Water21 April 2005 (Issue 7.2) pp36-37 © IWA Publishing

First outing for the BABE process

By Eric Van Der Zandt, Victor Claessen, Bastiaan Hommel and Debby Berends

Problems with meeting nitrogen standards at the 's-Hertogenbosch wastewater treatment plant in The Netherlands led to an examination of a number of technologies to improve performance. Eric Van Der Zandt, Victor Claessen, Bastiaan Hommel and Debby Berends report on what is to be the first use of the new BABE process. The technology, which augments nitrifying bacteria, is due to be operational in September.

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