Case study Klagshamn WWTP, Sweden

Municipal treatment plant using a Moving Bed™biofilm process for post-denitrification.

  • Operational since: 1997

Design data

Parameter Value
Total BOD7 6 300 kg/d
TN 1 000 kg/d
TP 225 kg/d
Design flow 28 000 m³/h
PE 90 000

Effluent requirements

Parameter Value
Phosphorous <0.3 mg/l
Nitrogen <12 mg/l
BOD7 < 10 mg/l

Results

Parameter Influent (mg/l) Effluent(mg/l) Reduction (%)
BOD7 120 <3 98
TP 5,1 0.17 97
TN 32 7.4 77
NH4-N 22 0.4 98

Results have shown that the capacity of the process is in accordance with basic design criteria.