Abstract:With the rapid expansion of cities and the scarcity of land resources, the fully underground wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are receiving increasing attention. In order to minimize the impact of WWTP operations on the surrounding environment, the form of fully underground construction is adopted for the Wuxi Taihu New Town WWTP Phase III Expansion Project. The introduction and analysis are conducted on the key issues in the construction of large-scale fully underground WWTPs, such as high-standard tail water discharge, compact land use, large fluctuations in the water level of the external pipeline network in the short term and the long term, high-standard odor control, safety guarantee of underground WWTPs, optimal treatment schemes for foundation pits and subgrades, practice of unmanned operation, and the all-round implementation of low-carbon concepts. And the solution ideas proposed in light of the characteristics of this project are provided for reference by similar projects.