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Conclusions

Unfavourable nutrient ratios and high concentrations of
individual substances reduce the degradation efficiency of
biological wastewater treatment processes. Early recognition and
continuous monitoring of critical parameters is therefore essential
in order to enable plant operators to take rapid corrective action
when necessary. Only in this way can compliance with legal
outflow values be ensured and unnecessarily high wastewater
levies be avoided. Continuously operating process measurement
devices have demonstrated that they are indispensable aids to
achieving greater transparency and reliability.

About the Author
Michael Winkler has wide experience, skillful consultation
with emphasis on planning, design and implementation of
advanced water treatment (AWT), and membrane and thermal
desalination projects, both domestic and international.
Winkler has been engaged on water supply planning, feasibility
studies, preparation of conceptual designs, specifications, in
construction supervision, repair and upgrading of existing
facilities, and in operation and maintenance services for water
works systems. He has also provided professional services to a
variety of municipal, industrial, utility and governmental clients
around the world. He has presented more than 200 papers in these
areas. He has specialised is areas like the problems associated
with design, construction, operation and maintenance of water
supply facilities ranging from sophisticated industrial sites to
remote water-short areas of the world. He can be contacted at
michael.winkler@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

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