System and process for removing nitrogen compounds and odors from wastewater and wastewater treatment system

A distributed wastewater treatment system for a watershed defining an aquifer or waterway, comprising:

• a network of distributed wastewater treatment facilities operatively unconnected to a central, downstream wastewater treatment facility, each of the distributed wastewater treatment facilities having:
• wastewater treatment subsystems including:
• a wastewater collection subsystem for holding wastewater to be treated;
• a wastewater pump subsystem comprising a wastewater pump fluidically connected to the wastewater collection subsystem and operable to pump wastewater out from the wastewater collection subsystem and a treatment device operable to treat wastewater received from the wastewater pump;
• and
• a monitoring subsystem comprising at least one monitor operable to measure wastewater process parameters of the wastewater treatment subsystems selected from at least one of the group consisting of process flow, water level, water temperature, pH, nutrient concentration, total suspended solids, actual weather condition at the wastewater treatment facility, and effects of local weather condition on the wastewater treatment facility;
• at least one control device operable to receive at least one control command and, dependent upon the at least one control command received, to alter at least one parameter of at least one of the wastewater treatment subsystems;
• and
• a communication device operatively connected to at least one of the wastewater treatment subsystems and the at least one control device and operable:
• to transmit information corresponding to the measured wastewater process parameters;
• to receive control messages corresponding to the at least one control command;
• and
• to transmit the at least one control command to the at least one control device to, thereby, alter a wastewater process parameter;
• at least one monitor located to measure water that includes wastewater discharged from two or more of the distributed wastewater treatment facilities and operable to monitor water quality parameters of the watershed;
• and
• a central monitoring location operable to manage the watershed by:
• receiving the information corresponding to the wastewater process parameters from each communication device;
• evaluating if changes are to be made by at least one of the independent wastewater treatment facilities;
• sending the control messages to at least one of the independent wastewater treatment facilities;
• and
• at least one of regulating and diverting discharge from the independent wastewater treatment facilities to maintain compliance with permissible, monitored watershed parameter tolerances.

A wastewater treatment system for a watershed defining an aquifer or waterway, comprising:

• a network of independent wastewater treatment facilities operatively unconnected to a central, downstream wastewater treatment facility, each of the independent wastewater treatment facilities having:
• wastewater treatment subsystems including:
• a wastewater collection subsystem for holding wastewater to be treated;
• a wastewater pump subsystem comprising a wastewater pump fluidically connected to the wastewater collection subsystem and operable to pump wastewater out from the wastewater collection subsystem and a treatment device operable to treat wastewater received from the wastewater pump;
• and
• a monitoring subsystem comprising at least one monitor operable to measure wastewater process parameters of the wastewater treatment subsystems selected from at least one of the group consisting of process flow, water level, water temperature, pH, nutrient concentration, total suspended solids, actual weather condition at the wastewater treatment facility, and effects of local weather condition on the wastewater treatment facility;
• at least one control device operable to receive at least one control command and, dependent upon the at least one control command received, to alter at least one parameter of at least one of the wastewater treatment subsystems;
• and
• a communication device operatively connected to at least one of the wastewater treatment subsystems and the at least one control device and operable:
• to transmit information corresponding to the measured wastewater process parameters;
• to receive control messages corresponding to the at least one control command;
• and
• to transmit the at least one control command to the at least one control device to, thereby, alter a wastewater process parameter;
• at least one monitor located to measure water that includes wastewater discharged from two or more of the independent wastewater treatment facilities and operable to monitor water quality parameters of the watershed;
• and
• a central monitoring location operable to manage the watershed by:
• receiving the information corresponding to the wastewater process parameters from each communication device;
• evaluating if changes are to be made by at least one of the independent wastewater treatment facilities;
• sending the control messages to at least one of the independent wastewater treatment facilities;
• and
• at least one of regulating and diverting discharge from the independent wastewater treatment facilities to maintain compliance with permissible, monitored watershed parameter tolerances.