Novel Biological Strategies for Phosphorus Recovery from Wastewater

Abstract

This thesis proposed simple strategies for Phosphorus (P) recovery that are adoptable and potentially retro-fittable to the majority of conventional wastewater treatment systems. For this purpose, the potential of some of the alternative available treatment methods to incorporate P recovery was studied. The four experimental chapters examined strategies to recover influent P as a concentrated P-liquor. It was clearly demonstrated that the granular sludge is promising technology that provides a unique opportunity for P recovery.