Removal of Total Coliforms, Thermotolerant Coliforms, and Helminth Eggs in Swine Production Wastewater Treated in Anaerobic and Aerobic Reactors

Table 7

Results of the average numbers of Ascaris suum eggs obtained in samples of crude inflows, effluents of the UASB reactor, upflow anaerobic filter, trickling filter, and decanter placed in series, at pilot scale, of treatment system II, in assays 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Assay	Inflow (egg L^−1)	UASB (egg L^−1)	AF (egg  L^−1)	TF (egg  L^−1)	Decanter (egg L^−1)
1	3.667	0.213	0.053	0.00	0.00
2	2.332	0.107	0.053	0.00	0.00
3	2.333	0.107	0.080	0.00	0.00
4	2.667	0.133	0.107	0.00	0.00