Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS) developed the last two decades into a widely applied modern variant for centralized activated sludge WWTPs and implemented up to multimillion person equivalents plant scale.

Goal of the workshop is to share current best-practices for AGS in large WWTP’s while facilitating dialogue, knowledge exchange and identification of potential beneficial future scientific & application developments.

In the workshop, owners and designers of several large AGS WWTP across the globe, will share their experience and lessons-learned and show how AGS reactor design and overall plant integrating was tuned towards coping with specific challenges. These include minimal energy/footprint consumption, extensive nutrient removal, salinity fluctuations and future load/treated water quality adjustments. Also hybrid plant integration to augment parallel activated sludge plants will be addressed, as well as plant integration with downstream membrane filtration to operate as AGS Membrane-Bio-Reactor.

Speakers:
- Debby Berends, on behalve of Jerusalem Wastewater and Purification Enterprises, Israel
- Marisa Buyers-Basso, on behalve of Uisce Éireann, Ireland
- Drainage Services Department, the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
- Andreas Giesen, Royal HaskoningDHV, The Netherlands
- Mark van Loosdrecht, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Norbert Jardin, Ruhrsverband, Germany
- Monita Naicker, Aquatec Maxcon, Australia
- Per Overgaard Pedersen, Aarhus VanD, Denmark
- Brett Quimby, Aqua Aerobic Systems, USA

9:00	Welcome and opening Mark van Loosdrecht, Delft University of Technology
9:05	Fundamental mechanisms leading to granulation in AGS reactors and resulting process and sustainability benefits Mark van Loosdrecht, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
9:15	Practical integration of AGS within large WWTPs Andreas Giesen, Royal HaskoningDHV, The Netherlands
9:25	Technology assessment for best treatment options for a large new WWTP having resource recovery and carbon footprint prioritized Per Overgaard Pedersen, Aarhus VanD, Denmark
9:40	Design and configuration examples for AGS applications for large North American WWTPs Brett Quimby, Aqua Aerobic Systems, USA
9:55	Interactive workshop
10:10	AGS for Yuen Long Effluent Polishing Plant: integrating sustainability and urban design in compact WWTP for high-salinity wastewater Drainage Services Department, the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
10:25	Altena WWTP: operation experiences with AGS in Germany Norbert Jardin, Ruhrverband, Germany
10:40	Lessons learned in design and operation of AGS for achieving advanced nutrient removal and water-for-advanced-reuse in Sydney Monita Naicker, Aquatec Maxcon, Australia
10:55	Interactive workshop
11:10	Lessons learned in design and operation of Dublin’s 600 MLD Ringsend AGS reactors and hybrid-AGS reactors Marisa Buyers-Basso, on behalve of Uisce Éireann, Ireland
11:25	Maximizing treatment capacity at landlocked Soreq WWTP through AGS with tertiary ultrafiltration Debby Berends, on behalve of Jerusalem Wastewater and Purification Enterprises, Israel
11:40	Interactive workshop
11:55	Closure Mark van Loosdrecht