Optimization of a biological process treating winery wastewater: anaerobic digestion integrated with Waterloo biofilter

高强度有机废水处理是中小企业面临的挑战，主要是由于资金限制。加拿大的大多数市政当局都对这些工业产生的工业废水进行了附加费管理，该计划要求工业为排放到下水道的废水支付费用。这些下游废水管理的附加费似乎给该行业增加了额外的财务负担，该行业可能会与上游制造过程的增长作斗争。为了帮助加拿大中小工业的发展和保护水环境，需要经济的高强度有机废水处理工艺。本研究的目的是评价一种新型的流化床厌氧沼气池和滑铁卢生物滤池联合处理工艺，以经济地净化葡萄酒废水。通过这个项目，滑铁卢生物过滤系统公司可以扩大安大略省和加拿大的废水市场。预计这项新技术的成功开发将有助于改善加拿大各地的人类健康和清洁水环境。

High strength organic wastewater treatment is challenging to small-to medium-sized industry, mainly due to financial limitations. Most of municipalities in Canada have managed industrial wastewater generated from such industry with surcharge programs, which requests the industry to pay fees for wastewater discharge into sewers. These surcharge fees in downstream wastewater management seem to add supplementary financial burdens to the industry that can struggle with the growth of upstream manufacturing processes. To help the development of small-to medium-sized industry and protect water environment in Canada, there is a need for economical treatment processes to high-strength organic wastewater. The objective of this research is to evaluate a new combined treatment process of a fluidized-bed anaerobic digester and Waterloo Biofilter to clean winery wastewater in economical ways. Through this project, Waterloo Biofilter Systems can expand wastewater market in Ontario and Canada. It is expected that the success of developing this new technology can help improve human health and clean water environment across Canada.