New wastewater system design guidelines developed at UBCO are expected to help municipal governments better protect aquatic life and potentially save millions of dollars a year.
Engineers at UBC’s Okanagan campus have developed guidelines for the design of specialized filters, called fluidized bed reactors that will help prevent phosphorous deposits from forming in wastewater systems.
Phosphorus deposits are responsible for oxygen-depleting algae blooms, which can suffocate aquatic life.
“Phosphorus can cause significant environmental damage and millions of dollars in additional maintenance costs for large wastewater plant operators, such as municipalities,” said the study’s principal investigator Joshua Brinkerhoff, assistant professor of engineering.
Moallemi and Brinkerhoff’s study was recently published in the journal Computers and Fluids.
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