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Mascher, F; Mascher, W; Pichler-Semmelrock, F; Reinthaler, FF; Zarfel, GE; Kittinger, C.
Impact of Combined Sewer Overflow on Wastewater Treatment and Microbiological Quality of Rivers for Recreation
WATER-SUI. 2017; 9(11): 906
Doi: 10.3390/w9110906
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- Kittinger Clemens
- Mascher Franz
- Co-authors Med Uni Graz
- Mascher Wolfgang
- Reinthaler Franz
- Zarfel Gernot
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- Abstract:
- Within the framework of a one-year study the treatment capacity of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was evaluated, with regard to fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) and to their influence on the recipient. The logarithmic reduction rates for fecal coliforms (FC), Escherichia coli (EC) and intestinal enterococci (IE) were 2.84, 2.90 and 2.93. In the investigated period of time, the tested treatment plant released 4.3% of the total annual load flow volume as combined sewer overflow (CSO), that is, when the influent into the combined sewer exceeds the capacity of the treatment plant and coarsely cleaned wastewater arrives at the recipient. This CSO discharge increased the number of FIB significantly by 1.2 x 10(2) MPN/100 mL for EC, and by 1.8 x 10(1) MPN/100 mL for IE. For the Styrian part of the Mur River (1.6 million inhabitants), a calculation of FIB of all sewage treatment plants estimating the same ratio of CSO (4.3%) and a given mean flow rate (QM) results in a significant increase of the FIB load in the recipient: 3.8 x 10(3) MPN/100 mL for EC and 5.8 x 10(2) MPN/100 mL for IE. On the basis of these values the standards of water quality for recreational purposes cannot be met.
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