Nitrogen and phosphorus removal under intermittent aeration conditions

A practice wastewater treatment plant was operated using intermittent aeration activated sludge process to enhance biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal. When the influent concentrations of CODCr, BOD5, TN, TP, NH3-N, TKN, and SS varied in a range of 207.5-1640 mg/L, 61.8-637 mg/L, 28.5-75.6 mg/L, 4.38-20.2 mg/L, 13.6-31.9 mg/L, 28.5-75.6 mg/L, and 111-1208 mg/L, the effluent means were less than 50 mg/L, 20 mg/L, 5 mg/L, 1.0 mg/L, 5 mg/L, 10 mg/L, and 20 mg/L, respectively. Based on a long time of operating results, this process is very suitable for nutrient biological removal for treating the municipal wastewater those water characteristics are similar as that of the Songjiang Municipal Waste Water Treatment Plant(SJMWTP).