Case Study: The Effects Of Bioaugmentation In Collection System On WWTP Operations

By Andrew Newbold, In-Pipe Technology Company, Inc.

In 2004 the wastewater treatment plant in the Town of Orange Park had a very unique problem. The Town was in violation of the current Water Quality Based Effluent Limits (WQBEL) permit while they were simultaneously planning for the even more stringent, Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) permit to take effect in 2008. The Town needed to address both long and short term wastewater treatment effluent quality challenges and they turned to In-Pipe Technology's collection system bioaugmentation treatment as a part of their action plan.