Design and optimisation of Nambour Sewage Treatment Plant, Australia

This paper describes the design and optimisation of the Nambour Sewage Treatment Plant. The plant utilises a 4 Stage Westbank Biological Excess Phosphorus Removal process (3 stage Bardenpho with pre-anoxic zone) and a static primary sludge fermenter (the first of its kind in Australia) to achieve better than a 50 percentile Total Nitrogen 10 mg/l and Total Phosphorus 2 mg/l treated wastewater standard. The plant also uses anaerobic digesters to produce a Grade B stabilised biosolids and Lime treatment to remove phosphorus from the sidestream liquors. Commissioning and operational experiences are also discussed. (C) 1999 IAWQ Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.