Technical training themed "Optimization of Biological Wastewater Treatment Plants Operation for Organized Industrial Zones (OSB)" was done in Adana Organized Industrial Zone (AOSB).
In the training done at AOSB Seyhan Meeting Hall; Techniques and solutions to be applied for easier biological treatment of pollutants that are difficult to treat in industrial wastewater in OIZs are explained.
Ökotek General Manager Şebnem Aybige Barlas, who spoke at the program attended by many OIZ representatives and company officials such as Adana, Kayseri, Niğde and Konya, emphasized the importance of how microorganisms in Biological Wastewater Treatment Plants can be operated more efficiently.
ORGANIC MATERIALS IN WATER ARE TAKING JOBS TO USMaking a presentation titled "polluting parameters in wastewater", Ökotek Strategy Officer Prof. Dr. Hulusi Barlas, on the other hand, noted that the determination of organic substances in wastewater and water is very important.
Pointing out that the analysis of organic substances in water is very difficult, Barlas said;
“There are millions of organic substances and their properties are very different. There are no parameters that can display all of these in one go. Until now, they have tried to understand them with different parameters. Because the organic substances in the waters cause a lot of trouble for us.
We can divide millions of organic substances into two groups: The first is simple in structure; that is, it is a group of easily biochemically degradable substances. The second is that their structures are very complex; are organic substances that are resistant to biochemical degradation. In particular, it confuses our wastewater treatment plant processes (Every activity or process that takes inputs and turns them into an output) and deflects our discharge values; Even if we meet our discharge values, they are substances that reduce efficiency in the biological treatment plant.”
Explaining that the cheapest wastewater process is biological treatment, Prof. Dr. Barlas said, “I wish we could apply biological treatment to all wastewater. There is no cheaper process in the world than this one," he said.
Water and wastewater are the priority issues of countries.Geoffroy Chantry, Technical Manager of the Wastewater Department of the world's largest bacterial culture and enzyme producer company, which provides information on “priority treatment problems in OIZs”, stated that the world population, which is currently 7 billion, is expected to increase to 10 billion in the 2050s, adding that water and wastewater are the priority issues of countries. He said he would become.
Stating that droughts and floods are increasing in many regions due to global warming, Geoffroy Chantry explained that the world population suffers from water shortages for at least one month a year. Continuing her speech through the translator, Chantry said:
“There is a relationship between the treated water and the living standard of that region. More than 80 percent of wastewater in the world is discharged to nature without adequate treatment. Perhaps a partial refinement is underway; but no real purification is done. The wastewater rate, which is 38 percent in upper and middle income countries, declines to 8 percent in low-income countries. These areas require a lot of investment in infrastructure and treatment. The effects of untreated water can be grouped under three headings: 'health, environment and economy'. Wastewater seems to be an expense in the industry. A cost is also determined for the treatment of wastewater. However, a new emerging trend in the world is that wastewater is now seen as a resource. In some countries, wastewater can be treated up to drinking water. It is used as a resource to obtain some products such as energy and fertilizer from wastewater. Some countries make money out of this business.”
Ökotek Technical Coordinator Burcu Kaleli Öztürk's "Factors Affecting Wastewater Treatment Plants and Control Parameters", Ökotek Wastewater Department Manager Nilay Barlas Turan and Ökotek Analysis and Evaluation Engineer Songül Göden's "Control of Biomass in Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems with Microbiological Analysis and Process Management, Applied After their presentation with the theme "Laboratory, Interpretation of Microbiological Analysis", the questions of the participants were answered.
