title: Yannawa wastewater treatment plant (Bangkok, Thailand): design, construction and operation.
abstract: Yannawa Wastewater Treatment plant (Phase 1) serves a population equivalent of 500,000 and is located on a restricted site within the city of Bangkok, Thailand. Secondary treatment is based on the CASS sequencing batch reactor (SBR) process and the plant is one of the largest multi-storey SBRs in the world. The limitation of available site area, the ground conditions and the characteristics of the wastewater to be treated set a series of challenges for the designers, contractors and commissioning and operational staff. This paper briefly describes the collection system, the process selection and the treatment streams of the wastewater treatment plant. The SBR secondary treatment plant is described in more detail. The problems that arose during commissioning and operation and the solutions made possible by the use of an SBR type of process are discussed. Details of plant performance during performance testing and during the first three years of plant operation are provided.
authors.affiliation: Earth Tech Engineering Limited, Wentworth Business Park, Tankersley, Barnsley S75 3DL, UK. steve_kirkwood@earthtech.co.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirkwood
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology*; D013785:Thailand; D013997:Time Factors; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage