by | | Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater, Wastewater Treatment, WaterFX
Phosphorus removal from wastewater often means chemical precipitation using a very acidic coagulant, traditionally alum or iron-based. Due to the chemistry of these coagulants, the dosage required is often 4 to 10 times that indicated by the stoichiometry alone and...
by | | Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater, Wastewater Treatment, WaterFX
With the renewal of their Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (UPDES) permit, Jordanelle Special Service District (JSSD) was confronting extremely low total phosphorus (TP) limits of 0.03 mg/L (May – Oct) and 0.06 mg/L (Nov – April) as a 90-day average at...
by | | Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater, Wastewater Treatment, WaterFX
It is no secret that inflation has hit every sector of the economy. BUT inflation hasn’t hit everything equally. If you use traditional coagulants (iron or aluminum based, or PAC) to remove phosphorus from your wastewater, you are paying significantly more than you...
by | | Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater, Wastewater Treatment, WaterFX
Wastewater treatment consumes a great deal of energy. Efforts to make treatment more energy efficient include finding ways to reduce aeration needs and also generating biogas in digesters to use as fuel. Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment (CEPT) can assist with...
by | | Algae Removal in Wastewater, Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater, Wastewater Treatment, WaterFX
Removing phosphorus from wastewater using coagulants should be a simple one and done process. The coagulant should react with the ortho-phosphorus, settle, be removed with the solids, perhaps be digested, then dewatered and disposed of. Sadly, what “should be” often...