High Cost for
Wastewater Treatment?
Why?
Wastewater treatment plants are essential infrastructure in cities across the globe. However, is it enough to treat wastewater at a high cost without exploring greater potential?
Future wastewater treatment facilities will go beyond their traditional function of water purification. By integrating biogas plants, smart farms, and data centers, these plants can evolve into carbon-neutral, multifunctional hubs that increase the overall value of the city.
The Co-Flow Campus exemplifies this innovative approach, setting a new standard for future wastewater treatment.
Here, water, energy, data, money, and benefits flow together.
New Vision of
Future Wastewater Treatment Plant
Co-Flow Campus
Wastewater treatment plants have now evolved into comprehensive infrastructure that actively enhances the value of cities.
By utilizing organic matter from wastewater in biogas plants, harnessing nitrogen and phosphorus for smart farms, and integrating data centers, these facilities contribute to water conservation and climate change mitigation. The final treated effluent can be reused as make-up water for artificial lakes or streams, ensuring that every drop contributes to the city's environmental and economic value.
Leverage synergistic qualities and have secure access to water supplies
At the core of the innovation is Tomorrow Water’s patent-pending concept of exchanging and reusing wastewater and heat between WRRFs and on-site data centers. As data centers undergo air-cooling, hot air is diverted into the biological treatment and/or sludge drying systems of the WRRF. Further, the cold water treated by the WRRF is used to cool the air feeding the data center. Once this water is warmed via heat exchange at the data center, it is fed back to the WRRF where it warms the biological reactors.
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Redirect heated process water from data center operations into wastewater treatment where heat is required for symbiotic heat exchange for energy savings.
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Incorporating data centers alongside wastewater treatment facilities can overcome traditional hurdles by leveraging biogas energy and cooling water between adjacent treatment facilities.
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Integrated management of sludge & organic waste to prevent GHG emissions & landfill waste, while producing renewable energy.
Applied Technologies
Proteus Biofiltration
AMX 2-Stage Anammox
Draco THP
Activated Anaerobic Digestion
Water AI (Design & Operations)
Developing Synergy
Process intensification coupled with an innovative water-cooling concept results in compact footprints, reduced potable water use, energy and life cycle costs while creating a highly attractive and sustainable solution for data centers especially in water stressed areas.