本装置用于处理船上来自厕所的粪便污水（又称黑水）。处理过程中不添加任何稀释水、灰水、处理水和（或）海水，不适用于特殊区域（指波罗的海）排放生活污水的客船，不考虑总氮和总磷性能指标的要求。

This plant is applicable to treat the sewage, which means human body wastes and the wastes from the toilets on vessels and which is also called “black water” . Processing process should not add any dilution water, grey water, processing water and / or seawater, should not apply to the special region (referring to the Baltic Sea) discharge sewage to the passenger ship, without considering the requirements of the performance index of total nitrogen and total phosphorus.

船用生活污水处理装置属IMO国际防止船舶造成海洋污染公约《MARPOL 73/78》附则IV的关键设备。本系列装置遵守2012年10月5日 颁布的MEPC.227(64)决议（称为新标准）。

Marine Sewage Treatment Plant belongs to the key devices for prevention of pollution form ships in seas and oceans according to the revised Annex IV of the International Convention of the Prevention of Pollution (MARPOL 73/78). This device is according to the MEPC.227(64) resolution enacted on October 5, 2012, which is called “new standards”.

本装置将适用于2016年1月1日或以后在下列船舶上安装的生活污水处理装置：

(1)所有区域的船舶（客船除外）；和

(2)MARPOL附则IV特殊区域外的客船。

This device will apply to sewage treatment plants installed on or after 1 January 2016 on:

1. ships, other than passenger ships, in all areas; and

2. passenger ships outside MARPOL Annex IV special areas.

汇总各种规则和排放标准如下：

Summary all the rules and effluent standards as followings:

SWCM(Ⅰ)型船用生活污水处理装置利用活性污泥、接触氧化和膜生物反应器（MBR）的原理消解有机污染物质。膜生物反应器能高效、彻底和干净地处理污水，使排放水满足IMO新标准和其他更严厉的要求。