Guidelines for Optimizing Nutrient Removal Plant Performance
Abstract
As water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) continue to face nutrient management challenges, there is a need for guidance on the wide range of nutrient control techniques. Through this project, a road map will be developed to assist WRRFs in optimizing nutrient removal to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and reduce nutrient discharges.
The research team will present a comprehensive webcast series to develop nutrient optimization guidelines for operational best practices. Presentations will explore how to optimize nutrient removal to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and reduce nutrient discharges. All webcasts in the series are designed to be interactive with audience participation, and attendees will have access to helpful fact sheets, case studies, optimization guides, and decision trees.
Project Updates
Reporting Period: July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020. During this project period, the research team...
Reporting Period: January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020. During this period, the research team completed...
Resources
Nutrient Discharge Permitting and WRRF Optimization
This webcast will provide an overview of regulatory trends in the United States which may require optimization for nutrient removal. Presenters will discuss strategies to comply with regulatory load targets...
Tools to Evaluate Nutrient Optimization in WRRFs
This webcast will cover tools to evaluate nutrient optimization opportunities. Evaluation tools help vet a proposed optimization process/technology and can help support a proposed nutrient optimization approach. Such tools can...
Optimize Nutrient Removal WRRF Operations
The focus of this webcast is on tools and strategies for operators to optimize nutrient removal in WRRFs. “Optimization” includes reducing operational, energy, and chemical costs and improving nutrient removal...
Nutrient Reduction Approaches for Small Systems
This webcast will explain the nutrient regulatory landscape for small systems ( less than 10,000 people or 1 mgd) and will cover tertiary treatment, stand-alone, pre-engineered, and natural systems. Some...
Optimizing Nutrient Removal WRRFs
This webcast will cover optimization strategies for nitrogen and phosphorus removal in nitrifying, conventional nutrient removal, and tertiary nutrient removal processes. Presenters will discuss ammonia, nitrogen, chemical, and biological phosphorus...
Nutrient Reduction from Secondary BOD Removal WRRFs
This presentation will cover strategies to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus discharged from an existing secondary biological oxygen demand-only plant. The discussions will focus on process modifications, limited change within the...
Strategies to reduce O&M Cost in Nutrient Removal WRRFS
The presenters will discuss strategies to reduce O&M costs at nutrient removal facilities,* including metrics for energy and chemical usage. They will also cover strategies to reduce energy and chemical...
Instrumentation and Control for Nutrient Optimization – Part 2: Controls
Instrumentation and Control for Nutrient Optimization – Part 1: Sensors
Sidestream Management to Optimize WRRF Nutrient Removal
Beyond Liquid Treatment: Reduce Nutrient Discharge Loads by Other Means
Emerging Technologies for Nutrient Optimization
This webcast will discuss emerging technologies for nutrient optimization of existing facilities, including emerging process developments, equipment, treatment and regulatory strategies, and overall system nutrient control approaches. The webcast will...
