Optimization of

Wastewater Effluent
By Ken
Foo
 Overview

Problem Machine Learning

Clean Water Act Influent example
Debt Intellectual Property
Population Growth Business Model
WWTP Offer as a Cloud
Objective Reach out to local
cities
Varying Parameters
 The Problem
438 million
by 2050 by
Clean Water
Act ASCE

55 billion in
debt by the
EPA
 PRELIMINARY PRIMARY SECONDARY
Removes large and settleable inorganic solids Removes settleable organics
Removes dissolved organics

Dirty Bar
screen
Grit
chamber
Primary
clarifier
Aeration Secondary
clarifier
Chlorine Clean
tank
Wastewater Wastewater
influent Effluent
Cl2
O2
Screenings Grit Return sludge Waste

sludge
Pump
(typical)
Supernatant return

Dewatered
sludge
Belt
Anaerobic Belt
press
digester thickener
 Multilayer Perception Neural Networks
0.2
COD 10
1.1
0.7 0.7 Influent
O1 5
-0.1 Flow Rate
Rain 20 -1.2 0.1

0.4 O2
Influent 30
Flow 1.2

Sh1 = (10)(0.2) + (20)(-0.1) + S01 = (1.1)(0.999) +

(S
(30)(0.4) )= 1/(1+e
h1 = 7
-7
) = 0.999 (0.1)(0.667)= 1.096
(Sh2)= 1/(1+e5) = 0.667 (S01)= 1/(1+e-1.096) = 0.75
Intellectual Property
Business Model
 Conclusion
1. $55 billion dollar deficit and growing population

2. Optimize wastewater quality and minimize costs

through software

3. No IP barriers but the technology has been piloted

4. Target cities WWTP and use cloud