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Sludge Age Control cont.
An essential daily monitoring tool is the microscope. The microscope will
provide visual confirmation of species dominance.
Without the microscope, the Operator can only guess, or assume what
species are dominating.
Note - The absence of daily microscopic observation results in the risk of
undesired microorganism populations, and reactive corrections.