Inventors:
Glen T. Daigger - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Albert M. Wollmann - Gainesville VA, US
Sudhir N. Murthy - Reston VA, US
Edwin J. Fleischer - Ashburn VA, US
Thomas A. Broderick - Leesburg VA, US
Assignee:
CH2M Hill, Inc. - Englewood CO
International Classification:
C02F003/00
US Classification:
210616, 210626, 210797, 210220, 2101952, 2101981, 210739, 210694
Abstract:
An apparatus using activated sludge for the removal of biological nutrients from a wastewater includes a bioreactor for containing a mixture of wastewater under treatment and activated sludge. The bioreactor is divided into a plurality of serially connected treatment zones and includes a wastewater inlet, a downstream aerobic zone and an upstream aerobic zone between the wastewater inlet and the downstream aerobic zone, the upstream and downstream aerobic zones being separated by an anoxic zone. A method for removal of nutrients from a wastewater includes providing a wastewater to an inlet of a serial, multi-zone, activated sludge bioreactor containing an activated sludge. The bioreactor has a downstream aerobic zone from which water is removed and an upstream aerobic zone between the wastewater inlet and the downstream aerobic zone, the upstream and downstream aerobic zones being separated by an anoxic zone.