Wastewater Treatment

Applying ATP monitoring to wastewater systems presents countless opportunity for continuous process improvement and optimization. Regardless of the complexity of the process, ATP test protocols can be used at any point in the system to assess biomass health and activity. As such, results can be trended to gauge the effects of process changes and therefore operate at the optimum efficiency.

In wastewater applications, Biomass Stress Index (BSI) monitoring becomes a very valuable parameter.

Location	Parameter	Good Control	Preventative Action Required	Corrective Action Required
Influent	BSI	<50	50 to 75	>75
Bioreactors	cATP	* Process Specific
	BSI	<30	30 to 50	>50
	ABR	>25	10 to 25	<10
Activated Sludge	s-fbATP	<30	30 to 50	>50
Effluent	cATP	<50	50 to 250	>250

*Optimum cATP control guidelines will depend on reactor type and influent qualities. In general, incidents where bioreactor cATP deviates from target values by ±25% should be considered a preventive guideline and ±50% should be considered corrective.

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