December 8th, 2011 / 5:18 pm
 Contests

ToBS R1: Sewage Treatment Technologies vs. The Pulitzer Prize

 [Matchup #28 in Tournament of Bookshit]

A corpus containing all Pulitzer Prize-winning books in the Fiction category from 1948-present and the Novel category from 1917-1947

vs.

A list of sewage treatment technologies, included below:

Aerated lagoon
Aerobic granular reactor
Anaerobic clarigester
API oil-water separator
Anaerobic lagoon
Bioconversion of biomass to mixed alcohol fuels
Biorotor
Carbon filtering
Cesspit
Coarse bubble diffusers
Composting toilet
Constructed wetland
Dark fermentation
Dissolved air flotation
Electrocoagulation
Electrodeionization
Electrolysis
Expanded granular sludge bed digestion
Facultative lagoon
Fenton’s reagent
Fine bubble diffusers
Flocculation & sedimentation
Flotation process
Froth flotation
Humanure (composting)
Imhoff tank
Iodine
Ion exchange
Living machines
Maceration (sewage)
Membrane bioreactor
Nanotechnology
NERV (Natural Endogenous Respiration Vessel)
Parallel plate oil-water separator
Reed bed
Retention basin
Reverse osmosis
Rotating biological contactor
Sand filter
Sedimentation
Septic tank
Sequencing batch reactor
Sewage treatment
Stabilization pond
Submerged aerated filter
Treatment pond
Trickling filter
soil bio-technology
Ultrafiltration (industrial)
Ultraviolet disinfection
Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion
Wet oxidation

– Brooks Sterritt

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WINNER: sewage treatment technologies

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41 Comments

  1. December 8th, 2011 / 5:25 pm Tim Jones-Yelvington—

      ohmygod this list.

  2. December 8th, 2011 / 5:25 pm Craig Ronald Marchinkoski—

      upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion. sounds like something the band earth recorded once or twice

  3. December 8th, 2011 / 5:35 pm Devin Booth—

      I think that song was on the Extra-Capsular Excretion LP.

  4. December 8th, 2011 / 5:56 pm Craig Ronald Marchinkoski—

      word. it is. it is. but also. my friend had upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion part II on the split he did with frances bean. i think it’s called building a facultative lagoon in the barrel of a father’s love letter to a worried daughter sitting on the throne of revenge. rare shit, that. but. she lost it. of course. 

  5. December 8th, 2011 / 6:33 pm MacEvoy DeMarest—

      Good call.

      Froth flotation has the double benefit of being a sewage treatment technology AND a selection/filtration method for the Pulitzer.

  6. December 8th, 2011 / 6:35 pm Bradgoblue7—

      Lovin it by Brad Muszynski

  7. December 8th, 2011 / 6:37 pm Ilovenatalie12—

      Trevor meyer is getting extra credit hell yeah

  8. December 8th, 2011 / 6:37 pm Brettmuszynski—

      Sounds cool.

      Brett Muszynski

  9. December 8th, 2011 / 6:38 pm Torricousino.—

      Hahhaha niceee. By torri cousino.

  10. December 8th, 2011 / 6:44 pm Rolando Guerra—

      Wow, very very interesting topic. The list of the sewer technologies is somehting I can definitely use to sound smarter lol.

  11. December 8th, 2011 / 7:12 pm Rickboaf—

      Idk how I feel about this list. -ricky bofia

  12. December 8th, 2011 / 7:22 pm Patrick Rodriguez—

      wtf what up with all this mess, sounds like a spaghetti farm running from a previous jar…lol
      (P-ROD)

  13. December 8th, 2011 / 7:26 pm Patrick Rodriguez—

      exactly what are they doing with the sewage after they treat it do we even want to know?

  14. December 8th, 2011 / 7:28 pm Cody rodriguez—

      Put wrong name lol.

  15. December 8th, 2011 / 7:38 pm Anonymous—

      liil.cc/chX

  16. December 8th, 2011 / 7:39 pm barry—

      and 13 comments for the win… forget the dunkin donuts… i want my mp3 though… bgemich@yahoo.com 

  17. December 8th, 2011 / 7:43 pm marshall—

      sewage treatment cant lose

  18. December 8th, 2011 / 8:50 pm MJ—

      “Fine bubble diffusers”.

      Say it with me though: “Fine bubble diffusers”.

  19. December 8th, 2011 / 8:50 pm MJ—

       I’m also really digging laalss28’s outlook on things.

  20. December 8th, 2011 / 9:23 pm Frank Tas, the Raptor—

      I’d call shenanigans but it’d be too much work.

      Will record it this weekend!

  21. December 8th, 2011 / 10:15 pm Leapsloth14—

      sewage

  22. December 8th, 2011 / 10:20 pm barry—

      there was no mention that i couldnt get students to post for extra credit… 

  23. December 8th, 2011 / 10:20 pm barry—

      how did you not see that coming?

  24. December 8th, 2011 / 10:24 pm jesusangelgarcia—

      Good call, for “flocculation” alone.

  25. December 8th, 2011 / 11:04 pm Leapsloth14—

      I might or mite not over-comment tonight. I’m lit like a high ankle sprain. I can’t decide. Should I extend the pocket? Meanwhile, we will wrap up week # 14.

  26. December 8th, 2011 / 11:25 pm Ashley McDonald—

      This may be the most entertaining thing I’ve ever read!

  27. December 8th, 2011 / 11:29 pm barry—

      you should read more ashley. stay in school. 

  28. December 8th, 2011 / 11:31 pm MJ—

      I read that as “over commit” which I naturally related to sewage technologies, and related that to you committing to some sort of sewage type ritual. Also, the term “ritualistic behavior” is stupid. I mean, their behavior isn’t a ritual, its just ritual like, but a ritual is merely repeated action with meaning. Shit is stupid.

  29. December 9th, 2011 / 12:07 am kb—

      can anyone explain to me what this post and every comment under it is supposed to mean

  30. December 9th, 2011 / 12:42 am deadgod—

      literature prize vs. chamber pot

      winner:  hand-in-glove

  31. December 9th, 2011 / 3:25 am Frank Tas, the Raptor—

      Because I did not think you’d be lame enough to use your students for an mp3!

  32. December 9th, 2011 / 3:51 am Brooks Sterritt—

      woolly cloudlike aggregations

  33. December 9th, 2011 / 5:29 am barry—

      clearly you’ve underestimated my lameness…

  34. December 9th, 2011 / 7:15 am mimi—

      biological oxygen demand vs. chemical oxygen demand  

      volatile solids vs. non-volatile solids  

      thigh-high rubber boots vs. vanilla-scented air freshener  

      light industrial vs. semi-rural   

      winner: lapidary hobbyist

  35. December 9th, 2011 / 8:11 am Guestagain—

      sewage treatment technologies have had a more overall positive effect on the lives of billions than the pulitzer prize?

  36. December 9th, 2011 / 4:11 pm C W Kelly—

      Seems like sewage treatment could take the tourn.

  37. December 10th, 2011 / 5:50 pm rawbbie—

      I’m all about the Wet Oxidation.

  38. December 12th, 2011 / 7:38 pm Anonymous—

      liil.cc/chX

  39. December 13th, 2011 / 7:39 am Anonymous—

      50.gd/2g

  40. December 13th, 2011 / 7:40 am Anonymous—

      nirl.eu/aR

  41. December 13th, 2011 / 7:42 am Anonymous—

      50.gd/2g