ZERMATT WWTP
Client
City of Zermatt
Location
Zermatt, Switzerland
Capacity
60,000 m3/d
Underground MBR for ski tourism region, largest MBR plant in Switzerland. Rehabilitation and upgrade of existing WWTP to more stringent effluent standards and for dealing with tourism-related peak loads ranging between 6,000 and 60,000 PE. The complete plant is housed in mountain caverns at a depth of up to 200m.
Project Highlights
- Mechanical pre-treatment
- Wastewater lifting
- Coagulation
- Primary sedimentation
- Fine screen
- Membrane filtration in separate basin
- Neutralisation
- Phosphorus elimination by pre and simultaneous precipitation