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    WATER SEWAGE 6 EFFLUENT Di Jan 2013.87 Wastewater treatment landscape changes forever The technology that may revolutionise the water industry for the foreseeable future started out as a bet between two professors at the annual German beer festival. Even more surprising is that Nereda plants, which use innovative aerobic granular biomass technology, were first used in the municipal environment in South Africa, writes Frances Ringwood. ‘Overstrand’s Gansbaai wastewater treatment works was the world’s first Nereda demonstration installation built to tackle domestic sewage. WATER SEWAGE & EFFLUENT technology was invented,” recalls Andreas Giesen, man- ‘ager of innovation and product develoo- ment for water, over a crackling phone tine from the Royal HaskoningDHV headquarters in Amersfoort in the Netheriands. “Prof Mark van Loosdrocht from the Univesity of Dal, whichis the most famous university of technology inthe NNothertands, met Prof Peler Wideror ‘rom Munich at the German Oktoberfest land they wondered between thomsaives if woud bo possible to develop aerobic ‘granular activated sludge for wastewater appications,” says Gieson, ‘As carly as the 1960s, scientists had discovered how to treat sewage with anaerobic granuiar sludge. At that timo, aerobic activated sludge was being ‘developed to treat domestic wastewater and industial wastes, including oll and «grease. The challenge was to create a

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