02.19.24 -- Biological Treatment Spotlight

Economic development has its price and sometimes calls for major upgrades to a community’s wastewater treatment facilities.

Nature has long provided guidance to simple and sustainable ways to manage environmental challenges. Biological treatment of potable water is no exception. As more water is required to support human activity worldwide, sources once considered too contaminated or expensive to treat are quickly becoming necessary options. For groundwater contaminant removal, once again, the laws of nature point the way.

Conventional activated sludge treatment for wastewater is becoming increasingly problematic over time. Not only does the process require significant amounts of energy, which drives up operating expenses, but utilities are under mounting pressure from the U.S. EPA to go green.

Learn how the Millsboro processing plant replaced mechanical surface aerators with SDOX technology to fulfill the oxygen needs of the various biological treatment processes without interrupting operations.

The TITAN MBR helped a winery become the first ever to earn a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum Certification for new construction in 2018.