The City of Emporia, in East Central Kansas, recently experienced an increase in population and more stringent effluent permit requirements resulting in a strained wastewater treatment plant. Emporia retained the services of a local engineering firm to evaluate the current and future needs of the system and recommend an economical, sustainable, and effective solution. Like many other WWTPs nationwide, Emporia was tasked with new effluent permit requirements relating to Total Nitrogen (TN) and Total Phosphorous, (TP). Due to both space and budget restrictions, engineers focused on treatment solutions that could be retrofitted into existing tanks.

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