What would happen if oxygen availability to activated sludge flocs is reduced?
Biology · Class 12 · CBSE — Microbes in Human Welfare
What would happen if oxygen availability to activated sludge flocs is reduced?
- It will increase the rate of degradation of organic matter.
- The center of flocs will become anoxic, which would cause death of bacteria and eventually breakage of flocs.
- Flocs would increase in size as anaerobic bacteria would grow around flocs.
- Protozoa would grow in large numbers.
Answer
(B) The center of flocs will become anoxic, which would cause death of bacteria and eventually breakage of flocs.
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