DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-EFFICIENCY HOUSEHOLD BIOFILM REACTOR

Household wastewater treatment plants have been rapidly promoted in re cent years as part of the measures for reducing the pollution loading discharge from private households in Japan. The author; have developed a high-efficiency household wastewater treatment plant employing a fl ow equalisation anoxic-oxic recirculation biofilm process removing org anic matter as well as nitrogen which causes eutrophication. A full-sc ale experiment has been conducted for one year by leading actual grey water (cooking, bathing, washing effluents) from a private household i nto the experimental apparatus. The results obtained in this study are summarised as follows: effective now equalisation and excellent efflu ent quality were achieved, the maximum effluent flow rate was 100 l/h (the peak coefficient 1.5) when the maximum influent flow rate was 415 l/h (the peak coefficient 6.2), the average values of BOD5, CODMn, SS , T-N and T-P of the treated water were 7.8 mg/l, 11.1 mg/l, 5.9 mg/l, 6.4 mg/l and 1.2 mg/l, respectively BOD5 and T-N of the treated water were less than 10 mg/l during the experimental period.