Lunca Calnicului WWTP, Brasov County, Romania

Project Info

  • Completion Date

    Completed: July 2011

  • Category

    Wastewater Treatment

Project description


Within this contract, our team elaborated the process project for Lunca Calnicului village (Brasov county, Romania) wastewater treatment plant covering preliminary treatment, advanced biological treatment and sludge treatment up to 22% solids content.

The plant was designed for a dry weather maximum daily flowrate of 7.762,0 m3/day serving an equivalent population of 28.600 PE.

The plant’s treatment scheme comprised:

  • wastewater treatment: preliminary treatment (screening, grit and grease removal), advanced biological treatment in a BioCoS (Biological Combined System) type system, including nitrification, denitrification and chemical phosphorous removal
  • sludge treatment: excess sludge aerobic stabilization, stabilized sludge mechanical dewatering and dewatered sludge storage

The following disciplines were covered within the project:

  • Process, including process control philosophy
  • Hydraulics
  • Mechanical
  • Instrumentation, control and automation