Application
to hold 8 million gallons of water
when full at eight feet deep, but
normally to be operated with 2
million gallons in the pond at
a depth of 3 to 4 feet, with 1
million gallons per day entering
the pond and going through to
the treatment plant. During a
heavy rain, the equalization pond
may quickly fill to the depth of 8
feet and then, a few days later,
be back down to 3 feet.
As illustrated at right, in this
type of pond, without thorough
mixing, the organic solids
entering the pond will tend to
settle to the bottom, and, over
time, the anaerobic digestive
process at the bottom can create
ongoing odor problems. But by
keeping the solids and water
thoroughly mixed, the solids
move on to the plant instead of
settling to the bottom, and the
detention time of both the water
and the solids is too short for the
anaerobic process to ever pick
up any momentum and create an
odor problem.
In these ponds, the unique
design of a long-distance
circulator, set with the intake
hose all the way to the bottom
of the pond, will automatically
allow full mixing of the pond
as it goes through these depth
changes, without any adjustment
being needed and without
damaging the bottom of the
pond in any way.
Anaerobic Ponds:
Odor-Cap An Anaerobic Pond
Some wastewater treatment
ponds, such as waste sludge
storage ponds in activated
sludge systems, are purposely
designed for anaerobic digestion
and thus produce sulfides and
odors continuously throughout
most of the pond depth. To
eliminate odors emanating from
these ponds, operators can
Equalization Pond
By keeping the solids and water thoroughly mixed, the solids move on to the plant instead of settling to the bottom.
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