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

营养素和新出现的令人担忧的污染物是污染湖泊、饮用水井和溪流的主要环境压力来源。它们起源于人类活动，并通过市政和家庭污水系统进入。污水处理厂在排入水体之前必须消除这些压力源。该研究项目将研究利用先进的生物膜技术从废水中开发一种创新的脱氮工艺。这项研究还将评估废水中令人关注的污染物在排放到淡水水体之前的去向和降解情况。这项研究将由西方大学和毕晓普水技术公司合作进行。这一合作伙伴关系的目标是共同加强Bishop的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。该提案将支持培训两名高素质人员，一名博士生和一名硕士研究生。如果这一提议成功，调查人员将把同时去除营养素和选定的令人担忧的污染物的技术推向市场。这项研究的结果将直接使加拿大受益，因为它展示了用于迫切需要的污水处理厂(WWTP)升级的替代和创新节能工艺和技术的效率。

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.