Media Update, page-1544

Maybe we have a new Investor Relations Manager. It seems to me that Fluence's Twitter output has changed from a fair bit of waffle about water, to actually being about how Fluence has made a positive difference to customers in treating wastewater and providing potable water.

The following is an example received today although it is quite old, dating back to 2018. It nevertheless beats the hell out of pontificating about water issues without offering a solution:

MABR-based plant provides high effluent quality with low energy expenditure, as well as low odor and noise

In six months, Outang Village went from having no wastewater treatment plant to having a MABR-based plant treating 40m3/d of effluent to strict Class 1A standards.

Background

Outang Village in China's Zhejiang Province is a rural residential area adjacent to Qu River. Its 400 residents (150 households) are mostly farmers, growing rice, oranges, and vegetables. The river is the village's main water source for irrigation and domestic use. Wastewater, which was being discharged into the river and over the ground, was affecting the villagers' livelihood and spoiling the natural environment.

Challenges

In
 2016, the Chinese government set a five-year plan specifying that by 2021, 70% of wastewater in rural areas had to be treated to meet Class 1A standards. The village, which had nowastewater treatmentplant, had effluent with higher than usual nitrogen levels. The solution had to produce effluent suitable forreusein irrigation, and because of proximity to housing, the solution had to be quiet, odorless, and environmentally friendly. And, it had to be commissioned in six months.

Solutions

The 40 m³/d plant was constructed using aMABR-based solution, which was chosen based on its low CapEx and OpEx, its high-quality effluent, and its low noise and odor. MABR is highly energy-efficient, and has high nitrogen and phosphorus removal thanks to itssimultaneous nitrification-denitrification.

Results

Since May 2018, the plant has been providing much-needed wastewater treatment capacity to the village, meeting China's strict Class 1A standards, confirmed by a third-party laboratory, Hangzhou Environmental Testing Technology Co., Ltd.

Are you interested in learning more about the advantages of MABR-based wastewater plants?Contact Fluenceto discuss your treatment challenges with our experts.