Headworks Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) technology is the ideal solution for institutions and commercial developments requiring high-rate, reliable, and economic wastewater treatment systems.
The approach of treating wastewater at its source – Decentralized Treatment – is on the rise due to increasing demand for on-site water reuse in communities, and lack of sewer infrastructure in rural parts of the US and many developing regions throughout the world. The rising prices for both constructing new and repairing existing sewer networks has sternly challenged the use of centralized systems for wastewater treatment.
This type of treatment is bringing pre-fabricated, containerized and modular solutions to the forefront of the industry. It is important to create a system that is sufficiently standardized for it to be easily transported and customized depending on the site-specific circumstances.
The key rationale for decentralized systems in the municipal sector generally revolves around the capital expense of installing a sewerage system and the ability to reuse water in the local area without needing to pump it across significant distances.
In the urban areas in the US and many other parts of the world, the water infrastructure was built many decades ago and is now unable to handle the flows resulting from increasing population. This, coupled with the ageing and deteriorating infrastructure, highlights decentralized treatment systems as an attractive alternative that can be provided within a small footprint and at an economical budget.