Project Profile

CASS™ - Cyclic Activated Sludge System

Location: Inverurie, Scotland

Client:      North of Scotland Water Authority

Type:       Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility

Value:      US$12 million Lump Sum Turnkey Contract

Date:        Commissioned June 2003

Description:

The contract included modifications and upgrading the existing wastewater treatment plant, and the construction of a new facility to treat approximately half the waste water flows.

Key features of the project:

  • Transfer of approximately half the flow to full treatment (8,813 m3/d) following preliminary screening and grit removal at the existing facility.
  • Primary settlement in two circular sedimentation tanks
  • Secondary biological treatment using a four basin CASS™ SBR process
  • Sludge thickening and storage of waste activated and primary sludge from both the existing and the new works.
  • Control room, workshop and office accommodation

Design Flow:          1.3 MGD (4,926 m3/d)

Influent:                     BOD 150 mg/L, SS 50 mg/L, NH3-N 30 mg/L, P 7 mg/L

Effluent Standards: BOD 25 mg/L, SS 30 mg/L, NH3-N 5 mg/L at 95%ile


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