Improving ​the Performance ​of Currently ​Operating ​Bioreactors

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Improving ​the Performance ​of Currently ​Operating ​Bioreactors

Cincinnati-based company Water Warriors plans to solve a problem that is killing fish and wildlife around the globe, and is a particular issue in this part of the country, cursing waterways all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.

Nitrogen and phosphorous flow from farm fields and homeowners’ lawns in heavy concentrations from this part of the country, particularly in places drained by the Great Miami River, sometimes creating toxic algae blooms and a fish-killing dead zone the size of New Jersey in the gulf. The chemicals also often are insufficiently removed during cities’ sewage treatment processes.

Water Warriors uses bacteria, microscopic bubbles and “homes for bacteria” to remove the two chemicals. Those bubbles, about the width of human hairs, can remain underwater about four hours, giving bacteria oxygen they need to more quickly do their work and cutting sewer utilities’ energy costs about in half.

Read full article: Journal-News

 

Super Biomedia™ from Water Warriors is capable of BOD, COD, TKN and Phosphorus removal simultaneously from wastewater.

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SuperBiomedia was developed to improve the performance of currently operating bioreactors. In activated sludge systems, it offers all the benefits of fixed-biofilm systems, without any of the disadvantages of fixed media. 

The use of biomedia in bioreactors and activated sludge treatment of wastewater has been documented to result in a stable process which responds well to influent fluctuations, and achieved improved treatment, in a small footprint. The primary goal of the treatment process is reduction of Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and nutrients in the wastewater, before the wastewater is discharged into the environment, such as the ground, creek, river or ocean.

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