4 Treatment of Primary Municipal Effluent
Hoboken is a city located on the west bank of the Hudson River, between Lincoln
Tunnel and Holland Tunnel in New Jersey, USA. It is an old city with an approximate population of 45,000. The primary treatment at the existing 68,000 m
3 /d
(18 MGD) Hoboken Wastewater Treatment Plant consists of screens and sedimentation clarifiers [18]. The effluent was continuously treated by the FF-Cell pilot plant
to check its suitability for upgrading the quality of the plant effluent. At chemical
dosages of 20 mg/L alum and 2 mg/L of nonionic polymer, the primary effluent was
successfully treated, as is demonstrated in Table 2.2, by lowering the total suspended
Fig. 2.4 Details of the flotation cell (F-Cell)
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Hoboken is a city located on the west bank of the Hudson River, between Lincoln
Tunnel and Holland Tunnel in New Jersey, USA. It is an old city with an approximate population of 45,000. The primary treatment at the existing 68,000 m
3 /d
(18 MGD) Hoboken Wastewater Treatment Plant consists of screens and sedimentation clarifiers [18]. The effluent was continuously treated by the FF-Cell pilot plant
to check its suitability for upgrading the quality of the plant effluent. At chemical
dosages of 20 mg/L alum and 2 mg/L of nonionic polymer, the primary effluent was
successfully treated, as is demonstrated in Table 2.2, by lowering the total suspended
Fig. 2.4 Details of the flotation cell (F-Cell)
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