Tag: Biological Treatment Technologies

Mar 30
Biological Treatment Technologies for Wastewater: Overview

Introduction A staggering 50% to 70% of a typical municipal wastewater treatment plant’s energy budget is consumed by a single process: biological aeration. As effluent discharge permits tighten—specifically enforcing stringent Total Nitrogen (TN) and Total Phosphorus (TP) limits—engineers are moving away from brute-force biological oxygen demand (BOD) removal. Selecting the correct process architecture has never […]