Title: Blackburn Meadows wastewater treatment works

Authors: Rui Lima, Robert Bachmann

Addresses: Gab. 23, Instituto Politecnico de Braganca, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e de Gestao, Campus de Santa Apolonia, Apartado 134, 5301-857 Braganca, Portugal. Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Sheffield University, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK

Abstract: Blackburn Meadows wastewater treatment works is situated in Sheffield, the fourth largest city in England, in the county of South Yorkshire. This treatment plant has a fluidised bed incinerator in order to treat and dispose of the sludge. This paper gives a brief overview of the various stages and processes involved in effluent treatment at Blackburn Meadows and assesses the sludge disposal operation.

Keywords: sewage treatment plant; sludge dewatering; sludge incineration; wastewater.

DOI: 10.1504/IJW.2002.002076

International Journal of Water, 2002 Vol.2 No.1, pp.35-39

Published online: 15 Aug 2003 *

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