Biowater Technology AS is a Norwegian company specialized in the design and engineering of biomedia to support the growth of attached biomass (biofilm carriers) for MBBR (Moving Bed Biological Reactor) and IFAS (Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge) applications. The company has over 40 years of experience in the field and has an innovative R&D department that has allowed it to fine-tune the production of biofilm carriers for increasing highly performing municipal and industrial applications, both in terms of treatment efficiency and energy consumption.
The technology which allows the biomass to grow attached to moving plastic supports exploits the ability of the colonies of microorganisms that are generated within the biological process to form a biofilm adhered to the surface of special plastic elements that are dispersed in the biological volume. These elements, called carriers or media, have the purpose of increasing the quantity of active biomass present in the system and enhance the pollutant removal capacity of a plant which, if compared to conventional solutions designed as classic activated sludge process, , can handle higher inlet loading conditions with the same process volume or, with the same organic input, will require less volume and therefore occupy less space.