To meet regulatory requirements for treating wastewater, plant operators must closely control the treatment process so that they can respond quickly if limit values are exceeded.
In addition to chemical and physical treatments, wastewater treatment is primarily dependent on biological treatment by microorganisms in activated sludge.
Therefore, knowledge of nutrient needs and the composition of activated sludge is required if the plant is to run at peak efficiency.
Hence nutritional ratios become extremely important for any biological system.
Further seaweed is a renewable and sustainable resource, making it a potentially more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional chemical fertilizers.
