A water purification apparatus includes a flow-rate regulating tank, an aeration tank, a solar power generation unit, and an air blowing unit. The flow-rate regulating tank changes flow-rate of polluted fluid to constantly discharge. The aeration tank purifies the fluid using microorganisms by contacting the polluted fluid supplied from the flow-rate regulating tank to an air, and includes a floatable panel supporting part and a purifying part connected under the panel supporting part to purify the polluted fluid. The solar power generation unit is supported by the panel supporting part to generate electric power using sunlight. The air blowing unit receives the electric power from the solar power generation unit to supply the air in the aeration tank.

Systems and methods for treating wastewater including a dissolved air flotation operation performed upon a portion of a mixed liquor output from a contact tank prior to the mixed liquor entering a biological treatment tank.

The present disclosure discloses a method and device for removing Organic Micropollutants (OMPs) in water, and belongs to the technical field of wastewater treatment. The method includes the following steps: S1: aerating residual sludge under a starvation condition to enrich starved-state microorganisms; and S2: treating wastewater containing OMPs under an aeration condition with sludge containing the starved-state microorganisms obtained in step S1, and periodically updating the sludge containing the starved-state microorganisms. According to the present disclosure, aerobic starvation treatment is performed on the sludge to gradually reduce the abundance of microorganisms that may use degradable organic matters only and enrich microorganisms that may use complex organic matters in the sludge, and the enriched sludge may degrade various OMPs and be used to remove OMPs in wastewater. The process is easy to operate and low in cost and has relatively high practical application value.

A process for the biological treatment of wastewater in which the performance of a conventional activated sludge system is improved by adding an aerobic granular biomass system in a hybrid parallel process configuration. Waste biomass and suspended material from the aerobic granular biomass system is introduced into the conventional activated sludge system for this purpose. In the hybrid process configuration the advantages of both systems are combined to produce new advantages, while drawbacks of the individual systems are reduced to great extent.

The description describes the integration of a gas fermentation process with a gasification process whereby effluent from the gas fermentation process is recycled to the gasification process. The one or more effluents which can be recycled include a stream comprising microbial biomass, a product stream comprising at least a portion of the at least one fermentation product, a by-product stream comprising fusel oil, and a waste water stream comprising microbial biomass. The stream comprising biomass can be dried before it is passed to the gasification zone. At least a portion of the waste water stream can be passed to the gasification process where one use is to replace at least a portion of the process water. The waste water stream can be further processed to produce a clarified water stream and a biogas stream comprising methane either or both of which can be passed to the gasification process.

The present invention relates to an efficient and cost effective wastewater treatment process that aims to reduce the concentration of soluble and colloidal and particular organic material upstream of a biological treatment process. In particular, the wastewater treatment process described includes a pre-treatment process that relies on biosorption and filtration to reduce the concentration of soluble and insoluble organic matter.

A wastewater treatment system including an aeration unit, a contact tank, a dissolved air flotation unit, and a biological treatment unit is disclosed. A method of retrofitting a wastewater treatment system by providing an aeration unit and fluidly connecting the aeration unit to the wastewater treatment system is also disclosed. A method of treating wastewater including aerating wastewater with oxygen, combining the aerated wastewater with activated sludge, floating biosolids from the activated wastewater, and biologically treating the effluent is also disclosed. The method optionally includes combining the floated biosolids with the aerated wastewater and/or activated wastewater. A method of facilitating treatment of high solids content wastewater is also disclosed.

TA method for treating an aqueous solution containing ammonium perchlorate and optionally nitrate ions, the method having a nitrification/denitrification sequence then a step of reducing perchlorates, the liquid effluent obtained at the end of this step of reducing perchlorates being subjected to a first membrane filtration, the liquid effluent obtained following this first membrane filtration being put into contact, in a reactor in aerobic conditions, with microorganisms able to carry out the oxidation of organic materials, then the liquid effluent leaving this reactor being subjected to a second membrane filtration, the first membrane filtration and the second membrane filtration being carried out on the same membrane filtration unit.

An organic wastewater treatment apparatus biologically treats organic wastewater containing nitrogen using a treatment tank storing activated sludge. A top-bottom partition member divides the treatment tank in into an upper space and a lower space. A plurality of anoxic tanks are formed in the lower space, while a plurality of aerobic tanks, each of which having an immersion-type membrane separation device, are formed in the upper space. A raw water supply path divides and supplies the organic wastewater to each anoxic tank. A plurality of denitrifying liquid transfer paths repeatedly transfers the activated sludge from the anoxic tanks to the aerobic tanks, while a plurality of nitrifying liquid transfer paths repeatedly transfer the activated sludge from the aerobic tanks to the anoxic tanks, whereby the activated sludge is circulated throughout the treatment tank.

An energy efficient aquaculture system combining mixed-cell and raceway configurations. The system comprises a raceway tank, a raceway channel, a first water purification subsystem, and a second water purification subsystem. The system may include one or more of a hatching subsystem, a nursery subsystem, a feeding subsystem, a finishing subsystem, and a fish pumping system for transfer of fish between raceway tanks. A method of growing fish for commercial production using the aquaculture system is also provided.