by Erik Rumbaugh | Aug 1, 2024 | Wastewater Monitoring, Wastewater Procedure, Wastewater Testing
Wastewater MLSS or MLVSS is often call the “microbes” or amount of working biomass in a treatment system. However, MLVSS is just the weight of volatile solids in the system rather than any direct measure of living/working biomass. MLVSS consists of living and dead...
by Erik Rumbaugh | Apr 8, 2024 | Wastewater Procedure
Dissolved Oxygen Uptake Rate (DOUR) and Specific Oxygen Uptake Rate (SOUR) are often used to monitor biological system health on a daily basis. When used frequently, oxygen uptake rates show changes in bacteria growth/respiration rates. I have included the protocol...
