Project 1496

Towards a Renewable Future: Assessing Resource Recovery as a Viable Treatment Alterntative: Case Studies of Facilities Employing Extractive Nutrient Recovery Technologies

Completed
Principal Investigator
Ronald Latimer
Project Manager
Christine Radke
Contractor
Hazen and Sawyer
Nitrogen
Nutrients
Phosphorus
Resource Recovery
Treatment

Abstract

This research characterizes factors that influence the adoption of extractive resource recovery systems and provides guidance on the implementation of these technologies at water resource recovery facilities. The report presents a compilation of case studies of facilities at various stages of implementation of extractive nutrient recovery technologies in the form of struvite crystallization, as struvite harvesting technologies via chemical crystallization have been found to be the most mature extractive nutrient recovery option available to date. The data collected was used in the development of the Tool for Evaluating Resource Recovery-Phosphorus (TERRY – Phosphorus). Published by WERF. 140 pages. Online PDF. (2015)

Originally funded as WERF project NTRY1R12b.