Suggest you go back to ...
Published by Peter Styles, Independent - Consultant (retired)
Suggest you go back to basics which have been apparent for over a hundred years. If you want your solids removal process to work efficiently then you first have to screen out large solids and untreatable rubbish especially during rainfall. Secondly remove grit as it will clog up the downstream processes. Thirdly settle solids and remove the resulting sludge as they will take a inordinate amount of energy to oxygenate them. Fourthly oxygenate then settle out the resulting solids.
Ammonia removal is more complicated and requires a more specialized approach depending on when it is removed.
The figure you mention is very high for anything to function.
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I think coarse screening and grit removal is one of the first things you do for pretreatment and everyone applies this, my concern was mostly on the TDS on biology since I only had one source confirm that they can operate at high TDS. But thanks for your input.
Published by Ghoewylah Darries, Process Engineer at NuWater