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Resource Recovery

In recent decades, the wastewater sector has moved away from the idea of wastewater treatment plants as waste disposal facilities, instead envisioning these plants as water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs). WRRFs can produce clean water, recover nutrients (such as phosphorus and nitrogen), and potentially reduce fossil fuel consumption through the production and use of renewable energy.

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Energy Optimization
Nutrients
Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR)
Biosolids
Project #4819

Understanding the Impacts of Low-Energy and Low-Carbon Nitrogen Removal Technologies on Bio-P and Nutrient Recovery Processes

$554,533
Completed

Project Highlights

The purpose of this research was to develop a multi-pronged approach to facilitate low-energy nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) removal and recovery from wastewater using biological P removal (bio-P). The research increases the understanding of fundamental ecology, kinetics, and stoichiometry...

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Principal Investigator
George
Wells
Research Manager
Mr. Ashwin Dhanasekar

Recent Updates

Project #4915
Characterization and Contamination Testing of Source Separated Organic...

Reporting Period: August 1, 2020 – January 31, 2021. During this project period, Tasks 1 and...

Project Update
03/26/2021
Project #4973
Guidelines for Optimizing Nutrient Removal Plant ...

Reporting Period: July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020. During this project period, the research team...

Project Update
02/11/2021
Project #4915
Characterization and Contamination Testing of Source Separated Organic...

Reporting Period: January 1 – April 1, 2020. During this project period, progress was made on...

Project Update
09/02/2020
Project #4975
Practices to Enhance Internal Fermentation of Side-Stream Secondary...

Reporting Period: January 2020 - June 2020. The focus of WRF project 4975 during the previous...

Project Update
08/12/2020
Project #4973
Guidelines for Optimizing Nutrient Removal Plant ...

Reporting Period: January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020. During this period, the research team completed...

Project Update
08/04/2020
Project #4975
Practices to Enhance Internal Fermentation of Side-Stream Secondary...

Reporting Period: July 2019 - January 2020. The focus of project 4975 during the first six...

Project Update
04/08/2020
Project #4914
Utility Responses to Cyanobacterial/Cyanotoxin Events; Case Studies and...

Reporting Period: December 2020 – March 2021. During this project period, the planned in-person World Café...

Project Update
05/28/2021
Project #4974
Holistic Approach to Improved Nutrient ...

Reporting Period: December 1, 2020 - March 1, 2021. A series of webinars was conducted in...

Project Update
04/02/2021
Project #4914
Utility Responses to Cyanobacterial/Cyanotoxin Events: Case Studies and...

Reporting Period: June 1, 2019 – September 1, 2020. During this period, the team created an...

Project Update
03/19/2021
Project #4974
Holistic Approach to Improved Nutrient ...

Reporting Period: June 1 - September 1, 2020. During this project period, the research team prepared...

Project Update
11/20/2020

News

Metro Vancouver

Featured Facility
06/14/2019

Metro Vancouver plans to implement over $2 billion dollars worth of wastewater infrastructure over the next 15 years, including two treatment facilities that will be built almost from scratch. The...

Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility

Featured Facility
Ana Pena-Tijerina
06/14/2019

Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility (VCWRF) has implemented numerous energy-related improvements by executing an Energy Savings Performance Contract with Johnson Controls, Inc.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Featured Facility
Joseph A. Kozak
06/13/2019

The District has a Monitoring and Research Department that evaluates up-and-coming technologies for both wastewater treatment and biosolids management. Some of these technologies have been vetted and are being implemented...

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Related Projects

Project #4868

Knowledge Gap Analysis for Plant Uptake Models

Completed

Plant uptake of trace organic compounds is an important process when considering the risks associated with the land application of biosolids. This report includes a thorough review of...

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Project #1495

Towards a Renewable Future: Assessing Resource Recovery as a Viable Treatment Alternative: State of the Science and Market Assessment

Completed

This report presents a review of extractive nutrient recovery technologies with an emphasis on bridging the knowledge gap faced by utilities when considering nutrient recovery for nutrient management...

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Project #1405

Triple Bottom Line Evaluation of Biosolids Management Options

Completed

The goal of this research was to aid water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) move toward “net-zero” energy use through practices and technologies in the areas of energy conservation...

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Project #5141

Data-Driven Process Control for Maximizing Resource Efficiency

In Progress

Improvements in process monitoring and control at water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) could result in reductions in electricity consumption, chemical inputs, and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as...

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Project #5117

Nitrogen Reduction Technology

In Progress

The release of excessive nutrients in coastal areas can cause severe damage to the marine environment through algal blooms, eutrophication, and a reduction in biodiversity. Such nutrients are...

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Project #4843

Integrating Sewage Thermal Energy Use (STEU) and Other Emerging Water-Energy-Waste Technologies into Decentralized/Distributed Systems

In Progress

The primary objective of this research is to organize and analyze information on sewage thermal energy use (STEU) and other emerging water-energy-waste technologies, including techno-economic analysis of these...

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