In the recent past, the Gardner Wastewater Treatment Facility has not consistently met permitted limits for copper discharge. The goal of this project was to gather qualitative information on the copper in the wastewater flow, such as total & dissolved copper levels, particle sizes, & possible copper sources. Testing was then conducted to determine possible treatment options. It was concluded that removing sources of contamination and chemical precipitation would provide the most effluent copper reduction.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• White, Elliot Jay
• Less, Joshua Jacob
• Wallace, Ryan M.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042512-122142

Advisor

• O'Shaughnessy, James C.
• Bergendahl, John Andrew
• Kasouf, Chickery J.

Year

• 2012

Sponsor

• City of Gardner

Date created

• 2012-04-25

Localização

• Gardner

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Management Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Última modificação

• 2021-01-28