Abstract
A study of pollutant flows was carried out at a wastewater treatment plant in Nancy, France, which used activated-sludge treatment. To carry out observation of hourly flow variation, a sampling strategy needs to be defined. A comparison between two methods of sampling was conducted: dip samples every 2 h over a period of 24 h and one 24-h composite sample were taken from raw and treated wastewater and then analyzed for enteroviruses, fecal coliforms, chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand, and suspended solids. The results showed that the hourly variations of these pollutants in the effluents are in good agreement with expectations based upon the customers' usage and the characteristics of the wastewater network. Significant correlations were found between all tested parameters and enteroviruses in raw wastewater. After biological treatment, no correlation remained in treated wastewater between viruses and other parameters. As for the two sampling methods, a rather good representation of the daily load was given by the composite mode of sampling as concerns physicochemical and microbiological parameters. Biological treatment removed an average of 83% of viruses.
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