Design of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (MOP 8) is the principal reference for design of wastewater treatment, reflecting the approaches and practices of the industry’s leading experts. Part of the MOP 8 series, this manual is written for design professionals and features the most comprehensive coverage available of water resource recovery facility (WRRF) design.
The 7th edition provides coverage of a wide variety of updated technologies and processes for wastewater treatment:
- Current screening and grit technologies;
- Emerging technologies for primary filtration;
- Advances in membrane biofilm reactors, suspended-biofilm reactors, and evolving biofilm reactors;
- Advances in tertiary treatment processes and technologies, including significant attention to PFAS;
- Coverage of recent technological advancements in sidestream nitrogen removal and nutrient recovery;
- Updated information related to peracids and other emerging disinfection technologies;
- Expanded coverage of thermal technologies; and
- Advances in biosolids handling, including improvements in sludge thickening and dewatering technologies.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Principles of Design
Chapter 3: Preliminary Treatment
Chapter 4: Primary Treatment
Chapter 5: Suspended-Growth Treatment Processes
Chapter 6: Biofilm Reactor Technology and Hybrid System Design
Chapter 7: Physical and Chemical Processes for Advanced Wastewater Treatment
Chapter 8: Sidestream Treatment
Chapter 9: Disinfection
Chapter 10: Chemical Conditioning
Chapter 11: Solids Thickening
Chapter 12: Dewatering
Chapter 13: Stabilization
Chapter 14: Thermal Processing
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