All treatment plant efficiencies are geared to the waste that they receive. The microorganisms found
 in the waste need food and oxygen to survive, the food is provided as soluble organic carbon in
 the waste stream and the oxygen is obtained through the aeration process in the treatment plant.

 Once a treatment plant has been built the factors that will affect the biomass growth rate, such
 as flow and aeration rate, have already been established and therefore the only changing factor
 that remains that can affect the process is the incoming waste stream.

 It is therefore important for the plant operator to be able to assess the impact of any changes in
 the influent waste flow, characteristics, and concentrations on the plant performance.

 This is of particular importance when industrial wastewaters contribute significantly to the loadings
 of a municipal wastewater treatment plant.

 Respirometer BM-T employ a reaction vessel that in certain mode replicate the actions that occur at
 a treatment plant and asses the process through fundamental measurements, such as oxygen
 uptake rate (OUR), consumed oxygen (CO, BODst), biodegradable fraction of COD (bCOD) and others.

 The obtained results can be used for several applications:
 

• Assess the exact requirements for the plant in order to optimize the efficiency at the lowest capital and operating costs.

• Assess the amount of urban growth that the current operating plant can support.

• Lead to a route to improved plant performance.

• Estimate the amount of industrial effluent that can be treated at a municipal plant.

• Assess pre-treatment processes, effluent toxicity and biodegradation potential of waste streams.

• Assess the biological treatability of industrial wastes separately and in combination with municipal wastewaters.

• Asses the impact of various inhibitory wastes and industrial effluents.

 BM-T Respirometry from Surcis analysers have demonstrated that, in a very fast and
 practical manner, by making use of the actual genuine activated sludge of the aeration tank,
 can provide the treatment plants operator the essential information to help determine the ways
 to protect and control the biological process of the plant.

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  Practical Respirometry for efficient operation in APS

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