In principle and on paper, the MABR process should be resilient to shutdowns, high flows and low temperatures. In practice this is shown to be true, with examples from the pilot unit at Adelaide and full-scale data from Yorkville. What is missing from the current study is a direct comparison with other treatment approaches and particularly against activated sludge. Anecdotally it is known that activated sludge plants can suffer from poor performance under extreme weather events and prolonged shutdown. However, future work is planned to make a direct comparison between MABR and activated sludge under more controlled conditions with the processes operating in parallel.
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