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Table 5

Comparison of expected percentage of compliance for SBR, MBBR, MBR, and EAAS plants

Technology	SBR							MBBR			MBR			EAAS
Plant	SBR-1 Facility			SBR-2 Facility				Lagoon Facility			MBR Facility			EAAS Facility
Parameter	CBOD5	TSS	₃	CBOD5	TSS	TP	₃	CBOD5	TSS	TP	CBOD5	TSS	TP	CBOD5	TSS	TP
*Z_1-*	1.93	1.40	0.08	3.96	1.33	2.57	1.77	2.47^† 2.39	1.80^† 2.91^‡	6.36^† N/A^‡	_	3.23	0.99	2.1	1.6	4.0
Reliability Level (%)	97.0	92.0	53.0	100.0	91.0	99.0	96.0	99.3^† 99.2^‡	96.4^† 99.8^‡	100.0^† N/A^‡	N/A	100.0	84.0	98.0	94.0	100.0
Considering 95% reliability
(95%)	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
*Z_1-*	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645
CV	0.75	0.84	2.47	0.38	0.61	1.06	2.72	0.86^† 0.71^‡	1.13^† 0.47^‡	0.30^† 0.0^‡	N/A	0.65	0.67	1.0	1.0	0.7
*COR*	0.41	0.39	0.26	0.59	0.47	0.35	0.26	0.38^† 0.43^‡	0.34^† 0.53^‡	0.65^† 1.0^‡	N/A	0.44	0.44	0.4	0.4	0.4
*X_s*	15.0	15.0	4.2	10.0	10.0	5.0	10.0	15.0^†	15.0^†	0.3^†	N/A	15.0	0.3	25.0	25.0	1.5
*m_x*	6.23	5.88	1.12	5.87	4.66	1.75	2.63	7.68^† 6.45^‡	8.11^† 7.94^‡	0.33^† 0.3^‡	N/A	6.72	0.13	8.87	8.93	0.64
Year of data	2017			2017				2017			2019–2020			2017–2020

Technology	SBR							MBBR			MBR			EAAS
Plant	SBR-1 Facility			SBR-2 Facility				Lagoon Facility			MBR Facility			EAAS Facility
Parameter	CBOD5	TSS	₃	CBOD5	TSS	TP	₃	CBOD5	TSS	TP	CBOD5	TSS	TP	CBOD5	TSS	TP
*Z_1-*	1.93	1.40	0.08	3.96	1.33	2.57	1.77	2.47^† 2.39	1.80^† 2.91^‡	6.36^† N/A^‡	_	3.23	0.99	2.1	1.6	4.0
Reliability Level (%)	97.0	92.0	53.0	100.0	91.0	99.0	96.0	99.3^† 99.2^‡	96.4^† 99.8^‡	100.0^† N/A^‡	N/A	100.0	84.0	98.0	94.0	100.0
Considering 95% reliability
(95%)	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
*Z_1-*	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645	1.645
CV	0.75	0.84	2.47	0.38	0.61	1.06	2.72	0.86^† 0.71^‡	1.13^† 0.47^‡	0.30^† 0.0^‡	N/A	0.65	0.67	1.0	1.0	0.7
*COR*	0.41	0.39	0.26	0.59	0.47	0.35	0.26	0.38^† 0.43^‡	0.34^† 0.53^‡	0.65^† 1.0^‡	N/A	0.44	0.44	0.4	0.4	0.4
*X_s*	15.0	15.0	4.2	10.0	10.0	5.0	10.0	15.0^†	15.0^†	0.3^†	N/A	15.0	0.3	25.0	25.0	1.5
*m_x*	6.23	5.88	1.12	5.87	4.66	1.75	2.63	7.68^† 6.45^‡	8.11^† 7.94^‡	0.33^† 0.3^‡	N/A	6.72	0.13	8.87	8.93	0.64
Year of data	2017			2017				2017			2019–2020			2017–2020

^†Average levels of compliance with discharge limits stipulated by ECA from January 1, 2017 – November 22, 2017.

^‡Average levels of compliance with discharge limits stipulated by ECA from November 23, 2017 – December 31, 2017.