ITM - Wastewater Treatment Plant
IMET® Treatment Module
Scalable from small onsite systems to municipal plants
IMET® Treatment Modules (ITM) can be used as stand-alone treatment systems or can be inserted into existing wastewater treatment plant infrastructure. ITMs will increase capacity of existing systems while also eliminating odor issues and providing significant energy savings. ITMs treat biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia (NH3), nitrate (NO3), and nitrite (NO2) in low and high strength wastewaters.
The quality of the ITM-treated wastewater enables reuse for irrigation and wash water, following disinfection by a UV unit or other disinfection treatments.
Key Benefits:
High surface area multi-media to sustain high concentrations and high diversity of microbial systems
Proprietary aeration design enables highly energy efficient operation: minimal H2S odor
Extremely low total suspended solids in discharge
Space-efficient, modular treatment units
Resistant to toxic shock
Resistant to pH and temperature variations
No loss of service
Reduced retention times
Highly efficient digestion of COD and BOD
The IMET® technology is a modular design that is able to fit any new or existing system. IMET Corporation offers customers a solution to meet individual client requirements. The IMET® “drop in” technology is designed to create a nearly 100% aerobic environment in a treatment plant that allows for fast, lasting results.
The IMET® technology provides superior surface area that allows large, diverse populations of micro-organisms to grow and remain in the IMET® module. Coupled with superior aeration, and a design that utilizes aeration efficiently, the IMET® technology requires less air to achieve maximum results.
ITM System:
Modules sized to meet WWTP specifications and requirements
250-450 watts per module
Install in new or existing wastewater treatment plants, or deploy modular units
Case Study:
City of Karaburun, Turkey
Context: Karaburun, a coastal city on the Aegean Sea, is a renowned tourist area for domestic and global tourism with a population of 3,500 during the winter months and a significant increase during peak tourism season between April and October to up to 15,000 people. Due to the city’s population increase of three times during tourism season, the city’s WWTP was failing and three times expansion was required which was both geographically and economically unfeasible.
Solution: IMET technology was brought in to use the existing WWTP infrastructure, without any additional construction, to handle the peak season population spike while continually meeting discharge requirements.
With the IMET system installed in the WWTP, the city achieved over 90% sustainable reduction of COD, BOD and TSS throughout the year meeting the effluent discharge requirements at all times, enabling irrigation of orange groves and olive groves on the hillside next to one of Karaburun’s major beaches. IMET technology also enabled the city to regain its coveted Blue Flag status.
In peak season, (summer) 32 IMET reactors operated using an existing 3.5 kwh pump. During the off-season only 1/3 of the WWTP plant capacity was used with 10 IMET reactors to maintain sustained results.
While the effluent quality was maintained the required discharge quality, the bio-sludge production was at an extreme minimum. Over a 5 year period of operation using the IMET technology, no bio-sludge was disposed from the WWTP.
With such a significant achievement the City Manager, Mr. Serdar Yasa took the lead, presenting the IMET technology to visiting industrialists from the USA and India.
Status. Due to the governmental changes within Izmir province the management of WWTP in Karaburun was transferred to greater Izmir municipality. As a result of this change the IMET system was removed 2012-2013. The decision was based on political reasons and not system performance.
