Integrating Membrane Filtration with Existing Slow Sand Filters
n 1999 North Clackamas went on line with 10 MGD slow sand filtration. In 2005 10 MGD of submerged membrane filtration was added to increase capacity and to help when […]
La Center Wastewater Plant Overview
The City fo La Center is a Membrane Bioreactor Wastewater Treatment Plant with bilogical nutrient removal. The presentation will be a brief history and overview of the plant prior to […]
Challenges and Benefits of Conventional Activated Sludge/MBR Parallel Operation
My speech will be about the challenges and obstacles of operating an MBR plant parallel to an activated sludge plant. I’ll describe what we have done to overcome these obstacles […]
A Year in the Life of an MBR Plant
The City of Hermiston installed an Membrane Bioreactor in 2014 to replace an existing RBC plant. The plant has been operating for over a year now with good results. The […]
Startup/Testing and Operational Challenges of JBLM?s Low Pressure Membrane System
This session will discuss the process layout, design, performance parameters, and operating procedures of the army base, Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s wastewater membrane filtration treatment of secondary effluent. We will discuss […]
MBR and the 3 Rs
With over 600 permitted installations in the United States treating upwards of 1 billion gallons per day (BGD), membrane bioreactors (MBRs) are playing an increasingly vital role in water conservation. […]
The Use of Flat Plate PVDF MBR Modules for Sludge Thickening
Flat Plate MBR membrane modules can be used for thickening waste activated sludge from conventional treatment plants or from MBR waste water treatment plants reducing the cost of sludge handling […]
Improving Organic Reduction and Overcoming Challenges at an MBR Plant Treating Wastewater from a Polyester Production Process
When a prominent plastics manufacturer encountered issues with settleability and organics reduction in their wastewater plant’s secondary treatment system, they consulted several membrane system providers to determine the feasilbility of […]
Failure Testing As A Startup Tool For Membrane Filtration Plants
This presentation summarizes the startup testing methodology that the author has used on 6 microfiltration membrane municipal water plant startups performed in the last 4 years. I will discuss a […]
