He aha ka hana a ka waikawa propionic i ka mālama ʻana i ka wai?
Ma ke kahua mālama wai, ʻAkika Propionic hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he kumu meaʻai microbial. I kekahi mau kaʻina hana mālama wai ʻino, pono ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi kumu kalapona kūpono e hoʻokō i ka ulu ʻana a me nā pono metabolic o nā microorganism. Hana ka waikawa propionic ma ke ʻano he kumu kalapona maikaʻi loa, e paipai ana i ka decomposition a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā mea haumia e nā microorganism a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pono o ka mālama ʻana i ka wai ʻino. No ka laʻana, i ke kaʻina hana sludge i hoʻāla ʻia, ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi nui kūpono o ka waikawa propionic i ka wai ʻino hiki ke hoʻonui i ka hana microbial, e alakaʻi ana i ka hōʻino piha ʻana o nā mea organik a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā ʻōkuhi e like me ke koi oxygen kemika (COD) a me ke koi oxygen biochemical (BOD), no laila e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ana i ka wai ʻino.