WaterWorld Spotlights Columbia University Lab Deammonification Study

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Efforts to streamline water treatment and reclamation processes, reduce risk, and conserve resources are the focus of WaterWorld’s articleWastewater Industry Gets a LIFT with Collaborate Innovation Program” by Art Haddaway. Spotlighting the Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT), which is a joint initiative between the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF), the article provides examples of studies that are driving innovation in the industry.

One of the studies features laboratory work on mainstream deammonification technology at Columbia University by LIFT Principal Investigator Dr. Kartik Chandran. According to the article, “WERF and WEF are exploring solutions for annamox retention and deammonification efficiency with regard to nitrogen.”

With this objective, LIFT participants also toured a sidestream deammonification pilot plant at the Chicago Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation District facility while meeting on deammonification technology. According to the WaterWorld report, “This technology can cut the energy required for nutrient removal in half, as well as significantly reduce the need for chemical addition of carbon.”

Overall, LIFTs initiatives to help bring new water technology to the field quickly and efficiently include the following components: Technology Evaluations, People and Policy, Communication, and an Informal Forum for R&D.

 

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