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Posted 2/14/2008 1:17:47 PM
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I work at a 2 mgd plant with a 5 stage BNR.  I was wondering what a typical COD/BOD concentration is for your plant.  I am trying to do some comparisons of other plants.
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Posted 2/14/2008 4:24:30 PM
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Rob,

Are you referring to influent or effluent.

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Posted 2/15/2008 12:42:00 PM
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Posted 2/16/2008 4:55:21 AM
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Rob,

There is much variation between plants in terms of influent COD/BOD and a lot depends on your climate , the amount of industry and domestic load , whether you have infiltration problems etc. A BNR process can be used over a wide range of COD/BOD but the influent strength will also dictate certain treatment processes and to what your effluent limits might be.

I don't know that you could really say there was any typical values but BNR processes are being used with influent CODs from perhaps as low as 150mg/l to over 1000 mg/l.

Plants treating largely domestic loads are probably in the range of 300-500mg/l COD provided there is not too much infiltration with BODs generally about 40% of the COD unless collection system detention time is really long.

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