List of wastewater treatment technologies

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This page consists of a list of wastewater treatment technologies:

• Activated sludge model
• A2O (Anaerobic-Anoxic-Oxic) model^[1]
• Activated sludge systems
• Adsorption/Bio-oxidation process
• Advanced oxidation process
• Aerated lagoon
• Aerobic granular reactor
• Aerobic granular sludge technology
• Aerobic granulation
• Aerobic treatment system
• Anaerobic clarigester
• Anaerobic digester types
• Anaerobic digestion
• Anaerobic filter
• Anaerobic lagoon
• Anammox
• API oil–water separator
• Belt filter
• Bioconversion of biomass to mixed alcohol fuels
• Biofilters
• Bioreactor
• Bioretention
• Capacitive deionization
• Carbon filtering
• Cesspit
• Chemical addition wastewater treatment
• Clarifier
• Coarse bubble diffusers
• Composting toilet
• Constructed wetland
• Cross-flow filtration
• Dark fermentation
• Decanter centrifuge
• Decentralized wastewater system
• Diffuser (sewage)
• Dissolved air flotation
• Dissolved gas flotation
• Desalination
• Distillation
• Effluent Decontamination System
• Electro-oxidation
• Electrocoagulation
• Electrodeionization
• Electrodialysis
• Electrolysis
• Enhanced biological phosphorus removal
• Expanded granular sludge bed digestion
• Extended aeration
• Facultative lagoon
• Fenton's reagent
• Filtration
• Fine bubble diffusers
• Flocculation & sedimentation
• Flotation process
• Forward osmosis
• Froth flotation
• Hydrocyclone
• Imhoff tank
• Induced gas flotation
• Integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS)
• Ion exchange
• Lamella clarifier (inclined plate clarifier)^[2]
• Living Machine
• Maceration (sewage)
• Media filter
• Membrane bioreactor
• Membrane distillation
• Membrane fouling
• Microbial fuel cell
• Microflotation
• Moving bed biofilm reactor
• Nanotechnology
• Nereda
• Oil–water separator
• Organisms used in water purification
• Parallel plate oil–water separator
• Photobioreactor
• Reed bed
• Regenerative thermal oxidizer
• Retention basin
• Reverse osmosis
• Rotating biological contactor
• Sand filter
• Screen filter
• Sedimentation (water treatment)
• Septic tank
• Septic tank conversion^[3]
• Sequencing batch reactor
• Sewage treatment
• Skimmer (machine)
• Slow sand filter
• Stabilization pond
• Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO)
• Thermal hydrolysis
• Treatment pond
• Trickle-bed reactor
• Trickling filter
• Ultrafiltration
• Ultraviolet disinfection
• Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion
• Urine-diverting dry toilet
• Vermifilter
• Vacuum evaporation
• Wet oxidation

See also

• Agricultural wastewater treatment
• Industrial wastewater treatment
• List of solid waste treatment technologies
• Waste treatment technologies
• Water purification
• Sewage sludge treatment

References

1. ↑ "Anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic method (A2O method) | KENKI DRYER". 29 March 2020.
2. ↑ "Inclined Plate Clarifier Principles of Operation" (PDF). Beaver Falls, NY: Aries Chemical, Inc. 2013.
3. ↑ "Septic Tank Soakaway Problems".

• "Wastewater Technology Fact Sheets". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 25 June 2015.
• Primer for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Systems (Report). EPA. 2004. EPA 832-R-04-001. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.
• Industrial Wastewater Treatment Technology Database EPA.

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