Suitable Conditions for Anaerobic Waste/Wastewater Treatment Technologies
- Existing plant is overloaded or a major expansion planned.
- Plant requires a lot of energy, labor, or chemicals to operate.
- Not meeting effluent/permit limits.
- Generating odors.
- Producing too much sludge.
- Off-site sludge disposal is costly/problematic.
- Municipalities forcing industry to pretreat.
- Expensive energy in your area.
- Paying excessive surcharges.
- Strong incentive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Regulations/guidelines call for minimizing energy use and sludge production/disposal.
- Regulations call for best available technology, e.g., IPPC regulations for the UK.