To celebrate National Water Week, students from Engineers Australia Student Ambassador group and RMIT University were treated to a site visit of the Western Treatment Plant 5West Nutrient Removal Plant (NRP) Project.
A new Nutrient Removal Plant (NRP) is being constructed at the Western Treatment Plant by BMD to improve energy efficiency and increase the capacity of the treatment facility, providing an additional 150ML of treated water per day. The nutrient removal plant has been designed to minimise the carbon and energy consumed in treatment, enabling the Western Treatment Plant to continue to maximise renewable energy generation into the future.
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