NUTRIENT REMOVAL RESOURCES

  • Einstein once said of compound interest, "He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it." The same logic of compounding applies to the organic sediment accumulating on the floor of your drinking water reservoir. The longer you wait to address it, the more exponentially expensive it becomes to fix.

  • Upgrade wastewater operations with automated aerobic digestion. This advanced process increases capacity and ensures stable temperature control for Class A compliance, producing odor-free biosolids and efficient nitrogen removal to meet strict environmental standards and community expectations.

  • Optimize wastewater nitrification by utilizing real-time ammonia monitoring instead of surrogate measurements. Direct visibility into nutrient levels allows for precise aeration control, significantly reducing energy costs and carbon emissions while maintaining strict permit compliance.

  • Read about three of the most pressing wastewater challenges utilities face today and how Stratmoor Hills, Key West Resort Utilities, and Beijing Water Group are using advanced treatment and reuse to overcome them.

  • Water scarcity poses unique challenges to KW Resort Utilities Corp. (KWRU), the utility firm that provides wastewater management, wastewater recovery, and wastewater treatment in the region. KWRU began operation in the late 1960s and has worked hard over the decades to keep up with wastewater needs as population and tourism have boomed, spurred by land reclamation and development. 

NUTRIENT REMOVAL SOLUTIONS

  • OXIGEST® MBR™ Wastewater Treatment System

    Smith & Loveless combines the proven field-erected OXIGEST® treatment system with integral TITAN MBR™ Membranes for large-flow and/or high BOD applications with stringent effluent requirements. 

  • TITAN MEM-BOX™ Membrane Bioreactor

    Smith & Loveless, the leader in factory-built MBRs, introduces its latest factory-built membrane system innovation, TITAN MEM-BOX™, a packaged membrane process zone that transforms activated processes into fully functional MBRs.

  • ExCalibAer

    ExCalibAer™ is the cutting-edge solution for wastewater resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) seeking to maximize efficiency, sustainability, and energy production. By integrating advanced digestion stages with innovative nitrate recycling, ExCalibAer optimizes digestion by adding nutrient removal, turning challenges into opportunities.

  • AquaNereda® Aerobic Granular Sludge Technology System

    The AquaNereda® Aerobic Granular Sludge Technology is an innovative wastewater treatment technology that provides advanced biological treatment using the unique features of aerobic granular biomass. The unique process features of the AquaNereda technology translate into a flexible and compact process that offers energy efficiency and significantly lower chemical consumption.

  • AquaSBR® Sequencing Batch Reactor

    The AquaSBR®sequencing batch reactor provides true batch reactor technology with all phases of biological treatment accomplished in a single reactor. All components are easily accessible and the advanced decant system ensures optimum quality effluent withdrawal.

  • Nutrient Removal

    Phosphorus and nitrogen, while necessary elements for life, when concentrated in the effluent of a wastewater treatment plant, are harmful to the environment, especially aquatic plants and animals. When concentrated amounts of these elements enter bodies of water, it causes algae blooms, which reduces dissolved oxygen in the water and can be damaging to animal populations. It can be a very serious problem for natural areas downstream of industrial or municipal discharge.

  • PRI-CEPT® Phosphorus Removal From Wastewater

    When applied to plant influents, hydrogen peroxide destroys dissolved and/or total sulfide that otherwise scavenges Fe3+ added for CEPT and/or chemical phosphorus removal from wastewater. The foundational aspect of this PRI-TECH application (called PRI-CEPT) is that one lb of total sulfide theoretically consumes 3.5 lbs Fe3+ and thus represents an additional cost of $2 – 3 per lb influent sulfide.

  • PRI-TECH® Peroxide Regenerated Iron Technology

    PRI-TECH® is a combination treatment that integrates iron salts with hydrogen peroxide in a unique and synergistic fashion. The results are both cost savings and treatment enhancement compared to using iron salts alone.

  • Monitoring IWW Effluents With FP 360 sc Oil-In-Water Sensor

    This application note explores a test which demonstrated significant improvements in Oil-in-Water monitoring of industrial wastewater in comparison to the weekly grab sample analysis method.

  • AquaSBR Sequencing Batch Reactor: Food And Beverage Industry

    This application note explores Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) systems that have been installed worldwide in a variety of applications, ranging from a few gallons per minute (GPM) to thousands of GPM.

  • Phosphorus Removal And Recovery

    Discover how you can meet stringent phosphorus limits with solutions that contribute to a future circular economy. 

  • Continuously Sequencing Reactor

    The Continuously Sequencing Reactor is a Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) system utilizing continuous flow in a single basin. It sequences through the 3 process phases required for BNR – Oxic, Anoxic and Anaerobic – in one basin. The 3 phases do not occur at the same time in the basin. They occur sequentially – one after the other, repetitively, over time. During the Oxic phase, the entire basin is Oxic (i.e. aerobic).

    Learn more about the CSR.

  • Natural Wastewater Solutions

    In waste water, we offer a natural solution for volatile solids, toxins and pathogens, fats and oils - while lowering tipping, hauling and labor costs, water and energy use, and some other, recurring costs. Our wastewater products are a concentrate with aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, living together in a proprietary chain, waiting to devour bio solids, oils, toxic chemicals and more - leaving pathogen-free, safe-to-discharge water.

  • IGNITE™ Integrated Nitrification Process

    The IGNITE™ Integrated Nitrification process is a non-activated sludge solution for upgrading lagoon based treatment plants to achieve improved BOD and ammonia removal. The process utilizes a combination of Parkson’s Biofuser® lagoon aeration system and the TumbleOx™ Nitrification Reactor process.

NUTRIENT REMOVAL VIDEOS

This episode of The Water Online Show's In The Flow podcast addresses the persistent challenge of nutrient removal in wastewater treatment. Hosts Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling and guest Jose Jimenez, VP of Wastewater Treatment at Brown and Caldwell, discuss the ongoing impact of excess nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, which fuel harmful algal blooms and degrade water quality.