Reduced BOD More Than 90% for Permit Compliance

Case Study

Guggisberg Cheese

Guggisberg Cheese achieves NPDES compliance with a bioPULSE™ MBR system, effectively treating dairy wastewater.

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project

bioPULSE™ MBR System for Dairy Wastewater

industry

Food & Beverage

application

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) Removal | Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Removal | Ammonia Removal | Phosphorus Removal

Application Parameters

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Parameter

Influent

Effluent

Wastewater Flow

300,000 GPD

BOD

1,150 mg/L

<3.74 mg/L

TSS

350 mg/L

<6.9 mg/L

TKN

20 mg/L

Ammonia

<1 mg/L

Total Phosphorous

25 mg/L

<1 mg/L

The Problem

The Guggisberg Cheese production facility needed to install a wastewater treatment system to reduce the BOD, TSS, ammonia and phosphorus from a commingled process water stream generated during cheese and dairy production for compliance with a NPDES (surface water) Discharge Permit.

The Solution

bioprocessH2O supplied a bioPULSE™ Airlift Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) incorporating the energy efficient airlift external tubular and backwashable membranes. Permeate from the MBR treatment process meets and exceeds the permitted effluent limits for discharge to a fresh water stream.

The Results

The bioPULSE™ MBR has proven effective at reducing the BOD, TSS, ammonia and phosphorus from the dairy process water to meet effluent discharge requirements.

300,000

GPD

>99%

BOD Removed

>96%

of Phosphorus removed

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