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Sludge bulking, a Common card
Sludge bulking is a microbial problem affecting solids separation in activated sludge wastewater treatment, which occurs when the sludge fails to separate out in the sedimentation tanks.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 34
- Power
- 95
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,300
Power 95 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In treatment of sewage one process used is the activated sludge process in which air is passed through a mixture of sewage and old sludge to allow the micro-organisms to break down the organic components of the sewage.
- Sludge is continually drawn off as new sewage enters the tank and this sludge must then be settled so that the supernatant can be separated to pass on to further stages of treatment.
- The occurrence of sludge bulking prevents the solids from settling and compacting, which reduces the Return of Activated Sludge solids concentrations, and can lead to overflow of the sludge blanket in the secondary clarifier of the wastewater treatment.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sludge bulking article was read about 2,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 34: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sludge bulking (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mymicrolab, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

