The Battipaglia WWTP hosts a pilot-scale Living Membrane Bioreactor (LMBR) system installed as a secondary treatment unit. The system treats the preliminary effluent of the WWTP and is being evaluated for the removal of micro-pollutants, including pharmaceutical compounds, and microplastics (MPs) from urban wastewater. The installation and operation are carried out by the SEED research group of the University of Salerno (UNISA, Italy).

Living Membrane Bioreactor (LMBR) system

Pilot-scale LMBR system at Battipaglia WWTP (Italy).