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In aerobic wastewater treatment systems, such as sewage treatment, liquid in a channel spanned by a liquid-tight barrier is moved past the barrier by a liquid-gas contact pump, thus dissolving a gas in the liquid and creating a differential head that provides flow energy for moving the liquid in plug-type flow through the channel, which is preferably a continuous-flow pipeline or a circuit-flow oxidation ditch, without energy-wasteful vertical circulation. The barrier further provides a structure for mounting submerged static aerators or a draft tube, in combination with a surface aerator, such as a submerged turbine or surface-disposed impeller aerator, as the liquid-gas contact pump. The barrier is disposed at sufficient depth, when combined with static aerators or when telescopically attached to the draft tube of a floating surface aerator, to enable the liquid level to be selectively varied so that flow equalization to an oxidation ditch and wastewater storage therewithin are provided. Because of the plug-type flow and capability of maintaining it at 0.75-1.25 feet per second, a grit settling capability can be combined with aerobic digestive treatment within the oxidation ditch by placing a grit settling system slightly past the raw sewage inlet in a channel of the oxidation ditch. By employing a plurality of oxidation ditches, of which one is sequential used for clarification, and by incorporating a grit settling system within each of the oxidation ditches, the entire wastewater output from a large municipality, slaughterhouse, or poultry processing plant, for example, can be processed without preliminary or supplementary treatment in any other apparatus.
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