5th Edition

WEF Manual of Practice No. 8
ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 76

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Updates to the new edition include:

• New section on cost estimating
• Updated regulatory frameworks for overall design considerations
• Introduction of sustainability as an evaluation criteria for project implementation
• Added information on flow and mass peaking factors for integrated facility design
• New chapter on energy saving ideas and sustainability as it specifically relates to wastewater facilities
• Significant updates to plant hydraulics and pumping chapter
• New information on computer modeling for treatment plant hydraulics
• Containing and capturing odor emissions from the source
• New design perspectives with regard to safety and security
• Extensive update of variable-speed motor controls
• Power monitoring and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification
• In-plant communication options
• New technology in corrosion control and materials
• Technology updates for preliminary treatment in screening, grit removal, and grease removal
• Added sections on high rate clarification and downstream process considerations
• New design information on moving bed biofilm reactors, biologically active filters, and fluidized bed biofilm reactors
• Addresses new and emerging biofilm reactors such as hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactors and airlift reactors
• Updated to include nitrogen and phosphorus removal, membrane bioreactors, and anaerobic processes for liquid stream treatment
• Extensive design example presents a practical demonstration of the design approach for a complete suspended-growth activated sludge process
• New information on retrofitting existing conventional reactors with integrated fixed-film activated sludge process
• New physical and chemical processes for advanced wastewater treatment such as disk filters, compressible medium filters, forward osmosis, autotrophic MBR, and nanomebranes
• New chapter covering the management of sidestreams generated during biosolids processing
• Design and regulatory guidance for disinfection in reuse systems
• Updated safety information for dried solids processes and storage facilities
• Updated plant experience data provided on chemical conditioning of wastewater solids
• New section on centrifugal thickening
• New dewatering information on screw press and rotary disc presses including performance data
• Increased focus on creating low odor and Class A biosolid products
• Rewrite of the air emission regulations and air pollution control for thermal processing of wastewater solids
• New guidance on value-added and phosphorus-based considerations for solids products

Design examples included in the new edition are:

• Chapter 6
  • Partial Hydraulic Profile in SI and U.S. Customary Units
• Chapter 11
  • Screening
  • Aerated Grit Removal Process
  • Equalization
• Chapter 12
  • Primary Clarifier
• Chapter 13
  • Denitrification
  • Biofilter Design for Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand Limitations
  • Nitrifying Trickling Filter Design
  • Organic and Hydraulic Loading
  • Biofilter Classification and Distributor Adjustment
• Chapter 14
  • Suspended-Growth Biological Treatment System
• Chapter 15
  • Trickling Filter Solids Contact
  • Upgrading a Conventional Activated Sludge Plant for Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge Systems
• Chapter 17
  • Sidestream Treatment
• Chapter 18
  • Soil Absorption System
  • Ponds
  • Slow-Rate Land Treatment
  • Overland Flow Land Treatment
  • Rapid Infiltration
  • Wetlands
• Chapter 19
  • UV-System-Reactor Design Using NWRI-AwwaRF Guidelines
• Chapter 21
  • Liquid Residuals Transport
  • Dewatered Cake Transport
• Chapter 22
  • Chemical Conditioning
• Chapter 23
  • Gravity Thickener
  • Dissolved Air Flotation Thickener
  • Centrifuge
  • Gravity Belt Thickener
  • Rotary Drum Thickener
• Chapter 24
  • Dewatering
• Chapter 25
  • Thermophilic Digestion
  • Aerobic Digester
  • Aerated Static-Pile Composting
  • Class B Lime Stabilization
• Chapter 26
  • Thermal Drying
  • Incineration
• Chapter 27
  • Nutrient and Metals-Based Land Application