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In addition to promoting AquaMats®, Meridian has also developed a process system application for AquaMats® identified as the AquaMats® Process. The AquaMats® Process is a modification of the Bardenpho Process whereby diverse fixed film microbial communities are utilized to reduce the dependence on Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids (MLSS). The reliance on fixed film communities eliminates the need for clarifiers, sludge recirculation and sludge wasting, resulting in reduced capital and operation costs.
Nine times out of ten, existing treatment systems do a poor job of nutrient removal because they are surface area limited. This is especially so for lagoons, where the available area is naturally concentrated on side slopes and the lagoon bottom. Sludge accumulations often further limit the effectiveness of existing lagoon surfaces for ammonia removal. The predictable consequence is low rates of nutrient removal except in ideal conditions.
Typical AquaMats® Process upgrades solve this problem by increasing the available surface area by a factor of 50 times or more over pre-upgrade conditions. Performance is further enhanced because AquaMats® are vertically suspended in the water to maximize hydraulic contact time and to minimize any surface fouling.
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Since 2001, the AquaMats® Process has been effective in achieving 90% or greater nutrient removal in municipal and industrial strength wastewater. In brief, we provide high performance lagoon based systems that achieve “mechanical” plant performance at a substantially lower capital and operating cost.
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View Our Case Studies at AquaMats-Process.com
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AquaMats® are configured and spaced to maximize biological nutrient removal. Each AquaMat array is suspended from the water’s surface and extends to the bottom of the lagoon. Based on site-specific treatment requirements, AquaMats® arrays are either positioned parallel or horizontal. Viewed from the water surface, the parallel arrays of AquaMats® resemble lanes in a swimming pool or, in the case of horizontal arrays, rungs on a ladder. On an average installation, each row of AquaMats® is approximately 10-20 feet apart. Cable attached to shore mounting points used to retain the parallel and the perpendicular arrays in position. In addition to nutrient reduction, AquaMats® also provide significant value in physically dividing treatment areas and increase the processing of wastewater in vertical cells.
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SDF AquaMats® Models 15000, 15001, 15004 & 15006
For Wastewater Treatment Applications
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