The operators of municipal infrastructural systems for water supply and sewage disposal face great challenges due to climate change, rising energy costs and demographic change. The goal of this project is the development of a decentralized pilot-scale wastewater treatment system in preparation for large-scale technological realization in outer suburbs.
The core elements include alternative sanitary systems and innovative technological components such as specialized sludge washing facilities and mass algae cultures which is shown in Fig. With this system, a high level of wastewater treatment including the recapture of nutrients can be achieved. A multistage digestion system provides for the generation of additional energy. The optimization of operation is based upon wastewater laboratory investigations, investigations on pilot plant level, mathematical-dynamic simulations and accompanying microbiological investigations.
