Fundamentals — MICROrganic
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
short history of Wastewater…
Mother Nature Invented Wastewater Aeration; fast moving rivers aerate waste in water, removing organics to maintain healthy ecosystems.
Brooks and streams naturally aerate water. Their tools: rocks and gravity that disturb and oxygenate the water. Microbes in a stream bed break down organic content using oxygen in the water. This process is the same way humans breathe.
The result: Life in riverbeds thrive
It took humans longer to deal with waste in water:
6000 years ago, the Mesopotamians invented sewers - a game changer for humanity. But sewers don’t treat waste; they just move wastewater away from where people live. For the next 6000 years, sewers were the only wastewater “technology”.
As cities and towns grew larger, wastewater volume became a problem. In 1914, two young Englishmen developed an engineering platform that changed how we view wastewater: blowing air into wastewater. Aerating allows microbes to break down organic waste, just like what happens in natural streams, but at a steady, controllable pace. Despite Aerations advantages, it was not widely adopted in the US until the 1970’s, as a result of the US Clean Water Act.
Since then, nearly all plants (municipal and industrial) treat waste using aeration. It is effective, but highly energy-intensive. Blowing air into wastewater requires a lot of energy.
Municipal & Industrial Aeration
Municipal and industrial wastewater have more similarities than differences. Both are energy intensive (even new, more efficient systems). Mechanical aeration uses ~4% of US Electricity, and on average 15-20% of a plant’s OpEx. Aeration uses 50% - 80% of the plant’s total energy use.
Now, there is a better way.
MICROrganic’s VIVA technology changes wastewater in all the best ways.
Microbes treat the waste, while decreasing treatment energy use by 85%- 90%.
AND, VIVA generates clean DC power and continuous, detailed process data.
There is no other technology that can provide these benefits
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- Biological Treatment
- Biological Treatment
- Water microbiology
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- Microbiology
- Micro Irrigation
- Biological Wastewater Treatment Market
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The microbiological treatments are correct but the systems that produce the energy to supply the supplementary oxygen necessary for the treatment are not correct. To understand this topic you need to read the article