Efficient wastewater management may seem a daunting challenge, but continuous monitoring is major step towards more sustainable wastewater processes. Real-time sensors and probes, developed by Real Tech Inc., enable more efficient and sustainable wastewater processes.
The key to continuous monitoring lies in its simplicity and cost-effectiveness. It provides wastewater operators with a holistic understanding of their systems and processes. This comprehensive view leads to informed decision-making, system optimization, greater process control, and a significant reduction in effluent surcharges or fines.
Organic Loading & Event Monitoring
One area where this tool proves invaluable is in organic loading and event monitoring. Real-time tracking of organic compounds (BOD, COD, or TOC) post primary clarification, provides an early warning of potential overloads. This real-time data allows operators to make timely adjustments to enhance chemical dosage or aeration rate, achieving desired effluent goals and avoiding potential violations.
Contaminant Detection
Another significant benefit of continuous monitoring is the early detection of problematic contaminants. By monitoring post clarification, operators can detect and divert waste streams with high chemical concentrations that could harm downstream treatment units or be challenging to treat. For facilities with colour discharge permits (PCU), real-time black liquor or dye monitoring assures compliance.
Chemical/Nutrient/Aeration Optimization
Continuous monitoring is a powerful tool for chemical, nutrient, and aeration optimization. Monitoring the organic load allows for the precise dosage of chemicals and nutrients, enhancing treatment efficiency, reducing chemical costs, and preventing additional effluent complications.
Advanced Treatment Protection
If advanced or tertiary treatment is present, monitoring prior to treatment ensures pre-treatment operations are running as designed and provides an early warning of failure upstream to protect advanced treatment processes from potential costly and damaging events such as membrane clogging
Effluent Discharge / Compliance Assurance
In addition, real-time monitoring of BOD, COD, TSS and color prior to discharge allows operators to gain assurance that quality meets expectations. If concentrations exceed desired levels, waste streams can be temporarily diverted or the recycle ratio can be increased for additional treatment helping to avoid expensive fines or surcharges that can cost a facility thousands to millions of dollars a year.
Continuous monitoring is much more than a technical novelty; it’s a catalyst for a sustainable future. By pairing this revolutionary technology from Real Tech Inc. with the commitment and expertise of WeHAP, the path to better wastewater management is clear.
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