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Table 1 Summary of the overall operating dada of the waste water treatment plants

From: Nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) dominating in nitrifying community in full-scale biological nutrient removal wastewater treatment plants

Plant

Process

Operational parameters

Influent

Effluent

Flow rate (104m3/d)

Tem (°C)

SRT (d)

HRT (h)

SS (mg/L)

VSS (mg/L)

SV30

Sludge recycle ratio

pH in aeration basin

COD (mg/L)

TN (mg/L)

NH4 +-N (mg/L)

COD (mg/L)

TN (mg/L)

NH4 +-N (mg/L)

W1

A2O

14.5

23

10

11–12

3600

2500

26

90

7.5

500–600

58

45

30

13

≤1

W2

MAO

14.5

23

10

11–12

4000

2800

50

100

7.5

500–600

58

45

30

13

3

W3

Oxidation ditch

15

23.2

16

12

6000

4080

88

95

7.2

368

43.29

35.14

21

4.36

0.68

W4

MAO

15

25

15

12

5800

3900

90

95

7.2

208

46.75

39.12

23.67

16.95

11.56

W5

Oxidation ditch

15

24.2

17–19

21

5700

3000

88

100

7.7

301

39

27.57

22

7.06

0.363

W6

A2O

25

23.1

23

12.5

4000

2500

70

100

7.6

620

47.88

30.71

18

12.66

0.18

W7

A2O

20

24.17

19

15

7000

4500

88

80–85

7.6

442.71

43.7

32.27

17.9

7.68

≤1

W8

A2O

10

25

10

16

5800

3000

87

80

7.5

700

48

25–30

22

8

0.1

W9

Oxidation ditch

6.8

20

17

18

4800

2400

50

80

7.5

550

48

40

22

10

0.5–1

W10

Oxidation ditch

10

20

15

20

4500

2500

65

60

7.5

550

65

50

20

8

1