DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS
The activated sludge process (ASP) was developed in England in 1914 and was so named because it involved the production of an activated mass of microorganisms capable of aerobically stabilizing the organic content of a waste. ASP is the most versatile of the biological treatment processes capable of producing an effluent with any desired BOD. The ASP is an aerobic biological waste water treatment process that...