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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 #4792

Developing Business Cases for Food Waste Co-Digestion at Water Resources Recovery Facilities

$191,301
In Progress

Project Highlights

This project seeks to identify alternative sustainable business models, focused on operational and environmental risk management and return on investment (ROI), for co-digestion of food waste with wastewater solids at WRRFs. The research team will apply the innovation ecosystem framework...

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Principal Investigator
Linda
Breggin
Research Manager
Mr. Ashwin Dhanasekar

Recent Updates

Project #4668
Managing Water and Wastewater Utility Data to Reduce Energy...

December 16, 2016 – July 15, 2017 - During this reporting period, the project team focused...

Project Update
06/09/2019
Project #4718
Battery Storage System Guidance for Water and ...

November 2017-April 2018 - A literature review document was developed based on gray and peer-reviewed articles...

Project Update
06/09/2019
Project #4668
Managing Water and Wastewater Utility Data to Reduce Energy...

Data management plays a vital role in managing energy use and cost in the water and...

Project Update
07/10/2019

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...

Seven RFPs Released for WRF Research

Press Release
09/27/2018

The Water Research Foundation (WRF) today announced that Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are available for six new research projects funded under the Solicited Research Program. In addition, one new RFP...

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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 #2995

Water Residuals and Biosolids: Effect of Co-Application on Soil Phosphorus

Completed

Studies both the long-lasting effects of a single water treatment residuals-biosolids co-application and the short-term impacts of a repeated application on soil phosphorus dynamics. Determines the rate of...

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Project #4821

A Multi-Platform Approach to Recovering High Value Carbon Products from Wastestreams

In Progress

This work provides insight that can help advance the use of carbon recovery technologies at WRRFs, and demonstrates the use of a multi-platform approach to facilitating high value...

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Project #4827

Efficient, Cost-Effective Nutrient Removal from Wastewater

In Progress

The Nutrient Removal Challenge (Challenge) started in 2007. Since that time, several research projects were initiated as part of the Challenge, such as technology assessment meetings, and collaborative...

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Project #4901

Combining Nitrite-Shunt/Anammox Processes with Side-Stream EBPR Process for Simultaneous and Sustainable Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal

In Progress

Conventional biological nutrient removal (BNR) processes are energy-intensive and require sufficient carbon to reliably meet regulatory requirements. There has been an increasing demand for sustainable, low carbon footprint...

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