PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS FROM WASTE WATER

摘要

A process is provided for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater prior to being fed to a wastewater treatment installation, with anaerobic sludge to cause the anaerobic sludge to absorb heavy metals in the wastewater. Thus, the heavy metals depleted wastewaters can then be treated in a conventional treatment plant and thereafter, the resultant sludge can be directly employed for agricultural purposes without requiring further treatment to remove heavy metals therein. To effect the process a preferred reactor is made up of two parts, a cylindrical mixing tank and a superposed funnel-shaped sedimentation zone.