How Sewage Treatment Facilities Can Achieve Cleaner Water

Prairie Rivers Network is Helping Sewage Treatment Facilities Achieve Cleaner Water with New Report 

Improved wastewater treatment using membrane filters

Antidegradation Alternatives for Municipal Sewage Treatment is a technical report that compiles operational, cost, design, and performance data for various sewage treatment technologies including both conventional and state-of-the-art methods. The report was designed to assist advocates in determining the pollutant reduction capabilities of the various treatment methods and the economic feasibility of implementing these methods.

The report consists of three parts:

1. The first part is a more detailed narrative that describes the sewage treatment alternatives, typical applications and achievable effluent characteristics.
2. The second part is a matrix that provides: effluent characteristics for ammonia nitrogen; total nitrogen; nitrate; Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD); Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and phosphorus for each alternative. The matrix contains estimated capital and operation & maintenance costs, limitations and benefits, and locations where the treatment method has been utilized.
3. The third part is an effluent table that provides a quick glimpse of achievable effluent characteristics for each treatment technology.

Download entire report here.

This report was prepared for the Mississippi River Collaborative (funded by the McKnight Foundation) and prepared by Applied Ecological Services, Inc., with support from the Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc., Natural Water Solutions, and Prairie Rivers Network.