SEQUENTIAL BATCH REACTORS: TAKING PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT TO NEW HEIGHTS - A REVIEW

SBR is undoubtedly the new ‘black’ in today’s era o f packaged wastewater treatment. SBR is an ASP operating in a single vessel which operates in time rather than space. SBR has gained worldwide attention because it can treat different kinds of effluents such as municipal, domestic, saline, tannery, brewery, and dairy wastewater, landfill leachates, etc. under different conditions. SBR is also considered as a promising technology for areas where sewage treatment is to be decentralized. It requires less area to function, e asy to operate, and is very cost effective even on small scales. Hence, developing SBR is considered t o be the heartbeat of Packaged STP’s. In a country like India, struggling environmentally SBR Packaged STP’s will be a boon to its ever deteriorating rivers/water bodies.