An experimental investigation was carried out on removal characteristics of Verotoxin-free
Escherichia coli O157: H7 in a batch culture of activated sludge and stored sludge, and then its profiles in a domestic wastewater treatment facility was discussed.
Domestic wastewater containing about 10
4CFU/m
l of
E. coli O157: H7 was treated by activated sludge (MLSS concentration was about 2, 500 mg/
l) at 25°C.
E. coli O157: H7 was almost completely removed from the supernatant after 8 hrs, and fecal coliforms and total coliforms were reduced considerably. Although the bacteria in the activated sludge mixed liquor decreased with aeration time,
E. coli O157: H7 still survived after 24hrs.
E. coli O157: H7 was almost all removed from the stored sludge after 30 days while for fecal coliforms and total coliforms it took up to 150 days for removal.
We proposed a case study model for
E. coli O157: H7 removal in a middle-scale domestic wastewater treatment facility using the extended aeration process where the bacterial contamination occurs at the level of 10
4-10
5CFU/m
l. The number of
E. coli O157: H7 bacteria declines in the aeration tank during the 24 hr aeration period and is almost completely removed from the resulting biologically treated water. If 0.5% of influent is taken from the sedimentation tank as excess sludge,
E. coli O157: H7 survives in this sludge at the level of 10
2-10
3CFU/m
l. The bacteria in the sedimentary sludge increases by thickening but is almost completely removed during storage over a month.
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