A novel system integrating HFO and ANMBBR–BAF was successfully
applied to improve the performance of pollutants removal as
advanced treatment of real biologically pretreated CGW. The
results indicated that HFO with FeOx/SBAC as catalyst had a dual
benefit in that it reduced the toxic pollutants and COLOR and
enhanced biodegradability. The integration of HFO with
ANMBBR–BAF was more effective in abating COD, BOD5, TP, TN
and COLOR. Thus the integrated process could serve as a promising
method for advanced treatment of biologically pretreated CGW.