Article: Not just a city thing: small communities in Australia have adopted MBR technology for wastewater reclamation in rural areas.

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Membrane bioreactors (MBR) with submerged membrane modules offer two main advantages in reclaiming wastewater: a significantly improved effluent quality and a substantially smaller footprint. Aside from major applications in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment, MBR technology has been implemented in a number of small-scale municipal applications. One example is the Bega Valley Sewerage Program in New South Wales, Australia.

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The capacity of the valley's wastewater treatment systems was being stretched by urban growth, as well as seasonal population increases during the holiday period. Some ...

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