Meeting Stringent Phosphorus Requirements With Pile Cloth Media Filtration

Wastewater treatment plants are always on their toes trying to adjust their phosphorus removal process to new and changing nutrient permits. The challenge also impacts engineers who have been tasked with designing an expansion or upgrade of an existing facility, or even those working on greenfield projects. There are many ways to remove phosphorus from wastewater, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage –– the number of options can provide flexibility in the design stage but also can result in effective technologies being overlooked.

Disc filters are a popular and affordable option for tertiary treatment and polishing. PCM is a special disc filter technology that offers notable advantages over screen filters and other technologies. When combined with the right instrumentation, PCM disc filters can add new levels of control over the filtration process and total phosphorus removal rates. Explore these advantages and how important tertiary treatment is in polishing wastewater and achieving permit limits.