荷蘭Noorderzijlvest 水務局采用“Nereda”顆�；钚晕勰喙に�，只新建了很小的池容，就將Garmerwolde污水廠的處理能力提高了40%，“Nereda”工藝無需二沉池，采用SBR模式運行，顆粒污泥具有很高的沉淀速率，可邊沉淀邊潷水，與常規(guī)活性污泥法相比，能耗至少節(jié)省30%！

該工藝最初由荷蘭Delft 大學的Mark van Loosdrecht教授發(fā)明，他也是Sharon®, Anammox®等革新工藝的發(fā)明者，他也是“可持續(xù)污水廠”最早的倡導者和推進者，他提出的“NEWs”框架，給全世界污水廠未來發(fā)展指明了方向，該框架的精髓是：未來污水處理廠將是營養(yǎng)物（Nutrient）、能源（Energy）與再生水（Water）的制造工廠（factories），因此簡稱”NEWs"，NEWs框架強調資源回收與能量自給，在此基礎上，荷蘭制定了面向2030年的NEWS污水廠發(fā)展框架及技術路線圖，并示范了各種不同回收目的可能采取的工藝步驟（概念工藝）。

具體內容如下（請諒解，英文，來不及翻譯）：

Nereda is a new waste water treatment technology featuring a new generation aerobic granular activated sludge technology.

圖1 好氧顆粒污泥與活性污泥的沉淀特性比較（沉淀5min)

圖2 活性污泥絮體與顆粒污泥結構組成的不同

The technology is invented by Delft University of Technology and developed in a unique public-private partnership between Delft University of Technology, Applied research institute STOWA, the Dutch water boards and Royal HaskoningDHV.

There are currently about 12 international full-scale Nereda® installations in operation for the treatment of industrial and municipal wastewater, and the number of references is growing fast, as shown in table 1.

The Nereda® process operates intermittently, with the fill and decant phase occurring simultaneously. Due to good settling capacity of the aerobic granules, the process does not require mechanical decanters to ensure low solids in the effluent. The key advantages of Nereda® are summarized as follows:

- Cost-effective
• Compact and uncomplicated tank design
• Less mechanical equipment
• No separate clarifiers
• Lower capital expenditures
• Lower Operation & Maintenance costs
• No or minimal chemicals
• Lower energy consumption
- Easy to operate
• Easy plant operation
• Robust and reliable process performance
• Integrated AquaSuite® Nereda® Controller process controller
• Fully automated plant operation
• Remotely controlled or by a central control room
• Remote support capabilities by process specialists

- Sustainable
• Remarkably high effluent purity
• No or minimal use of chemicals
• Significantly lower energy consumption
• Less construction materials required
• As little as a quarter of the land area required
• More efficient nutrient removal
• Lower operational and embedded carbon footprint

The new Nereda plant at wwtp Garmerwolde was officially commissioned on 8 October 2013. It is the second full scale plant in the Netherlands, the first being the Nereda plant at wwtp Epe.

The installation was constructed by GMB Civiel and Imtech Infra. The total cost of the project was 20 million euro.

Largest Nereda installation to date
Secretary-general Siebe Riedstra of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment officially opened the new installation.

On the occasion Global director water products René Noppeney of Royal HaskoningDHV congratulated the water board with the milestone: "It is the largest Nereda installation to date. A beautiful project, which we can all be proud of".

The total cost of the new Nereda installation was 20 million euro.

Additional treatment capacity
The new Nereda system is added to the existing conventional treatment plant and gives an additional capacity for the waste water of 140,000 people with less energy and without chemicals .

Wwtp Garmerwolde is now in full compliance with current statutory requirements for purification and discharge of wastewater . The total purification capacity for the whole wwtp now amounts to 375,000 people

Two other Dutch Nereda plants are under construction at wwtp Vroomshoop and wwtp Dinxperlo. Both are expected to be commissioned next year.

Nereda in a nutshell
Nereda is a distinguished, innovative technology to treat wastewater using less energy and chemicals and a smaller footprint than conventional treatment plants. Nereda purifies wastewater with the unique characteristics of aerobic granular sludge. The purifying bacteria in creating Nereda compact granules with excellent settling properties.

The success of Nereda is its high water treatment capability in combination with significantly lower investment and operational costs, a very small physical footprint (up to a factor 4 smaller) and high energy savings (20-30%).

(both photos: Water board Noorderzijlvest)