Case Study

Nitrogen Removal Pilot: Broward County North Regional WWTP

Nitrogen Removal Pilot: Broward County North Regional WWTP

Nitrogen Removal Pilot: Broward County North Regional WWTP Client: Broward County Water and Wastewater Services Location: Broward County, FL On July 1, 2008, the State of Florida placed into eect new rules requiring publicly-owned treatment works to implement advanced wastewater treatment and/or management practices which will reduce nutrient mass loadings to the ocean. In anticipation of the required nutrient reduction, Broward County undertook a pilot program to evaluate the ability of the North Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant to operate in a nitrication/denitrication mode. The goal of the program was to assess cost eective process modications that would achieve the necessary reduction in nutrient loadings. The County contracted Hazen and Sawyer to develop the pilot program, con

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