Evaluating the removal of emerging contaminants in a biofilm BioCord technology under partial denitrification/anammox operation for total nitrogen removal

营养物质和新出现的污染物是污染湖泊、饮用水井和溪流的主要环境压力源。它们起源于人类活动，并通过城市和家庭污水系统进入。污水处理厂在排入水体之前必须去除这些压力源。该研究项目将研究利用先进的生物膜技术开发一种创新的废水脱氮工艺。该研究还将评估废水中有关污染物在排放到淡水水体之前的命运和降解情况。这项研究将由西方大学和毕晓普水务技术公司合作进行。此次合作的目标是共同加强毕晓普BioCord生物膜技术的设计，并优化其去除营养物质和污染物的性能。该方案将支持培养两名高素质人才，一名博士研究生和一名硕士研究生。如果这项提议获得成功，研究人员将向市场推广同时去除营养物质和选定污染物的技术。这项研究的结果将通过展示替代和创新的节能工艺和技术对迫切需要的污水处理厂（WWTP）升级的效率，直接使加拿大受益。

Nutrients and emerging contaminants of concern are major environmental stressors that pollute lakes, drinking water wells, and streams. They originate from human activities and come through municipal and home sewage systems. Wastewater treatment plants must remove these stressors before discharge into water bodies. The research project will investigate the development of an innovative nitrogen removal process from wastewater using advanced biofilm technology. The study will also assess the fate and degradation of contaminants of concern from the wastewater before discharge to freshwater bodies. The research will be conducted in partnership between Western University and Bishop Water Technologies. The partnership's goal is to jointly enhance the design of Bishop's BioCord biofilm technology and optimize its performance for nutrient and contaminants of concern removal. The proposal will support the training of two highly qualified personnel, one PhD student and one MASc student. If this proposal is successful, the investigators will market the technology for simultaneous removal of nutrients and selected contaminants of concern. The outcomes of this research will directly benefit Canada by demonstrating the efficiency of alternative and innovative energy-efficient processes and technologies for urgently required wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) upgrades.