5. Activated Sludge Systems (Secondary Treatment) Objectives
  1. Operate activated sludge processes, including determining process loadings and applying operating parameters, ranges, and guidelines.
  2. Schedule and conduct operation and maintenance duties such as adjusting treatment processes, performing laboratory testing and microscopic observation, and keeping records.
  3. Safely operate, inspect, startup, and shutdown activated sludge processes.
  4. Identify factors that cause abnormal operation in the activated sludge process, and take corrective action.
  5. Become familiar with the purpose of common process modifications to the conventional activated sludge process.
  6. Understand how to review engineering drawings and specifications for the activated sludge facility.
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