Patent ID: 7604744

Claim:
A waste material processing system comprising: a plurality of bioreactors each having a bioreactor tank with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and having a microorganism biomass disposed therein, the bioreactor tank being adapted for receiving an influent through the fluid inlet, passing the influent through the biomass for removal of waste material from the influent to produce an effluent fluid, and dispensing the effluent through the fluid outlet; a piping arrangement adapted for interconnecting the plurality of bioreactors and for providing selective fluid communication therebetween, and a control system configured for monitoring wet cycle and dry cycle conditions in the bioreactor tanks, wherein at least one bioreactor of the plurality of bioreactors is adapted for being selectively removed from fluid communication with the other bioreactors and for establishment of a set of dry cycle conditions within the tank of each of the at least one bioreactor when conditions monitored by the control system meet predetermined criteria, the dry cycle conditions being selected to effect endogenous growth within at least a portion of the biomass of each of the at least one bioreactor.