Typical industrial and municipal wastewater-treatment plants consume an amount of energy that can represent 50% of the facility's variable operating and maintenance costs. Most employ biological processes that rely on energy-intensive aeration systems whose energy consumption is approximately 0.5 kWh per m³ of effluent treated. This article discusses a variety of design and operating improvements that can be undertaken to reduce energy consumption in wastewater treatment....

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