Knowing your Influent in Wastewater Treatment

Hello Turd Nerds! Today on Operator Mindset we are talking about Raw Influent. Knowing your Influent coming into your plant can give you the operator knowledge into how your process should perform as well as things to be prepared to deal with inside the Wastewater plant. We will discuss different types of Influents that may be coming in at your Wastewater plant. We will also be talking about I&I throughout collection systems. As well as ways to combat Inflow and Infiltration in your collection system. Knowing more about your Influent can help you as an Operator gain a greater understanding of your system and how your wastewater process is working. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:42 Influent Wastewater 3:18 Residential/Domestic Influent 4:34 Commercial Influent 5:50 Industrial Influent 8:39 Storm Water 8:56 Combined Sewer 11:00 Inflow and Infiltration 11:55 Inflow 13:19 Infiltration 14:27 Collection system 15:42 Smoke Testing 17:10 Working with the Influent 19:16 Knowing your Influent #wastewatertreatment #wastewater #wastewatertreatmentplant