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why is the treatment plant of sewage in the secondary process?speed up when aeration is improved.

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Microorganisms are one of the tool for removing waste from the water, used in the waste water tretment plant. Aeration speedup the treatment process because it provides proper amount of oxygen to microorganisms which will further increase their working speed and hence treatment process.

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