Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Articles

Whether it’s biosolids, safety, or overall plant performance, the Northeast Water Reclamation Facility staff gets the job done. Even the COVID pandemic couldn’t...

The EchoWater Project in Sacramento took seven years to construct, costing nearly $1.8 billion. It is touted as the biggest public works...

Pumps are critical components in wastewater treatment facilities. The Sanford (Maine) Sewerage District experienced just how critical when the pumps feeding biosolids...

Press moves discharge permit approval, reduces costs ProblemDave Hapchuk owns and operates a septage receiving facility where he pretreats septage from his operation...

Wastewater work gave Jamie Belden a chance to help the streams he cares deeply about while earning a good wage. After many years...

Anue names new sales directorAnue Water Technologies announced that Joe Kratochvil has joined the company as sales director. Kratochvil joins Anue with 35...

Removal of nutrients is a growing challenge for clean-water plants, especially where effluent phosphorus limits are strict. Plants today are looking toward biological...

The Village of Hinckley needed to upgrade its rotating biological contactor plant to activated sludge to meet a consent decree. Looking to minimize impact...

Nampa, Idaho wastewater division to upgrade systemCentrisys/CNP announced a partnership with Nampa, Idaho’s Wastewater Division to implement two MagPrex biological nutrient removal...

The Water Research Foundation has granted $200,000 for a project called Advancing Low-Energy Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal (project number 5083). The project will...

The IFAS technology has increasingly been employed for incorporating BNR into large conventional activated sludge systems that are constrained by tankage or...

Last summer, Treatment Plant Operator hosted a live webinar in which in which Veolia Water Technologies gave a presentation on IFAS/MBBR and deammonification technologies,...

Tom Myers has reaped many rewards from a 43-year career in the clean-water profession. He’ll be the first to tell you he...

It was a case of turning a problem into an opportunity. The Zion Crossroads Wastewater Treatment Plant was organically and hydraulically overloaded. At...