Membrane Bio Reactor (MBR), Screw Screen (SS)
Food & Beverage
Regional South Australia
BACKGROUND
A major new meat processing facility was being developed for a regional town in South Australia. However, the existing STP did not have capacity to accommodate the expected increase of 1,000 EP. MAK Water was invited to participate in a competitive tender to design, manufacture and commission a new Sewage Treatment Plant in a short time frame to produce Class A effluent suitable for fodder crop irrigation.
SOLUTION
Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) to treat 44 m3/day at the initial stage, with capacity to expand to 188 m3/day in the final stages of the project.
MAK WATER KEY SOLUTIONS
- Design and manufacture of custom 2 x 94 m3/day MBR trains with common 40’ plant room
- Standby critical pumps, air scour blowers, aerators.
- SA Water compliant control panel, PLC and HMI
- Dual Influent Screw Screens mounted on custom platform with gravity chutes to bins
- UV & chemical disinfection systems
- Premium Instrumentation package with ClearAccess™ Remote Monitoring and Control
- Self-bunded chemical storage & dosing cabinets
- Balance tanks & sludge tank
RESULTS AND BENEFITS
- Fast Delivery. A packaged plant enabled approvals to be fast tracked to achieve client’s project timeline
- Safe, compliant effluent. Membranes provide a physical barrier to viruses and pathogens, as well as suspended solids. The disinfection system includes UV, tank chlorine recirculation and online analysers for monitoring of free chlorine, pH and turbidity
- Plant Reliability. The robust dual-train design and standby equipment selection ensures plant is always available and effluent complies with requirements for reuse
- Flexibility. A two train design gave the client flexibility to handle the initial low flows while having design capacity to ramp up to the maximum flows as the project progressed to the final stages.