Rotating Biological Contactor Sewage Treatment Plant

Our Solution

The incoming raw sewage is deposited in primary holding/settling tanks where primary settlement and anaerobic digestion occurs. The retention capacity in the holding tanks ensured proper settling of biosolids and anaerobic digestion occurred. The primary holding /settling tanks are equipped with a balancing weir, ensuring a constant flow through the plant and providing additional storage in the event of an emergency or peak flow condition. The settling tank effluent then flows through to the rotating disc stage, where aerobic treatment takes place. The surface area of the discs is sized to allow for both carbon oxidation and nitrification to take place in the rotor unit.

The turbulence created in the rotor basins ensures that the biomass is oxygenated and all matter remains suspended. Effluent from the rotating disc stage then passes through the humus tank/clarifier. Humus sludge is returned to the holding tanks utilising a small submersible pump which forms part of the recirculation process.

Treated effluent from the clarifier is pumped through a media filter to reduce the suspended solids level to meet the final treated effluent quality.

Key Components & Features

STP Components:

• The system is capable of treating 120kL / day of raw sewage into Class C effluent
• 12kL Duty/stand-by pump station complete with duty stand-by maceration pumps
• Emergency 30kL peak flow storage tank
• 4x 47kL Primary Settling Tanks
• 4x 1.1kW Rotating Disc Rotor Units
• Chlorine Disinfection System complete with probe and monitor
• Phosphate Removal System for Nutrient Removal
• Electrical Control Panel housed in a refurbished shipping container with air conditioning and lined panels.

Fully automated irrigation system supplying treated water to site included:

• Fully automatic IRRinet control system
• Davis Weather Pro station
• Above-ground sprinklers for heavier droplets suitable for heavy clays