New technology will turn water pollution into fertilizer
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a representative of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District announced Tuesday that a new technologyplanned for the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant will remove nutrient pollution from wastewater and convert it to pellets to be sold as fertilizer for crops and lawns.
The technology developed byCanadian-based Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technology, Inc., will be installed and operational in 2015 at an estimated cost of $30 million and a payback time of as little as three years.
"Ostara's advanced nutrient recovery technology not only reduces nutrient load but helps protect precious area waterways that are part of Mississippi River basin," said Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy and member of Ostara's board of directors.
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