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

高浓度有机废水的处理对中小型工业具有挑战性，主要是由于资金的限制。加拿大的大多数市政当局都通过附加费计划来管理这类行业产生的工业废水，这要求该行业为排放到下水道的废水支付费用。下游废水管理中的这些附加费似乎增加了该行业的补充财务负担，该行业可能会与上游制造工艺的增长作斗争。为了帮助加拿大中小型工业的发展和保护水环境，需要对高浓度有机废水进行经济的处理。本研究的目的是评价一种新的组合处理工艺，即循环床厌氧消化器和滑铁卢生物滤池，以经济的方式净化酿酒废水。通过这个项目，滑铁卢生物滤池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整个加拿大的人类健康和清洁的水环境。

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.