Does Continuous Bioaugmentation of Aerated Stabilization Basins Improve Performance? A Field Scale Trial With a Control.

ABSTRACT: Continuous bioaugmentation is widely employed across the pulp and paper industry in attempts to improve the resilience of wastewater treatment systems or the performance of undersized (in terms of volume, aeration, or nutrient supply) systems. Bench and field scale research into bioaugmentation has shown that success is often unpredictable. A field scale trial at an aerated lagoon system treating pulp and paper mill wastewater was completed over a 6-month period. The system consisted of two nearly identical trains of aerated stabilization basins (ASBs), one operated as a control and the other treated with a commercially available bioaugmentation product. The control and treated basins were then switched to minimize train-specific effects. Throughout the trial, changes in soluble or total b

SUBMITTER: Mattingly AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12606700 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature