Wastewater Treatment Systems
Wastewater treatment needs to account for what is entering the system, what needs to be addressed and what must happen to the water next. Solari Water and Energy brings appropriate treatment processes together around the wastewater conditions and required outcome.
Wastewater Treatment Starts With the Water
Wastewater can vary considerably according to where it comes from, what it contains and how conditions change through the system. Understanding the incoming water, the treatment challenges and the required outcome provides the basis for selecting the appropriate processes and determining how they need to work together.
Understand the Wastewater
The source and characteristics of the wastewater influence the treatment approach. Understanding the water, the conditions affecting it and the material or constituents that need to be addressed helps establish the treatment requirements before individual processes are selected.
Define the Treatment Need
The required outcome determines what the treatment system needs to achieve. Understanding what needs to change within the water, and the condition it needs to reach afterwards, helps define the role and sequence of the processes required within the system.
Plan the Treatment System
Once the wastewater conditions and treatment requirements are understood, the appropriate processes can be brought together. Each stage can then be positioned according to the role it needs to perform and how it supports the processes before and after it.
Treat the Wastewater as
a Complete System
Wastewater treatment is most effective when each stage is considered as part of the complete system. The condition of the incoming water, the treatment processes required and the intended outcome all influence how the individual stages need to be configured and connected.
Address the Water Conditions
Wastewater can contain a changing combination of suspended material, organic loading and other constituents that influence treatment requirements. Understanding these conditions helps determine which processes are appropriate and where they need to sit within the system.
Apply the Right Treatment Processes
Aeration, oxygenation, filtration and other treatment processes perform different roles within wastewater treatment. The appropriate combination depends on what needs to change within the water and the condition required before it moves to the next stage.
Connect the Treatment Stages
Each treatment stage can affect the performance of the processes that follow. Configuring the stages as a connected system allows the wastewater to be progressively treated while ensuring each process performs its intended role.
Design Around the Required Outcome
The final treatment configuration depends on what needs to happen to the water afterwards. Discharge, reuse or further treatment can require different outcomes, so the complete system needs to be designed around the required endpoint.
From Incoming Wastewater
to Treated Water
Wastewater treatment is a progression. Each stage needs to address a particular requirement while preparing the water for the process that follows. The exact sequence will vary, but the treatment system needs to function as one connected process from incoming wastewater through to the required endpoint.
Prepare the Wastewater
Initial treatment stages can condition the wastewater and prepare it for processes further through the system. What is required at this point depends on the incoming water and the treatment stages that follow.
Manage Conditions Within the Water
Aeration and oxygenation can be incorporated where oxygen transfer, mixing or circulation forms part of the treatment requirement. The appropriate approach depends on the wastewater conditions and the role the process needs to perform.
Remove What Needs to Be Removed
Filtration can provide a removal or polishing stage where suspended and filterable material needs to be addressed. Its position within the system depends on the incoming wastewater and the quality required downstream.
Prepare for the Required Endpoint
The final stages need to leave the water in the condition required for what happens next. This may involve further treatment, reuse or discharge, depending on the particular wastewater system and its requirements.
Technologies Within Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater treatment can draw on different processes according to the water conditions and the required outcome. Solari Water and Energy integrates aeration, oxygenation and filtration technologies according to the role each needs to perform within the wider treatment system.
Fine-Bubble Aeration
Oxygen Transfer, Mixing & Circulation
Solari Air Diffusers introduce fine bubbles throughout the water to support oxygen transfer, mixing and circulation. They provide an aeration option for wastewater systems where these processes form part of the broader treatment requirement.
Nanobubble Oxygenation
Ultrafine Bubbles for Oxygenation & Gas Transfer
Solari Nanobubble Systems introduce oxygen using ultrafine bubbles where oxygenation and gas transfer form part of the wastewater treatment requirement. Different configurations can be integrated according to water volume, flow and treatment conditions.
Filtration & Conditioning
Prepare, Filter & Polish the Water
Conditioning, controlled mixing and filtration can provide preparation, removal and polishing stages within a wastewater treatment system. The appropriate processes are selected according to the incoming water and the quality required downstream.
Explore Our Wastewater Treatment Resources
Wastewater treatment requirements can vary considerably according to the source water, operating conditions and required outcome. Solari Water and Energy’s Knowledge Base brings together practical information covering wastewater treatment, aeration, oxygenation, filtration and related applications.
Go Deeper Into Wastewater Treatment
Explore case studies, technical information, product resources and project material across different wastewater streams and treatment environments. The library provides further insight into how individual treatment processes can be integrated as part of a wider wastewater treatment system.
Get the Right Wastewater Treatment System
Every wastewater treatment requirement starts with different water conditions, treatment challenges and required outcomes. Solari Water and Energy brings the appropriate treatment processes together to create a system designed around the wastewater and what needs to happen to it next.
From aeration and oxygenation to filtration and conditioning, each stage is selected and integrated according to the role it needs to perform within the complete treatment system.