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municipal wastewater treatment
prince edward island, canada
town of stratford WWTP
The Town of Stratford wastewater plant (WWTP) has an average flow of 3,000 m3/day (0.8 MGD) of raw wastewater with a treatment system involving multi-stage aerated lagoons along with rotating biological contactors (RBC’s) located within 200 meters of residential homes, motels, and commercial establishments.
The
Challenge/Problem
The WWTP was overloaded and as a result was experiencing operational upsets including odor issues, sludge management challenges, and poor effluent quality.
Specific problems included:
SciCorp Treatment Plan and Execution
The plant manager contacted SciCcorp to help with finding a solution to eliminate the odor complaints and to bring the plant into regulatory compliance. SciCorp engineers reviewed the plant operating data and developed a treatment approach that involved the following:
20%
Increase
Increase in lagoon
DO concentrations
50%
Reduction
Reduction in aeration
energy consumption
50%
Reduction
Reduction in effluent
TSS, bringing the plant
into compliance with
regulatory standards
37%
Reduction
Reduction in effluent
BOD concentrations
Success
As a result of treatment, the following results were achieved:
Odors from the lagoons and the RBC's disappeared
The biomass film on the discs in the RBC's changed from black to light brown
Issues Avoided
By working with SciCorp, the plant operators were able to
help the facility avoid: