Practicing Success
Secondary treatment of sewage involves: |
Physical removal of large and small particles from sewage through filtration Mechanical agitation coupled with addition of aerobic microbes Sedimentation to remove smaller and larger particles None of these |
Mechanical agitation coupled with addition of aerobic microbes |
The correct answer is Option (2) - Mechanical agitation coupled with addition of aerobic microbes The description you provided outlines the two stages of sewage treatment:
After the organic content is significantly degraded through biological treatment, the effluent is allowed to settle in a settling tank, and the sediment formed during this process is referred to as "activated sludge." A small part of the activated sludge is pumped back into the aeration tank to serve as the inoculum. The remaining major part of the sludge is pumped into large tanks called anaerobic sludge digesters. Here, other kinds of bacteria, which grow anaerobically, digest the bacteria and the fungi in the sludge. During this digestion, bacteria produce a mixture of gases such as methane, hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide. These gases form biogas and can be used as source of energy as it is inflammable.
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