An above-ground low-energy method of dewatering highly contaminated waste e.g. leachate contaminated with at least a first group of contaminants and PFAS is described. The method comprises the step of removing the PFAS before removing the first group of contaminants. The removal of PFAS is undertaken by actively aerating the contaminated waste comprising PFAS to produce a waste stream comprising a concentration of PFAS and a liquid stream having at least some of the first group of contaminants. The one or more liquid streams are separated from the waste streams so as to dewater the contaminated waste. Optionally, the liquid streams are treated to remove the first group of contaminants.

A method, and an installation thereof, for recovering phosphorus from sludge to be treated, said method including: a stage of pre-acidification of said sludge to be treated including a step of adding an acid, preferably carbon dioxide into said sludge to be treated; a stage of bio-acidification including a step of acidogenesis and carried out in a reactor having a hydraulic retention time comprised between 1 day to 8 days and, wherein the acidified sludge has a pH comprised between 3.5 to 5.5; and a stage of treatment including: a step of solid/liquid separation; and a step of recovery of phosphates in liquid phase by sorption and/or crystallization, giving a phosphorus depleted water.

A process for enriching phosphorus and recovering vivianite by a biofilm method includes the following steps: 1) an aerobic phosphorus absorption stage; 2) an anaerobic phosphorus release stage; 3) a cyclic enrichment stage; 4) a seed crystal forming stage; and 5) a crystal forming stage. Phosphorus is enriched by the biofilm method and recovered with vivianite as a recovery product, which solves the problem of phosphorus removal from municipal sewage and improves the economic value; by preparing high dissolved oxygen at the aerobic stage, a high-concentration phosphorus recovery solution can be obtained with a relatively low carbon-phosphorus ratio and relatively high enrichment times, and the consumption of carbon sources can be reduced; since the oxidation-reduction potential is controlled to be less than −100 mv by the biofilm method at the anaerobic phosphorus release stage, the oxidation-reduction potential does not need to be adjusted again during the recovery of vivianite,

The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of sewage treatment, and discloses a method and system for enhanced culture of aerobic granular sludge. The system includes a reaction tank, a water inlet and outlet unit, an aeration unit, and a sludge discharge unit. The water inlet and outlet unit includes a water inlet pump, a water inlet electric valve, a liquid flowmeter, a sewage uniform distribution treatment device, buffers, a water drainage pipe, and a water drainage electric valve. The aeration unit includes a blower, microporous aerators, and a gas flowmeter. The sludge discharge unit includes sludge discharge pumps, a sludge discharge pipe, a sludge discharge electric valve, and a sludge concentration meter. In the present disclosure, a multi-point uniform water distribution method is used. When the flow rate of influent water is adjusted, sewage slowly and uniformly flows through a sludge layer from the bottom of the system, so that the concentration of organic matter in raw water is prevented from being rapidly reduced by rapid single-point water intake, the utilization rate of the organic matter in the sewage is increased to the maximum extent, and the efficiency of the system is improved.

An efficient and low-cost process for gravity thickening and fermentation of waste activated sludge withdrawn from the surface of an activated sludge aeration basin for use with treatment systems designed for “enhanced biological phosphorus removal” (EBPR). One or more reactor tanks are used for the process with the steps of: A fill cycle, in which the waste mixed liquor flows into the tank, followed by a settle cycle, in which the mixed liquor is allowed to settle for a period of time, followed by a decant cycle, in which the clear liquid is withdrawn. The withdrawal of a volume of the settling mixed liquor for discharge is then followed by a ferment period for the remaining settled mixed liquor solids and a transfer of the fermented mixed liquor solids back to the activated sludge liquid stream process.

The invention relates to a system and method for transforming raw sewage into a reusable water product that is substantially free of solids, naturally disinfected and does not require pumping.

The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of treating landfill leachate, and in particular to a system and a method for total volume treatment of landfill leachate, and a use thereof. The system comprises an integrated device of dielectric barrier discharge combined with catalyst treatment, an SBR-MBR biochemical treatment device and a PLC control device; the integrated device for a discharge barriered by dielectric and a catalysis treatment is communicated with the SBR-MBR biochemical treatment device through a water transport pipeline, and the PLC control device is respectively connected with the integrated device for a discharge barriered by dielectric and a catalysis treatment and the SBR-MBR biochemical treatment device through connecting lines.

A reactor for the biological treatment of wastewater, includes a chamber capable of containing a mixture of wastewater and sludge comprising various levels, each level being defined by a sludge concentration and/or density; means for determining a minimum level and a maximum level of sludge extraction in the chamber, comprising: measurement means capable of measuring the sludge concentration and/or density at various levels of a mixture of wastewater and sludge; selection means capable of selecting a maximum sludge concentration and/or density value and a minimum sludge concentration and/or density value; deduction means capable of deducing a minimum extraction level corresponding to the maximum concentration value selected and a maximum extraction level corresponding to the minimum concentration value selected; extraction means capable of extracting sludge at variable levels between the minimum extraction level and the maximum extraction level.

A system for treating organic feedstock, particularly livestock or poultry wastewater. The system employs combined anaerobic and aerobic digestion for converting the wastewater into safe water, fertilizer, and energy, wherein sequencing batch reactors (i.e. ASBR and SBR) are used for the digestion process.

A water treatment method that uses a reaction tank and involves repeatedly performing an operation cycle including: an inflow step for causing an inflow of waste water; a biological treatment step for subjecting the waste water to biological treatment using biological sludge; a sedimentation step for causing the biological sludge to settle; and a drainage step for draining biologically-treated water that has undergone the aforementioned biological treatment. The reaction tank is provided with an inflow port that is disposed at a position lower than an interface position of a biological sludge bed formed at the bottom of the reaction tank in the sedimentation step, and an inflow pipe that extends upward in the vertical direction from the inflow port. In the inflow step, the waste water is caused to gravitationally flow down in the inflow pipe so as to be fed into the biological sludge bed from the inflow port.