Several relatively new processes have been
developed to remove nitrogen in highconcentration
side streams from biosolids
processing—SHARON®, ANAMMOX®, and
InNitri® (Warakomski et al. 2006), and BABE®
(STOWA 2006). Each procedure has unique
characteristics that remove nitrogen more cost
effectively. SHARON® incorporates a different
metabolic pathway than is usually implemented
in wastewater treatment. InNitri® and BABE®
use bioaugmentation (the seeding of specific
strains of organisms to achieve desirable results)
in a new way, and ANAMMOX® uses an