Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Dr inż. Ewa Wąsik

Dr inż. Agnieszka Operacz

Dr hab inż. Piotr Bugajski

Dr hab. inż. Grzegorz Kaczor

Doc ing. , PhD Jurík Ľuboš

ANALYSIS OF SEWAGE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO BIODEGRADATION ON AN EXAMPLE OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IN WODZISŁAW ŚLĄSKI

The paper presents an analysis of sewage susceptibility to biodegradation on an example of sewage treatment plant in Wodzisław Śląski in the Śląskie province. For this purpose, dependencies between selected indices of domestic sewage pollution were applied. Descriptive statistics of the respective indices rations COD/BOD5, BOD5/TN, BOD5/TP were presented. Moreover, an analysis was conducted on the composition of raw sewage flowing into the treatment plant, pre-treated sewage and sewage leaving the studied treatment plant. The analysis was carried out on the basis of three basic indices of sewage pollution (BOD5, COD and total suspended solids) and two biogenic indices (total nitrogen and total phosphorus). Tests on the sewage composition were conducted in the years 2010-2015. Basic descriptive statistics were compiled for the values of the studied indices of sewage pollution and the obtained results were interpreted. On the basis of collected material it may be said that sewage reaching the treatment plant in Wodzisław Śląski revealed a good susceptibility to biodegradation, whereas the BOD5/TN and BOD5/TP ratios were below the optimum value. ...

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Dr hab inż. Piotr Bugajski

Dr inż. Ewa Wąsik

Dr inż. Agnieszka Cupak

Analysis of sewage inflow variability to a sewage treatment plant for the agglomeration of Dębica

The paper analyzes the variability of sewage inflow to a treatment plant in Dębica. For this purpose, the following basic descriptive statistics of the sewage inflow to the treatment plant were determined: mean value (Qdm), median (Mo), minimum value (Qdmin), maximum value (Qdmax), standard deviation (), coefficient of variation (Vzm), range (Ro). Histogram of a number of sewage inflows to the treatment plant for the specified observation intervals was determined. Detailed diurnal raw sewage inflows to the treatment plant in Dębica were summarized for the period of 2009-2015 compared to the limit value specified by the water-legal permit and the to the mean value. Mean diurnal sewage flow values for individual months from the period of 2009-2015 were also summarized. Mean diurnal sewage flows in individual years of the studied period, as well as mean diurnal sewage flow values in each day of the week were compared. Moreover, runoff data were obtained from the Tarnów station (the nearest rainfall station to the studied facility) and on this basis mean values of diurnal precipitation for individual months in the period of 2009-2015 were determined. Subsequently, the days of the study period were divided into 7 major groups based on the amount ...

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Dr hab inż. Piotr Bugajski

Dr inż. Ewa Wąsik

Assessment of the operation of sewage treatment plant in Haczów before and after modernization

The paper presents the assessment of the operation of a sewage treatment plant in Haczów before and after its modernization. The analysis of results was conducted based on data data for the period from January 2011 to March 2015. The paper describes the process line of the studied object and the qualitative assessment of treated sewage based on three basic sewage contamination indicators: BOD5, CODCr and total suspended solids. Moreover, the amount of sewage flowing into the treatment plant over the period of four consecutive years was analyzed. The operation of the sewage treatment plant was assessed for two periods, i.e. before and after its modernization. The conducted analysis showed a significant improvement in the quality of treated sewage after the modernization of the treatment plant. After the modernization, the mean value of the BOD5 indicator in the treated sewage was 8,4 mgO2.dm-3 and was more than seven times lower than in the period prior to modernization. Similar situation was observed for CODCr as its mean value for treated sewage after the modernization was 61,7 mgO2.dm-3 while before the modernization it was 227,9 mgO2.dm-3. A significantly lower value of the mean total suspended solids concentration was also observed in treated ...

Dr hab inż. Piotr Bugajski

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Dr inż. Ewa Wąsik

Influence of atmospheric precipitations on temperature and volume of wasteaeter in small sewage system

The aim of this study was to determine of influence of atmospheric precipitations in flow to sewer system on temperature and the amount of raw sewage flowing into the sewage treatment plant. Studies carried out in the sewer system with a length of 15 km and a diameter of from 200 to 315 mm. Were chosen two characteristics winter study periods. The first period was from 01 to 31 January 2011 year and the second period was from 01 to 29 February 2012 year. The analysis found that as a result of accidental water inflow (rain water) occurred lowering the temperature of the influent wastewater to the treatment plant from 2.1 to 2.2 °C. Water flowing random (rainy water) is defined as the share of accidental waters in the total volume of waste water treatment plants result in an increased volume of sewage from 37.5 to 40.0%. To prevent negative phenomena which are reducing the temperature of plants and their increased volume as a result of the entry of rain water drains should be taken to detect and elimination of illegal connections residential gutters and sealed sewer system. ...

Mgr inż. Dariusz Młyński

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Dr inż. Włodzimierz Miernik

Mgr inż. Anna Młyńska

Evaulation of efficency of sewage treatment plant in Jasło

The article contains evaluation of functionality of sewage treatment plant in Jasło for multiplicity 2010 - 2014. On the basis of the results raw and cleaned sewage physico-chemical analysis, the efficiency of sewage treatment, coefficient of technological reliability, technological efficiency of sewage treatment and risk of the negative assessment of work of sewage treatment plant, were obtained, for following pollutions indicators: total suspended solids, BOD5, CODCr, total nitrogen and total phosphorus.Based on obtained results its conclude the average reduction of pollution on level below 90%. Only for total nitrogen the average reduction is lower and is on level 77%. Based on other values of indicators of reliability work of sewage treatment plant its conclude that the tested sewage treatment plant may be certified to operate in high quality and the sewage treated by this plant doesn't threaten the collector of the treated sewage. ...

Dr hab inż. Piotr Bugajski

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Dr inż. Agnieszka Cupak

Dr inż. Ewa Wąsik

Influence of sewage from septic tanks on the variability concentration of pollutants in sewage undergoing purification processes

The aim of the study was to determine the influence of the percentage of sewage from septic tanks to the variability of pollutant concentrations in the mixture of sewage undergoing treatment process in the collective sewage treatment plant. The study involved measuring the daily amount of wastewater influent and from septic tanks and determined the percentage of the amount of sewage from septic tanks in relation to the total wastewater being purified. During the 5-year study collected and analyzed 20 samples of sewage, which were made markings indicators: BOD5, COD and total suspension. After the statistical analysis, it was found that with the increase of the share of sewage from septic tanks by 1% increased the value of BOD5 14.6 mgO2•dm-3, increases the value of COD 40.2 mgO2•dm-3 and increases the concentration of total suspension of 21,4 mg•dm-3 in the total mixture of the waste water being purified. ...

Mgr inż. Jacek Nowak

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Mgr inż. Bożena Chmielowska

dr inż. Dawid Bedla

The efficiency of pollutant elimination in the Dobra treatment plant

This study was aimed to conduct an analysis of the efficiency of pollutant elimination in the Dobra treatment plant, which operates based on the SBR reactor. The object purifies domestic sewage and pre-treated industrial sewage from a slaughterhouse within the Dobra municipality. The source material for the analysis comprised the values of pollution indicators: BOD5, CODCr, total suspended solids (TTS) in raw sewage (19 samples) and treated sewage (34 samples). The results of chemical analyses were obtained in the period 2007-2014. The results were compared with the limit values imposed by the Regulation (2014). The coefficient of reliability of the treatment plant was also calculated in this study. The average efficiency of pollutant elimination in the treatment plant was: BOD5 - 98.6%, CODCr - 94.9%, total suspended solids - 97.6%. These results demonstrate that the studied facility operates flawlessly and the treatment efficiency is high. On the other hand, the reliability coefficient values indicate that the operation of this object is unstable. ...

Dr inż. Ewa Wąsik

Dr hab inż. Piotr Bugajski

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Dr inż. Agnieszka Cupak

The influence of precipitation in Sądecki Basin on the variability of quantitative wastewater inflowing into the treatment plant Wielopole

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of precipitation, which were observed in Nowy Sącz, on the variability of quantitative wastewater inflowing into the treatment plant Wielopole in the years 2008-2014. An analysis of the data from the multi-year was presented as a time series. The next a method for spectral Fourier smoothing operation using a Hamming window was using. The 56 % relationship between the amount of precipitation and the daily flow of sewage was after decomposition. This means that variability of the flow to the treatment plant Wielopole can be explained by the amount of precipitation in 204 days for annual period. ...

Dr hab. inż. Grzegorz Kaczor

Dr hab inż. Piotr Bugajski

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Influence of tratment plant location on temperature of inflowing sewage

The aim of the research was to get the expertise, how location of wastewater treatment plant to basin of sewage system influences the temperature of inflowing wastewater. The analysis included four sewage systems, which are different for the sake of length of transit canal between treatment plant and residential buildings, in which domestic sewage was produced. In analysed systems sewage flew into the treatment plants with hydraulic capacity range from 100 to 300 m3•d-1, and with population equivalent less than 2000. Measurements of temperature of air and wastewater outflowing from sewage system, in analysed year 2012, were conducted continuously, with 1 hour interval, with use resistance sensors connected with data recorder. The research showed, that the distance of treatment plant to basin of sewage system has a significant impact on wastewater temperature outflowing from sewage system. In winter period mean daily wastewater temperature outflowing from transit manifolds with length from 300 to 600 m was lower even about 3oC, but in summer period up to 8oC, in comparison to transit manifolds with length less than 10 m. Moreover, it was proved that, apart from length of transit manifold, also intensity of wastewater flow has a significant impact on wastewater ...

Dr inż. Ewa Wąsik

Eng. Assoc. Prof. Ľuboš Jurík

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Dr inż. Agnieszka Operacz

Dr hab inż. Piotr Bugajski

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL OF REMOVAL OF NITROGEN COMPOUNDS IN THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN KROSNO

The aim of the paper was to determine the possibility of the use of Shewhart control charts to monitor changes in the forms of nitrogen, showing the quality of wastewater discharged from the wastewater treatment plant in Krosno in the years 2010-2015. The performed statistical analysis showed the highest number of cases of elevated nitrate nitrogen and/or ammonium nitrogen when the temperature of treated wastewater was below 8-9°C. This low temperature resulted in adverse effect on the activity of bacteria that were involved in biological removal of nitrogen. It was found that in the winter months, the second stage of nitrifying bacteria responsible for oxidation of nitrite to nitrate, exhibited higher activity than the denitrifying bacteria. Graphical presentation of total nitrogen content using control charts for the mean of the process revealed the exceedance of the upper specification line (USL = 10 mgNtot·dm-3) in the months from December to April. It was observed that the total nitrogen removal process in the months from June to November was stable with a very high 90% reduction in biogenic activity. The obtained results confirm the efficacy of control charts as a tool which can easily be applied in the statistical process control of ...

dr inż. Dawid Bedla

Prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Misztal

Mgr inż. Joanna Krużel

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

The effect of selected hydromorphological parameters on the state of aquatic vegetation in the Chechło river

The development of vegetation in lotic waters, including macrophytes, is determined by diverse factors, including bottom substrate, flow velocity, and the width and depth of a channel, which are hydromorphological parameters. Macrophytes are higher plants of terrestrial origin which have undergone numerous adaptations enabling them to live in water (Stańczykowska, 1975). The aim of the study was to assess the effect of selected hydromorphological parameters of a watercourse on the species composition of macrophytes. The subject of the study was the Chechło River, a left tributary of the Vistula. The study was carried out in two adjacent segments of the watercourse, according to guidelines in the Macrophyte Index for Rivers (MMOR) and elements of the River Habitat Survey (RHS). The study revealed similar hydromorphological conditions in the two segments of the river, and the variation in the species composition of macrophytes in the two segments seems to be determined by other factors which were not the subject of the study. Among these, significant factors might include regulation works or the high water levels in the Chechło resulting from the construction of an impoundment. The plants identified in the two segments of the watercourse are species occurring commonly in Poland, ...

Dr inż. Włodzimierz Miernik

Mgr inż. Dariusz Młyński

Dr hab. inż. Andrzej Wałęga

Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Chmielowski

Impact of treated sewage on sewagetreatment plant in Myślenice on the quality of their receiver

The article contains analysis and evaluation of the impact of clean sewage on sewage treatment plant in Myślenice, in the period 2008 - 201,1 on the physico-chemical composition and water quality of the receiver - river Raba. The analysis conducted based on collected and statistical research: amount and composition of clean sewage and composition of the water receiver in cross-section: Stróże (above of inflow clean sewage) and Osieczany (below of inflow clean sewage). The following pollution index were tested: total suspended solids, BOD5, CODCr, total nitrogen and total phosphorus. Based on obtained results its concluded that in period 2008 - 2011 sewage treatment plant was working properly, what explain quality of clean sewage. What reflected in directly protection of receiver water against pollution. Moreover, based on the results of U Mann Whitney test, concluded that in the both cross-section, composition of the water of Raba river was similar, what explain the results of this test, which didn't show statistically significant differences between average values of concentrations analyzed indicators of pollutions. Based on obtained results its concluded that sewage treatment plant in Myślenice doesn't negatively impact on quality of the water receiver -Raba river. ...