Patent ID: 8828229
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A method of treating wastewater to reduce the hydraulic load of a wastewater treatment plant in combination with providing a highly concentrated microbial population comprising the steps of: identifying at least one wastewater flow channel feeding a wastewater treatment plant; fluidly coupling a biological reactor/biological breeding reactor unit to said flow channel said unit adapted to dewater fluids and provide onsite breeding of one or more microbial species, said biological reactor/biological breeding unit having a programmable control unit to control at least a dewatering and a biological breeding process; turning on a dewatering process during a diurnal cycle between a time period of 6 AM and 9 PM by diverting at least a portion of said wastewater from said flow channel to a membrane reactor tank within said membrane biological reactor/biological breeding reactor unit; forming dewatered wastewater by separating liquid portions of said diverted wastewater from solid portions of said wastewater in said membrane tank; turning off said dewatering process; converting said membrane biological reactor unit to a biological breeding reactor unit by providing said membrane reactor tank with a predetermined microbial consortium; providing a nutrient solution to said membrane reactor tank, said nutrient solution selected to increase the concentration of said microbial consortium within said membrane reactor tank; allowing said microbial consortium to reproduce during a diurnal cycle between a time period of 9 PM and 6 AM to form a highly concentrated microbial solution; and directing said highly concentrated microbial solution back into said flow channel whereby said dewatered wastewater is diverted to other uses thereby reducing the hydraulic load on said downstream wastewater plant and said highly concentrated microbial solution introduced into said flow channel function to modify the sewer biofilm; wherein the steps of turning on said dewatering process and turning off said dewatering process during and after said diurnal cycle between a time period of 6 AM and 9 PM is controlled by said programmable control unit and wherein said process of converting said membrane biological reactor unit to a biological breeding reactor unit and allowing said microbial consortium to reproduce during said diurnal cycle between a time period of 9 PM and 6 AM is controlled by said programmable control unit.