Case Study

City of Fruitland, Maryland

City of Fruitland, Maryland

OMNIFLO® SBR Sy Ste M, a c OMpact SOL ut ION FOR ge NeRat INg L a Rge IM pROve MeNt S IN Ove Ra LL capac Ity, eNR a Nd BO d R eMOva L. Adapting to change Due to a growing population and a requirement to minimize biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) flowing into the Chesapeake Bay, the City of Fruitland, Maryland, needed to expand the capacity of its wastewater treatment plant from 0.5 MGD to 1.0 MGD while upgrading its level of treatment to include enhanced nutrient removal (ENR). The existing wastewater treatment facility prior to 2002, utilized a high-rate, single-stage, trickling filter preceded by primary sedimentation and anaerobic digestion of raw and secondary settling tank solids. Also, the treated effluent from the wastewater treatment plant was discharged directly into the

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