Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant In Montemorelos, N.L., Mexico Utilizes Microbiology To Improve Effluent Quality Without Capital Expansion

By Rich Schici, In-Pipe Technology Company, Inc.

Economic, performance, and operational pressures placed on municipal wastewater treatment plants have forced Administrators to find new ways of optimizing existing infrastructure assets. Municipalities needing to improve the economics and efficiency of treatment seek cost effective solutions to wastewater challenges without capital expansion. In many parts of the world, limited funds for capital expansion prohibits the proper treatment necessary to protect the community and environment from potentially dangerous circumstances resulting from poor effluent quality discharged to receiving waters.