Patent ID: 9475714
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: C02F,Y02W

Claim Text:
1. A method of treating wastewater in a wastewater treatment system receiving an influent of the wastewater via a wastewater inlet and having at least a first Automated Chemostat Treatment (ACT) bioreactor and a second bioreactor each having therein bacteria for treating the waste material, the method comprising: monitoring a load parameter being indicative of a load on said second bioreactor; responsively to a monitored value of said load parameter, controlling at least one flow rate selected from the group consisting of (i) a flow rate from the influent to said second bioreactor through said first bioreactor, and (ii) a flow rate from the influent directly to said second bioreactor, so as to maintain a generally constant and predetermined load on said second bioreactor; wherein said bioreactors are in fluid communication with the inlet and thereamongst.