FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR CENTRALISED ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FOR TREATMENT OF VARIOUS WASTES AND WASTEWATERS IN SENSITIVE CATCHMENT AREAS

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Aerobic heterotrophic bacteria play a dominant role in the global carbon cycle by returning CO2 to the atmosphere via decomposition of the organic fixed carbon in plant and animal remains and excretory products, industrial, municipal and agricultural wastes etc. Where oxygen is absent and anaerobic conditions prevail, anaerobic bacteria carry out an alternative degradation process, resulting in the generation of methane (CH4) and CO2, rather than CO2 and H2O, as end-products of anaerobic decomposition.

The generation of methane by anaerobic decomposition disturbs the operation of the global carbon cycle since methane, once released to the atmosphere, cannot be reutilised by photosynthetic carbon fixation. Methane is an extremely potent greenhouse gas and its increasing concentration in the atmosphere is a significant contributor to global warming.

Anaerobic decomposition processes can, however, be beneficially harnessed for the treatment of point sources of agricultural, municipal and industrial organic wastes. The methane produced represents a renewable source of energy that can be utilized for electricity generation, space heating, steam generation for industry, as a vehicle fuel etc. The process whereby anaerobic bacteria are utilised for organic waste and wastewater treatment and renewable energy generation is referred to as anaerobic digestion.

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Professor Emer Colleran
NUI Galway

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Author(s)Colleran, E.
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Publication InformationFEASIBILITY STUDY FOR CENTRALISED ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FOR TREATMENT OF VARIOUS WASTES AND WASTEWATERS IN SENSITIVE CATCHMENT AREAS
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SAFER-Data Display URL https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=221
Resource KeywordsANAEROBIC DIGESTION, CATCHMENT AREAS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WASTE TREATMENT
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code-
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project ThemeWaste and Resource Management
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Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download): 1
Project Start Date Monday 18th January 1999 (18-01-1999)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects Monday 18th January 1999 (18-01-1999)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects Monday 17th June 2002 (17-06-2002)
Published on SAFERThursday 25th August 2011 (25-08-2011)
Date of Last EditThursday 25th August 2011 at 11:59:42 (25-08-2011)
Datasets or Files Updated On Thursday 25th August 2011 at 11:59:42 (25-08-2011)

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Data was gathered from all over Ireland in order to give an accurate representation of the catchment areas around the country.

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This project was undertaken as part of the Environmental Monitoring, R&D subprogramme of the Operational Programme for Environmental Services, 1994-1999 and was part-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund. The sub-programme is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment by the Environmental Protection Agency, which has the statutory function of co-ordinating and promoting environmental research. The co-operation of Local Authority personnel, pig and poultry producers, and suppliers of relevant equipment for the proposed CAD plant is gratefully acknowledged by the authors.
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