The present invention is a new process for preserving the water of an aquatic body as a supplying source for different human activities such as recreation and amusement, food and ornamentation, by the development of a aquatic space formed by a Open water Lake, a Spa Lake, and a Water Depuration Lake that preserves the water mass by biotransformation and mineralization that allow reducing the concentration of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous, generating clean and transparent water without the use of large amounts of chemicals and complex filtrate systems.

A system and method is provided for water and wastewater treatment. The system comprises a fixed film biological process and a ballasted flocculation process.

The invention pertains to a bio-carrier to carry a biofilm in a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR), the carrier being a particle comprising dehydrated sludge. The use of a bio-carrier in a MBBR process to purify a liquid from contaminants is disclosed and a method of manufacture of a bio-carrier is provided.

The present disclosure relates to a sewage/wastewater treatment system using granular activated sludge and a membrane bio-reactor and a sewage/wastewater treatment method using the same that are configured to effectively remove pollutants contained in raw water through a granulation tank in which the granular activated sludge is contained and to allow the raw water to be filtered through movable membranes located on the upper portion of the granulation tank. The system includes: an indirect aeration tank adapted to supply air thereto to allow dissolved oxygen contained in raw water to reach a saturation concentration; a granulation tank adapted to allow floating microorganisms contained in the treated water passing through the indirect aeration tank to be granulated and having a sludge blanket formed thereon; and movable membranes located on the upper portion of the granulation tank in such a manner as to be movable in the granulation tank.

Described is a method of treating wastewater. The method includes receiving the wastewater at a ballasted activated sludge secondary treatment aeration basin. The method also includes adding a ballast material to the wastewater, treating the wastewater in the ballasted activated sludge secondary treatment aeration basin to produce a ballasted mixed liquor effluent, receiving the ballasted mixed liquor effluent at a high-rate heavy solids removal zone that includes one or more high-rate heavy solids removal units, and removing ballasted heavy solids from the ballasted mixed liquor effluent using the one or more high-rate heavy solids removal units to produce a concentrated ballasted heavy solids effluent and a clarified liquid effluent. Also described is a system for treating wastewater including a ballasted activated sludge secondary treatment aeration basin and a high-rate heavy solids removal zone for treating a ballasted mixed liquor effluent.

The present disclosure is directed to a treatment system in a lagoon containing water that promotes the formation of biologically active granules that digest sludge in the lagoon, the lagoon comprising a bottom thereof, the water of the lagoon having a surface layer, the system including X number of water circulators in a cluster having an impeller disposed in the lagoon, wherein X is greater than or equal to three and hydraulic walls formed from at least some of the water expelled from each of a given pair of adjacent water circulators, wherein each of the hydraulic walls intersects at the midpoint of any two adjacent circulators, said hydraulic wall redirecting the expelled water downward towards the bottom of the lagoon, wherein the hydraulic walls at least partially surround at least one circulator.

Provided is a method for producing an organic substance, in which an organic material (metabolite) derived from a microorganism is reduced while retaining a nutritive substance in an organic substance-containing solution discharged from a fermentation tank containing the microorganism, whereby various nutritional elements contained in the organic substance-containing solution can be reused with high efficiency. A method for producing an organic substance by the microbial fermentation of a synthetic gas containing at least carbon monoxide, the method comprising a synthetic gas supply step of supplying the synthetic gas into a fermentation tank containing a microorganism, a fermentation step of subjecting the synthetic gas to microbial fermentation in the fermentation tank, an aerobic fermentation treatment step of subjecting at least a portion of a liquid produced in the fermentation step to an aerobic fermentation treatment in a liquid waste treatment unit, and a recycling step of supplying a liquid produced in the aerobic fermentation treatment step to the fermentation tank, wherein the aerobic fermentation treatment step is carried out in the presence of a nitrifying bacterium inhibitor.

A process for treating wastewater including: feeding organic wastewater to a first aerobic tank and an anoxic tank; nitrifying and denitrifying the organic wastewater by bacteria supported on carriers in the first aerobic tank followed by discharging primary treated water; denitrifying the organic wastewater and the primary treated water by bacteria in an activated sludge in the anoxic tank followed by discharging secondary treated water; nitrifying the secondary treated water by bacteria in an activated sludge in the second aerobic tank followed by discharging tertiary treated water; and separating the sludge from the tertiary treated water in the solid-liquid separator followed by discharging final treated water while returning the sludge to the anoxic tank. According to this process, a load in a latter anoxic tank can be reduced, the anoxic tank can be downsized compared with the prior process and treated water with good water quality is stably provided.

A water treatment apparatus for removing nitrogen in raw water and a water treatment method using the same are provided. The water treatment apparatus includes a denitrification reactor configured to remove nitrogen contained in raw water supplied thereto, a phosphorus treatment tank configured to remove phosphorus (P) contained in the raw water supplied from the denitrification reactor, an anammox reactor configured to remove nitrogen contained in the raw water supplied from the phosphorus treatment tank through an anammox reaction, a partial nitritation tank configured to convert ammonium ions (NH.sub.4.sup.+) remaining untreated in the anammox reaction into nitrite ions (NO.sub.2.sup.), and a sedimentation tank configured to cause settling of suspended matter contained in the raw water supplied from the partial nitritation tank so that sludge forms and discharge the raw water through a raw water discharge pipe.

A vermicomposting system for treating waste water streams that includes a pretreatment stage for converting liquid or semi-liquid organic waste streams into a feedstock for vermicomposting; a vermicomposting digestion stage having populations of worms and beneficial bacteria which consume and break down organic material and nutrients present in the feedstock from the pretreatment stage to create worm castings, vermicompost, and a liquid compost tea that contains plant nutrients, plant growth promoting substances, and beneficial bacteria; and a post-treatment stage in which the liquid compost tea is removed for use as an soil amendment or inoculant, or is further treated in a separate containment tank where nutrients and oxygen levels are controlled to increase specific bacterial and fungal populations.