From Ardern and Lockett to Today and Beyond

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[evdate 2014-08-26] IAS Symposium on Activated Sludge - Past and Next 100 Years. [Talk no. 1] Title from opening screen.

IAS Symposium on Activated Sludge - Past and Next 100 Years, held 26-28 Aug., 2014, at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Organizers, HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, main supporters, International Water Association (IWA), Drainage Services Department of the HKSAR Government, Sun Yat-sen University.

Abstract: Part of the Global Experience-I session of the IAS Symposium on Activated Sludge.

Dr. Glen Daigger Specializes in “biological wastewater treatment and treatment process design, in particular biological nutrient removal (both nitrogen and phosphorus), combined trickling filter and activated sludge systems, the use of biological selectors to control activated sludge bulking, and oxygen transfer”.

Dr Daigger is the Senior Vice President and Chief Water Technology Officer of CH2M HILL, USA, and President of the International Water Association (IWA). He is also a Member of the US National Academy of Engineering and Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In 2012, he received Purdue University's Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award.

http://iasprogram.ust.hk/201408/iasiwa/speakers.html Duration: 41 min.