Oil, Grease & Organics Removal

Oils, greases and organics can not only be removed from wastewater, they can literally be digested.  At a regional garbage company, ClearBlu installed a system that reduced the sludge being removed from the wastewater by over 90%. Biodigesters thrive on these materials and will also act on pesticides and herbicides.

BOD Reduction

BOD, or biological oxygen demand, is one of the most common measurements in assessing wastewater quality. It indirectly points to the amount of organic nutrients the water contains by calculating the oxygen demand microorganisms will require. Organic material in waste water will be acted upon by naturally occuring bacteria, but this process can take a very long time. ABS condenses the overall size of bioremediation while dramatically speeding up the process.

Bioremediation

Advanced bioremediation is leading edge technology that is disrupting the industrial wastewater treatment industry. Treating industrial wastewater has traditionally meant introducing a range of chemicals to attract and bind together solids and then skim them or settle them from the water. These chemicals can include flocculants, coagulants and polymers. The disadvantages of these products is that they create more disposal problems than they solve and they are extremely expensive. They remove solids from the waste stream, but the user is left with all of the waste in a completely unusable form. The waste is mixed with either floccing agents such as bentonite clay, or coagulants that leave a large amount of extremely sticky solids. The mass of waste material is increased with floccing agents, sometimes by three to five times. Flocculants and coagulants can add $3 to $10 of cost for every 1,000 gallons processed, making them a solution only for companies under the regulatory gun.

Advanced Bioremediation Systems (ABS) take a different approach. ABS technology utilizes the existing bioremediation knowledge base and applies density methods. Holding or rentention can be accomplished with engineered, aerated pools or tanks. By joining Dense Array Bioreactors (DAB's) to the holding pools or tanks, the holding period for treated water can be dramatically reduced. It is not uncommon to see holding periods from 18 to 48 hours, even for stubborn waste streams. DAB's introduce a microbe stream specifically designed for the waste being treated and create the perfect feeding environment for them.

Bioremediation Pond/Holding Tank

Advantages

Bioremediation has some compelling advantages over traditional treatment methods:

1. No odor. ABS's are aerated based upon BOD demands and eliminate the odor typically associated with private treatment plants.
2. No treatment chemicals. ABS technology introduces microbes specifically designed for the waste stream. No supporting chemicals are required and no coagulants or floccing agents are needed. This dramatically reduces treatment costs to cents per thousand gallons treated instead of dollars.
3. Minimal pH balancing. Once the pH has been balanced as the waste water enters the system, ABS's maintain a naturally neutral pH. pH correction is frequently required by local municipalities as water is discharged.
4. Lower solid waste. With traditional systems, you are left with solid waste and the flocculant or coagulent chemicals used to bind them. Not so with bioremediation. Microbes actually digest organic solids of all types. ABS's dramatically reduce the solid waste that must be disposed of and render it reusable for either compost or feed.
5. Dramatically reduced treatment costs. Operating costs are lower because microbes are inexpensive. Solid waste is reduced. Other chemicals are not required and the systems overall are less complex.
6. Green. If your investors, customers or local municipalities are asking you what you are doing to go green, there is no better solution that ABS.
   

TSS & TDS Reduction

Suspended solids are relatively easy to remove.  In the case of hydrocarbons and organic material, Bioremediation is the technology at the forefront primarily because a good biodigester system will literally eat the solids in the water dramatically reducing your solid waste load.  In the case of non-digestible solids such as dirt, pesticides and heavy metals, EC technology is the clear leader because EC does not add a chemical load and renders both pesticides and heavy metals inert through an oxidation process.