Title page for E-project-072408-152952

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2008-07-24

Author
Courtney I Hardy, CE

URN E-project-072408-152952

Title The Assabet River and Phosphorus Removal Options

Advisor
O'Shaughnessy, James C., CE

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
The water quality of the Assabet River has declined due to eutrophication. In response to this issue, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection placed a seasonal limit of 0.1 mg/L of phosphorus for the effluent of all major publicly owned wastewater treatment plants that have outfalls on the river. Due to these new restrictions, these WWTPs have to upgrade their systems, usually through new equipment, to adhere to these new laws. Three phosphorus removal technologies were compared with both performance and economic evaluations.

Files
CIH_MQP.pdf

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2008-07-24
Author	Courtney I Hardy, CE
URN	E-project-072408-152952
Title	The Assabet River and Phosphorus Removal Options
Advisor	O'Shaughnessy, James C., CE
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The water quality of the Assabet River has declined due to eutrophication. In response to this issue, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection placed a seasonal limit of 0.1 mg/L of phosphorus for the effluent of all major publicly owned wastewater treatment plants that have outfalls on the river. Due to these new restrictions, these WWTPs have to upgrade their systems, usually through new equipment, to adhere to these new laws. Three phosphorus removal technologies were compared with both performance and economic evaluations.
Files	CIH_MQP.pdf