MABR-aided process intensification at large wastewater treatment plants: drivers, design rationale and performance

Giuseppe Guglielmi¹, Daniel Coutts², Moreno Di Pofi¹, Jeff Peeters³

¹Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, Italy; ²Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, UK; ³Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, Canada

Aerobic sludge granulation, conversion, and phosphate removal using sugar substrates

Ali Elahinik¹, Maureen Haarsma¹, Linghang Li¹, Ben Abbas¹, Martin Pabst¹, Dimitrios Xevgenos¹, Mark van Loosdrecht¹, Mario Pronk^1,2

¹TU Delft, The Netherlands; ²Royal HaskoningDHV

Relevance of laboratory tests in the planning process of micropollutant removal stages for large wastewater treatment plants

Katharina Mrosla¹, Fabio Ringhof¹, Vera Kohlgrüber², Laurence Palmwoski¹, Thomas Wintgens¹

¹Institute of Environmental Engineering (ISA), RWTH Aachen University, Germany; ²Kompetenzzentrum Spurenstoffe Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Predicting sludge settleability in large wastewater treatment plants: a deep learning time series perspective

François Guichard^1,2, Madiha Nadri-Wolf², Rachid Ouaret³, Antonin Azaïs¹

¹INRAE, UR REVERSAAL, 5 Rue de La Doua, 69625, Villeurbanne, France; ²LAGEPP UMR 5007, 43 bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69100, Villeurbanne, France; ³LGC, CNRS, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France

Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors for the recovery of ammonia from municipal process waters

Martin Ulbricht, Norbert Selzer

3M Healthcare Germany GmbH, Germany

Harvesting of Plant-wide, High-level Information from a Full-Scale Operational Digital Twin

Bruce Johnson¹, Cheng Yang¹, Adrienne Menniti², Keaton Lesnik³, Heather Stewart¹, Leiv Rieger⁴, Ivan Miletic⁴, Joshua Registe¹

¹Jacobs, USA; ²Clean Water Services, USA; ³Maia Analytica, USA; ⁴Jacobs, Canada

Hazard mapping over wastewater treatment plants as point critical infrastructures using a multi-hazard, multi-scale approach

Maria Castiglione¹, Giuseppe Beringheli¹, Santo Fabio Corsino¹, Michele Torregrossa¹, David Javier Castro Rodriguez², Micaela Demichela², Antonello Barresi²

¹University of Palermo, Italy; ²Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Implementing Liquid Neural Networks for Enhanced Plant-wide Control of a Wastewater Treatment Plant

Cristian Camilo Gómez Cortes¹, Kimberly Solon¹, Ingmar Nopens¹, Elena Torfs^1,2

¹Ghent University; ²Université Laval

Shifting Wastewater Treatment Plants towards Cleaner Energy Factories

Ji Li^1,2, Xiaodi Hao², Mark van Loosdrecht¹

¹Delft University of Technology; ²Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China, People's Republic of

Novel CFIC® Biofilm Process for Efficient Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Leif Arne Kjeldsberg, Yuliia Dzihora, Anirudh Bhanu Teja Nelabhotla, Shuai Wang

Biowater Technology AS, Norway

Robust magnetic vivianite recovery from digested sewage sludge: Evaluating resilience to sludge dry matter and particle size variations

Ha Nguyen^1,4, Thomas Prot¹, Leon Korving¹, Wokke Wijdeveld¹, Iulian Dugulan², Ekkes Brück², Anna Haarala³, Mark van Loosdrecht⁴

¹Wetsus; ²Dept. Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology; ³Kemira Oyj; ⁴Dept. Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology

Energy efficiency upgrades in WWTPs using feed-forward control and existing equipment

Andrea Bolgár, Remy Blanc

Organica Technológiák Zrt., Hungary

Simple, cost-effective and efficient desulphurisation of digester gas by micro-aeration

Niklas Trautmann, Niklas Kempert, Christoph Kormann

aqua & waste International GmbH, Germany

Digital twin is the new generation tool in the optimization of WWTP operation

Jindřich Procházka, Zuzana Kalinčíková

Xylem Česká republika spol s r.o., Czech Republic

Artificial Intelligent Digital Twin at the Edge for Asset Performance and Reliability Optimization

Mike Otten

Xylem, Netherlands, The

Kinetic consideration of the adhesion mechanism for the improvement of Escherichia coli removal by adhesion to activated sludge

Yuki Nakaya¹, Yusuke Ishizuka¹, Shota Ishizaki¹, Uthpala Kaushalya¹, Reiko Hirano², Hisashi Satoh¹

¹Hokkaido University, Japan; ²Cellspect Co., Ltd., Japan

Extracellular polymeric substances recovery from aerobic granular sludge and its application: turning wastewater treatment plant into resource recovery plant

Yuemei Lin

Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, The

DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR ADVANCED CONTROL AND MITIGATION OF INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES IN SEWER NETWORKS AND WWTP

Pablo Montalvillo¹, Michal Klimacek²

¹Idrica, Spain; ²Xylem Inc., Eastern Europe

The behaviour of microplastics in the municipal wastewater treatment plant of Veszprém

Viktória Pitás¹, Viola Somogyi¹, Balázs Volf², Attila Radács², Gábor Bordós³, Bence Prikler^3,4, Brigitta Fekete-Nyírő³, István Szabó⁴, Sándor Szoboszlay⁴, Adrienn Micsinai³

¹University of Pannonia, Sustainability Solutions Research Laboratory; ²Bakonykarszt Zrt.; ³Eurofins Analytical Services Hungary Kft.; ⁴Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety

The difference in carbon footprint among conventional activated sludge, membrane bioreactor and moving-bed bioreactor technologies in wastewater treatment plants

Quyen Tri Le¹, Hung Quoc Bui², Hélène Hauduc³, Imre Takacs³

¹Tampere University, Finland; ²Ramboll Finland Oy; ³Dynamita

Decision support tool for the mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions

Matthew Gray¹, Juliane Thamm², Marie Inizan², Michael Haeck², Stuart Ainsworth³

¹Hach, United States of America; ²Hach, Germany; ³Hach, Spain

Comparison Optimum Removal of COD and Colour from Palm Oil Effluent using Carbon Nanotubes, Granular Activated Carbon and Heated Activated Zeolite

Arezoo Fereidonian Dashti¹, Rohana Adnan², Ubah Promise Chima³

¹School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Penang, Malaysia; ²School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Penang, Malaysia; ³School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Penang, Malaysia

Definition of the parameter system for ADV measurement of local flow characteristics of wastewater treatment facilities

Katalin Kiss¹, Miklos Patziger²

¹Budapest Sewage Works, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary; ²Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Comparative study of EPS between flocculent sludge and granular sludge

Ji Li^1,2, Yuemei Lin¹, Xiaodi Hao², Mark van Loosdrecht¹

¹Delft University of Technology; ²Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture

Design Efficiency – Options and Scenarios for Prishtina WWTP

Sokol Xhafa, Miklos Patziger

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Benefits and experiences of partial nitrification in mainstream wastewater treatment

Zuzana Kalinčíková, Jindřich Procházka

Xylem Česká republika spol. s r.o., Czech Republic

Detectable Potassium reduction in different wastewater treatment systems

László Tutor¹, András Béres², András Barczi³, Márk Kálmán Horváth⁴, Gábor Géczi⁴

¹Doctoral School of Environmental Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science, Hungary; ²University Laboratory Center, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science, Hungary; ³Department of Agricultural Economics and Policy, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science, Hungary; ⁴Department of Environmental Analysis and Technologies, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science, Hungary

A flexible tool for integrated planning, design, and operation of urban wastewater systems

Lorenzo Benedetti¹, Heather Stewart², William McMillin², Zsolt Haszpra³, Péter Budai³, Annette Brink-Kjaer⁴

¹Waterways d.o.o., Croatia; ²Jacobs, USA; ³Dynamita S.A.R.L., France; ⁴VCS Denmark, Denmark

Satellite Monitoring of Ponds Treatment Systems

Emiliano Aguerreberry¹, Maestri Franco¹, Regueira Jose Maria¹, Yanil Hepp², Gabriel Platzeck²

¹National Directorate of Drinking Water and Sanitation; ²INVAP S.E.

Negative role of filamentous bulking and its elimination in anammox process

Dong Li, Huiping Zeng

Beijing University of Technology, China, People's Republic of

Water Reuse and Circularity Implications – Best Practices for Ensuring Integrity of Advanced Treatment Processes via Upstream Optimization and Online Monitoring

Steve Myers, Bob Dabkowski, Maureen Wagner

Hach, United States of America

Grey Water Footprint of Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants in Turkiye

Goksen Capar¹, Asligül Yilmaz², Tugba Kutlu³

¹Ankara University Water Management Institute, Turkiye; ²Ankara University Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Integrated Water Management, Turkiye; ³Ankara University Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of Water Policy and Security, Turkiye

15 years of ozonation for micropollutants removal in Europe

Arne Wieland¹, Achim Ried¹, Thomas R. Franz¹, Zsombor Vankos²

¹Xylem, Germany; ²Xylem, Hungary

Climate Change Adaptation Measures for Wastewater Treatment Plants in Jeju Province South Korea

Jinkeun Kim

Jeju National University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Study on Development of Energy Neutral Technology using Sewage Sludge-Derived Fiber Utilization System

Hiroya Miyamoto¹, Hiroyuki Fujimoto¹, Kaoru Namekata¹, Masato Ishikawa², Eiji Tochioka², Manabu Yamashita², Masaaki Fukuda³, Ryota Kamimoto³

¹Japan Institute of Wastewater Engineering and Technology, Japan; ²Ishigaki Co, LTD.; ³Kumamoto City Waterworks and Sewerage Bureau

Forecasting Treatment Plant Influent using Physics-informed Convolutional Neural Networks

Abhiram Mullapudi, Nick Mills, Richard Loeffler

Xylem, United States of America

Energy-Saving by an FF-FB Control Strategy Using Ammonia as an Indicator and Improvement of Blower Operations

Jixian Zhan, Masaki Ikehata

Water Agency Inc., Japan

Study on Energy Saving Effect of Newly Developed Blowers in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Rika Gono, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Kaoru Namekata

Japan Institute of Wastewater Enginiaring and Technology, Japan

Removal of Carbamazepine from Wastewater using Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomer: Adsorption Isotherm, Kinetic Data Measured by GC-MS for Process Optimization

Parisa Mahdavi, Antje Siol, Jorg Thöming

UFT, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Permeable Pavement Evaluation for Pollutants Removal Efficiency and Permeability using Standard Pollutants

Taeyang Kim, Jaemyeong Choi, Sang-eon Lee, Soonchul Kwon

Pusan National University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Ensuring Cost-Effective Reliability in High-Performance Wastewater Treatment: A Case Study

Peter Naylor¹, Khaled Zubari², Tom Curtis³

¹Muharraq Wastewater Services Company, Bahrain; ²Newcastle Univsrsity, NE1 7RU, UK; ³Newcastle Univsrsity, NE1 7RU, UK

Packed Bed Electro Reactor for High Efficiency Wastewater Treatment of Organics and Technical Grade Oil Recovery from Palm Oil Refinery Effluent (PORE)

Muhamad Farhan Haqeem Othman¹, Razam Abdul Latip¹, Norliza Saparin¹, Dzul Hilmi Abdul Rahman², Mohammad Saiful Nidzam Ismail², Mohd Shiraz Aris¹, Syed Said Syed Saggaf¹

¹Sime Darby Plantation Research Sdn Bhd, Malaysia; ²Sime Darby Oils Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Concept of sustainable development of the Central wastewater treatment plant in Prague

Jiří Rosický¹, Martin Srb², Milan Lánský², Petr Sýkora²

¹Pražská vodohospodářská společnost a.s.; ²Pražské vodovody a kanalizace, a.s.

A study on Mitigating Non-point Source Pollutant of Carbon-based Filter and Permeable Block

Yongju Kwon, Jongyeong Kim, Joowon Choi, Soonchul Kwon

Pusan National University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Study on Different Microalgae Ratios in Chlorella- Tetraselmis Consortium for Synthetic Dairy Effluent Removal

Sara Mahdavi, Kasra Darabi, Omid Tavakoli

School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering , University of Tehran, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Pipeline Open Data Standard (PODS) use in managing water pipeline inspection services data

Joann Ren¹, Brandon ODaniel¹, Michal Klimacek²

¹Xylem, United States of America; ²Xylem Inc., Eastern Europe

Removal of 53 micropollutants during ozonation, chlorination, and UV/H2O2 processes

Kyung-Duk Zoh, Seungwoon Sohn, Moon-Kyung Kim

Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

A new design approach for optimized denitrification in BNR configurations achieving low effluent nutrient limits

Güçlü Insel, Nazik Artan, Didem Guven, Emine Cokgor, Goksin Ozyildiz

Istanbul Technical University, Environmental Engineering Dept., Maslak, Istanbul, Türkiye

Enhancing Construction Management Efficiency of Malaysian Large Wastewater Treatment Plants by Predictive Modelling

Juliana Abd Jalil, Wan Hanna Melini Wan Mokhtar

Sewerage Services Department, Malaysia, Malaysia

An innovative solar greenhouse for enhanced sewage sludge drying: a case study

Alice Sorrenti, Santo Fabio Corsino, Gianluca Scaccianoce, Michele Torregrossa

Department of Engineering,University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze,90128 Palermo, Italy

An Intermediate Thermal Hydrolysis in Large Wastewater Treatment Plant. The first Results

Ester Rus, Davy Ringoot, Jacek Kościukiewicz

Cambi Solutions AS, Norway

Demonstration of a robust machine learning tool for predicting influent flows in wastewater treatment plants

Peter Budai, Adrianavalona Harinaivo, Jiaying Wang, Ferenc Házi, Imre Takács

Dynamita SARL, France

Renewable Power-to-X for water resource recovery facilities (RePtX-WRRFs): an illustration of Wind-PtA-BSM2

Qipeng Liu¹, Joachim Weel Rosbo¹, Shi You², Xavier Flores-Alsina¹, Krist V.Gernaey¹

¹Process and Systems Engineering Centre (PROSYS), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark; ²Power and Energy Systems, Power-to-X and Storage, Department of Wind and Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Elucidating the role of the discharges from a regional Wastewater Treatment Plant in the eutrophication of a mayor reservoir of Puerto Rico

Gustavo A. Martinez, Miguel Vazquez

University of Puerto Rico, United States of America