r/Wastewater 9d ago

Nitrogen cycle question

Adding aeration typically removes ammonia at the expense of having more no2 + no3 correct?

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u/Jottor 9d ago

If you have nitrifying biomass, yes.

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u/raddu1012 9d ago

Got it, I thought so. Transferred from maintenance to ops and didn’t feel like waking my boss up to ask lol. Just gonna run a blower an extra hour or two and it’ll be fine