A semi solid slurry produced from water treatment, wastewater treatment and onsite sanitation systems, sludge can be both a valuable by-product and a dangerous source of pollution. “Sludge from onsite sanitation is collected from pit latrines,...
Constructed in the mid-1960s as a pump station, with the addition of biofilters in the 1970s and biological processes in the 1990s, Darvill’s wastewater treatment works (WWTW)has always been an engineering feat. The fourth upgrade is nearly...
South Africa has a long and prestigious history of wastewater treatment process modelling that is internationally recognised. Sadly, there is a slow, minimal uptake of this research and work by our own municipalities. By: Kirsten Kelly Large,...
