Knowledge Area: Nutrients

Our Objective

WERF will identify, assess, and make recommendations to improve sustainable wastewater nutrient removal and recovery technologies. WERF will provide information to help agencies meet receiving water body requirements and other wastewater treatment goals, such as climate change, sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and reliability. The research will inform regulatory decision making, and help practitioners comply with increasingly high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus removal, with a focus on improving plant performance.

Latest News

Tools and Guidance for Creating Site-Specific Numeric Water Quality Criteria for Nutrients Available

As numeric nutrient criteria are developed by various states, the US EPA has defined three categories of approaches. One of WERF’s current research efforts is focused on the third “modeling” approach. The project team is developing case studies, decision support tools, and a Nutrient Modeling Toolbox for deriving site-specific water quality criteria for nutrients (LINK1T11).

Preceedings from WEFTEC 2012 Presentations Now Available

Preceedings from selected WERF presentations held at WEFTEC 2012 are now available to WERF subscribers. Please note that you must be logged-in in order to access the presentations.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, Round 3 Begins

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Water, Sanitation & Hygiene team is working with partners to develop sustainable sanitation services that work for everyone. The third round of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge is designed to prototype a means of dealing effectively and cost-efficiently with human waste for the 2.5 billion people on earth who currently lack access to safe and affordable sanitation.

WERF Presents Research at Seminars in Richmond

Program Directors Amit Pramanik and Lauren Fillmore joined a panel of speakers to present research on energy and nutrient recovery at two seminars in Richmond, VA.

WERF Selects Team for Nutrient Recovery in the Global Water Industry Research (NTRY1R12)

The Water Environment Research Foundation has selected a diverse, multinational team to perform a two-year study to guide the acceptance and implementation of resource recovery technologies at wastewater treatment facilities.