Biological treatment for maximum degradation efficiency
Aerobic treatment uses the natural metabolism of microorganisms to efficiently break down organic contaminants with the addition of oxygen. This process is the standard method for the biological treatment of highly polluted wastewater and ensures a reliable reduction in COD and BOD levels.
In aerobic wastewater treatment, microorganisms reliably break down organic matter in the presence of oxygen. Since this natural process does not require the use of expensive chemicals, it is often the most cost-effective method in wastewater treatment for breaking down large loads. The result: low COD/BOD levels, reliable operation, and clean water with minimal operating costs.
SPALECK Wassertechnik develops customized solutions for this purpose that are precisely tailored to your processes and your wastewater.
Wastewater treatment using oxygen is the standard method for COD/BOD removal. Microorganisms reliably mineralize complex substances during treatment. These solutions provide a level of water purity far exceeding that of mechanical methods and safeguard your process.
Whether it’s nitrogen removal or the degradation of trace substances, the biological treatment stage provides the necessary depth for any wastewater treatment process. By converting critical loads, you can be confident that you will consistently maintain process limits at all times. Our solutions ensure that your wastewater is discharged in compliance with the law.
Our water treatment systems are extremely resilient to fluctuations in wastewater. Through intelligent control of the oxygen supply, the air supply dynamically adjusts to the quality and quantity of the wastewater. This ensures stable operation without any loss of performance—the ideal solution for peak loads right in your production process.
Aerobic wastewater treatment is at the heart of legally compliant wastewater disposal. Because microorganisms break down organic pollutants highly efficiently, this process allows for the safe direct or indirect discharge of your treated wastewater into receiving waters or the municipal sewer system. This reliably protects you from high wastewater charges, reduces maintenance costs throughout the entire process, and ensures that the required effluent quality is maintained over the long term.
Industrial wastewater contains a wide variety of contaminants that can affect processes, facilities, and environmental regulations. See how SPALECK Water Technology efficiently reduces various organic and, in some cases, inorganic contaminants, thereby ensuring consistent water quality and sustainable processes.
Every process leaves its own “fingerprint” in the wastewater. In our in-house laboratory, we conduct detailed degradation studies on your wastewater. We test and design the exact solution for your specific parameters—ensuring that the cleaning process remains completely stable even when dealing with complex mixtures of substances.
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biological oxygen demand (BOD) are the most important indicators of pollution in your wastewater. During the aerobic stage, specialized microorganisms use these dissolved organic compounds as food. Under controlled oxygen supply, the substances are metabolized to the greatest extent possible and converted into biomass. The result is a significant reduction in sludge and clear effluent.
Aerobic wastewater treatment creates a stable environment populated by beneficial microorganisms. This highly active biosludge competes directly with pathogenic microorganisms and inhibits their growth. To ensure complete decontamination—for example, for reuse as process water—the aerobic stage optimally prepares the water so that downstream decontamination modules (such as disinfection) can operate with maximum efficiency.
PFAS compounds are hardly biodegradable. Nevertheless, aerobic wastewater treatment plays a crucial role in the overall process: It mineralizes the organic background load (COD) in your wastewater.
This preliminary filtration prevents ordinary dirt from clogging the downstream special filters. Without biological COD degradation, up to 99.9% of the activated carbon or ion exchangers would be occupied by contaminants—leaving hardly any space for the PFAS molecules. After the biological reduction of COD, the adsorption capacity for PFAS on the filter media increases fiftyfold. Only this enables targeted, highly efficient removal of pollutants and maximizes the service life of your filtration systems
High nitrogen loads are an environmental burden. Through precise control of the aeration phases, our aerobic stage first converts ammonium into nitrite and then into nitrate (nitrification). In the anaerobic stage, this nitrate is ultimately broken down into harmless, gaseous atmospheric nitrogen. This ensures that you comply with even the strictest limits for discharges into water bodies.
Dissolved iron and manganese cause cloudiness and blockages in plant equipment. At the same time that COD/BOD levels are reduced, these metals are oxidized through the intensive introduction of oxygen in the aerobic stage. They transition from a dissolved state to a solid state (flocculation) and can then be mechanically separated during the separation phase. This protects your entire infrastructure from corrosion and deposits.
Organic oils and fats pose major problems for many wastewater treatment systems. In our high-performance aerobic phase, these substances are broken down into their constituent parts and converted into energy. Instead of allowing grease to build up on pipes and filters, the grease is broken down biologically, which significantly extends the maintenance intervals for your system.
Pesticides often consist of complex organic molecules. Aerobic water treatment utilizes the high metabolic rate of microorganisms to break down these active substances and disrupt their molecular chains. Many pesticides are thus directly mineralized or converted into a form that can be completely removed during the subsequent fine filtration.
Aerobic water treatment utilizes one of nature’s most efficient principles: the breakdown of organic matter by oxygen and specialized microorganisms. In our facilities, we optimize this process through intelligent control systems and state-of-the-art machinery. The goal is a highly efficient treatment cycle that dynamically adapts to your wastewater load and guarantees consistently high water quality.
In the first step, oxygen is injected into the wastewater in the form of fine bubbles. This oxygen is the “fuel” for the process: It activates the aerobic microorganisms living in the water and, at the same time, oxidizes dissolved substances such as iron or manganese, causing them to flocculate and become filterable.
The actual cleaning takes place in the aerated tank. The highly active microorganisms use dissolved organic contaminants (COD/BOD) and nitrogen compounds as food and a source of energy. They break down complex molecular chains and mineralize them into harmless end products such as water, CO2, and biomass.
In the final step, the treated liquid is separated from the resulting biomass (the activated sludge). This is achieved either through sedimentation and dewatering or through state-of-the-art membrane filtration. The result is clear, odorless water, while the excess sludge is recirculated or discharged.
Every industrial process requires different water qualities. With us, you’ll always find exactly the right solution for your wastewater treatment.
The efficiency of aerobic treatment depends entirely on the quality of the raw water. By specifically treating well water in the first step, we prevent undesirable substances from blocking the oxygen supply or harming the biological system. This ensures consistent pollutant removal, protects your equipment from scale buildup, and at the same time eliminates your reliance on expensive municipal water
High-quality process water ensures your product quality and protects your infrastructure. By using reverse osmosis or ion exchange resins downstream of the aerobic stage, we ensure that the hardness level and conductivity meet your exact requirements. This ensures that you receive perfectly treated water that is optimally tailored to your internal processes and guarantees that your equipment retains its value.
Not every application requires drinking-water quality. After targeted filtration, the clarified water recovered from the aerobic stage provides the ideal basis for cooling processes, fire suppression systems, or washing applications. This recirculation system allows you to optimize your water balance, sustainably reduce operating costs, and simultaneously meet the strict environmental requirements of modern industrial sites.
Break the cycle right at its source. By combining our aerobic systems with state-of-the-art membrane and filtration technology, we treat your wastewater so that it can remain in the process on a permanent basis. The result is a drastic reduction in your wastewater fees and the assurance of your site’s long-term viability through independence from local resources—environmentally sound and highly attractive from an economic standpoint.
Spaleck Wassertechnik GmbH
6 Robert-Bosch Street
46397 Bocholt
Phone: +49 2871 2134 – 0
E-mail: info@spaleck.de
Oxygen-assisted wastewater treatment offers a reliable solution for contaminated wastewater. Targeted oxygenation breaks down pollutants, reduces COD/BOD, and prepares the water for reuse or safe discharge.
Cooling lubricants, greases, oils, and metal residues place a massive burden on wastewater. Our aerobic processes ensure consistent treatment performance and reliably reduce COD/BOD levels. The result is clearly treated wastewater.
High levels of sugar, fats, proteins, and starch are ideal for aerobic decomposition. Our systems completely break down these organic loads and drastically reduce COD/BOD levels. This ensures hygienically clean water and compliance with strict discharge regulations.
Pigments, solvents, and resins require high-performance processing. Through aerobic treatment, these substances are biologically degraded, and the chemical oxygen demand is specifically reduced. This ensures that the water is made usable for subsequent production steps or safely prepared for discharge.
Complex organic compounds and solvents pose significant challenges for purification. Aerobic processes specifically break down these structures and significantly reduce pollutant levels. This ensures you have process-reliable water for subsequent production steps and minimizes costly disposal fees.
Fibers, starch, and organic residues often result in high wastewater loads. Our aerobic systems ensure the efficient breakdown of these substances and sustainably reduce COD/BOD levels. This allows for the large-scale recycling of water back into the production process and helps improve your water balance.
Every production process has its own ecological footprint. Our aerobic systems can be flexibly adapted to your specific parameters to reduce pollution loads and efficiently reuse water. We design the safest, most sustainable, and most cost-effective solution for you—tailored precisely to your needs.
If you have any questions about SPALECK water technology, our experts will be happy to assist you.
Here are some questions about aerobic water treatment using SPALECK water treatment technology. If you have any questions, just send us a message.
Yes, when space is limited, we rely on compact technologies. These require significantly less space than conventional systems and at the same time deliver excellent water quality that almost reaches drinking water level and is ideal for recirculation.
This is a central point in our engineering. We rely on highly efficient systems and intelligent control. The system regulates the oxygen supply precisely according to actual demand. In this way, we avoid unnecessary energy consumption during non-production times and reduce your running costs.
Aerobic processes produce excess biological sludge. On request, we integrate the appropriate sludge treatment directly – from thickening to dewatering. Our aim is to reduce the volume of sludge to such an extent that your disposal costs and the number of removals are reduced to a minimum.
Our systems are characterized by a high degree of flexibility. Thanks to sufficiently dimensioned buffer tanks and robust biology, we can absorb peak loads. The control system of the SPALECK wastewater treatment plants automatically adjusts the cleaning cycles to the current load in order to achieve a stable effluent quality.
Aerobic processes are extremely versatile and proven. They are ideal for wastewater with a medium organic load, as is the case in many branches of industry. The process is comparatively easy to control and delivers a very high purification performance, meaning that the water can often be discharged directly without any problems or even reused after filtration.
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