicino, Italy - Partecipants of Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA) Annual Forum, held at FAO Headquarters attend a field visit to Orto Sole cooperative farm in Fiumicino and Torrimpietra. The farm, is located in a protected historical site made of sandy soils , which requires the optimization of the use of water resources in order to preserve soil structure and address the pitfall of weeds, pests and pathogens. The firm also adopts climate adaptation techniques, such as wastewater managemnt, osmofilm plant, ecological mulching, and flower strip project, designed to raise the number of pollinators and vulnerable bird species.It also has a farm market.

Yelahanka Wastewater treatment plant, Bangalore by India Water Portal

1

The Yelahanka wastewater treatment plant in Bangalore treats water to a tertiary level and has a 10MLD capacity. The plant is managed by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board. The plant is currently (circa 2007) able to cover its operational costs and make a small profit by selling to treated water to industries.

BWSSB's website is:

www.bwssb.org/