Optimising Wastewater Treatment Through Laboratory-Guided Process Automation

Wastewater treatment is a critical process that safeguards the environment, prevents pollution, and protects public health. Its success is highly dependent on multiple factors, including wastewater characteristics, treatment process design and construction, operation parameters, maintenance practices, etc. Treated wastewater quality must satisfy the requirements for safe disposal according to the regulatory authorities. One of the options for efficient wastewater treatment is a combination of biological treatment and membrane separation, combining an innovative approach and high treatment performance. However, such a system requires strict control to deliver the best result. Optimisation of this process requires a vast amount of data. Utilization of a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), as well as laboratory analyses, can assist in collecting the required data.