Aerobic granular sludge is an advanced biological wastewater treatment technology that automatically provides the conditions for the bacteria to grow in granular forms versus flocs that are typically grown in activated sludge reactors.  They offer the following advantages over conventional treatment:

  

 

- High setting velocity

- Ability to keep high concentration of bacteria in the bioreactor up to 16 g/L

- Simultaneous BOD and nutrient removal in a single bioreactor

- High organic loading and smaller footprint compared to conventional SBR