Utvärdering av anaerob behandling av hushållsspillvatten och tekniker för efterbehandling
The continuous process of urbanization results in demands on research and development for ecological and sustainable city development. Because of this, the current systems for wastewater treatment may have to be improved. In order to evaluate new technologies for municipal wastewater treatment, a development project has been initiated for the new district Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm. The project is lead by the company Stockholm Water. High environmental standards have been put up for the district, as it must be twice as good as an ordinary new district. To achieve this goal, a new water treatment plant is planned to be build.In the testing facility Sjöstadsverket, several new water treatment processes for municipal wastewater are being evaluated. This thesis is concerned with the evaluation of one of these processes. The process in question is anaerobic and consists of the following steps: pre-treatment, UASB (Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket), aerobic polishing for nitrogen reduction, a drum filter and reverse osmosis. The evaluation is performed by analysis of water sample taken from the whole process.It is difficult to make any conclusions about the process as a whole, since not all of the individual parts have been in use at the same time. The production of gas in the UASB system has been quite low. The cause of this is probably that gas is dissolved in the effluent water. The aerobic polishing is sensitive and it will need adjustments of the pH-value in order to treat the water as planned. The use of chemical precipitation of phosphorus over the drum filter does not reduce the amount of phosphorus below the desired level. Furthermore, the demands on the treated water cannot be reached with the use of reverse osmosis, at least not in its current implementation.