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Desalination 204 (2007) 1–7 NORIT AirLift MBR: side-stream system for municipal waste water treatment a b c a Harry Futselaar , Henk Schonewille , Dick de Vente , Lute Broens aNORIT Process Technology B.V., P.O. 741, 7500 AS ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands Tel. þ31 53 428 7000; Fax þ31 53 428 7001; email: h.futselaar@noritpt.nl bNORIT Membrane Technology B.V., P.O. 731, 7500 AS ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands Tel. þ31 53 428 7010; Fax þ31 53 428 7011; email: h.schonewille@noritmt.nl c Water Authority Regge Dinkel, P.O. Box 5006, 7600 GA ALMELO, The Netherlands Tel. þ31 546 832525; Fax þ31 546 821176; email: D.deVente@wrd.nl Received 31 January 2006; accepted 14 February 2006 Abstract The Ootmarsum wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is owned by the water authority Regge Dinkel (WRD) and is situated in the municipality of Dinkelland (eastern part of The Netherlands). The WWTP must be modernised, because it discharges the treated wastewater into a water system with considerable ecological vulnerability. In the restructuring plan the urban water chain/cycle was integrated into an ecological water management approach. In cooperation with Grontmij engineering consultants a design study was carried out resulting in the choice for a so-called hybrid system. Such a system combines a conventional system followed by a sand filter with a membrane bioreactor (MBR). With a hybrid MBR, the costs can be reduced relatively to those of a complete MBR plant without making concessions in terms of effluent quality. After an intensive selection procedure NORIT Membrane Techno