Wastewater Treatment
From Startups to Sludge Removal, we do it all with Our Proprietary Blends.
FOG
Learn more about our industry-leading solutions for reducing FOG in your plant.
Solids Reduction
Having suspended solids in your system can cause tremendous problems. Our approach will help bail you out (or keep you from problems in the first place).
Plant startup or Restart
Starting from scratch can be a bit problematic until you get the chemistry balanced. Our approach helps you reach steady-state levels in record time.
F:M
Whether you call it Food to Microbe ratio or Food to Microorganism, we have the right ratio for you.
BNR
External liquid carbon and probiotic solutions are readily available to work in wastewater streams. Learn more about these highly effective solutions are easy to use.
Case Studies and Articles
Water Clarity Treatment in Irrigation Ponds
Water Clarity 5.5 Acres A country club in Montana was having issues with water clarity in their irrigation ponds. The two ponds had a total surface area of 5.5 acres. The water bodies were filled with treated wastewater. Additionally, the ponds received runoff from...
Bioaugmentation Improves Water Clarity in Freshwater Pond
Freshwater Pond 1.5 acres, 6-8 ft depth Algal and aquatic weed growth is a persistent issue impairing water clarity in freshwater ponds. Warm water temperatures and nutrient loads promote algal and plant growth in these systems, especially when organic matter content...
Water Clarity Bioaugmentation in a Freshwater Pond
Freshwater Pond, 2 Acres The water clarity of freshwater ponds can be impaired by organic material which accumulates in response to high nutrient loadings. Eutrophic surface water conditions, enriched with high nutrient concentrations, can promote excessive algal...
Water Clarity Treatment in a Freshwater Lake
Freshwater Pond, 3 Acres, 20 Feet Deep Achieving good water clarity in freshwater ponds can be challenging, especially during spring and summer months. Algal growth is a common issue that increases suspended solids in open water bodies. Excess algal biomass can...
Improving Water Quality in Freshwater Lakes
Maintaining good water clarity is essential when managing drinking and recreational water resources. Freshwater pond systems have constant organic inputs from vegetation, biosolids, and runoff. In the spring and fall, changing water temperatures and densities can...
Bio-Dredging Solids in a Lagoon System
Lagoon System 0.01 MGD Municipalities using lagoon systems for wastewater treatment are often challenged with accumulating solids in their treatment ponds. Municipal wastewater carries high organic substrate loads that can inhibit proper wastewater processing....
Solids Reduction in a Municipal Lagoon System
One of the most persistent challenges in lagoon wastewater treatment is solids (sludge) management. Lagoon systems are designed to reduce organic solids during wastewaterprocessing. Built up sludge is typically dredged from lagoon systems with heavy equipment. Once...
BOD₅ and TSS Pretreatment for an Aerated Lagoon System
Collection System 0.02 MGD Publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) receiving wastewater from industrial sources often experience treatment complications from high biological oxygen demand (BOD5) and total suspended solids (TSS) loads. Establishing an...
BOD & TSS Treatment in an Industrial Wastewater Facility
Industrial Food & Beverage Wastewater Treatment Plant 0.01 MGD Wastewater treatment plants processing industrial wastewater are often challenged with high biological oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended solids (TSS)loadings. Specifically, wastewater byproducts...
FOG Reduction in Collection System
Collection System 0.8 MGD A growing Wyoming municipality of 10,000 people was having trouble with fats, oils, and grease (FOG) management in their wastewater collection system. The city’s lift stations and main lines were consistently coated with grease. When the lift...
FOG Treatment in a Wastewater Collection System
Collection System 0.7 MGD Persistent fats, oils, and grease (FOG) accumulation can deteriorate wastewater collection infrastructures and increase maintenance demands. Lift stations have many moving parts that can breakdown when FOG buildups are too great....
Startup Industrial Membrane Bioreactor Wastewater Plant
Industrial Membrane Bioreactor Plant 0.01 MGD When starting up a wastewater plant, the biological seed used can influence future treatment efficiency and operational challenges. Domestic activated sludge seeding has potential to introduced unwanted biological and...
Solids Reduction in a Groundwater Recharge Storage Basin
Groundwater Recharge Basin 0.03 MGD Wastewater storage basins receiving discharge from municipal treatment plants can accumulate solids. With bioaugmentation, utilities can increase the biomass in wastewater systems to more effectively reduce solids.1 The following...
Solids and FOG Reduction in a Mechanical Wastewater Plant and Collection System
Mechanical Plant Collection System 0.3 MGD Fats, oils, and grease (FOG) build-up in wastewater collection lines is a persistent issue that has plagued many municipalities. Challenges arise when FOG and solids cause blockages in the transport pipes carrying influent...
Sludge Reduction in a Large Evaporative Lagoon
Evaporative Lagoon 0.9 MGD Sludge accumulation is common in municipal lagoon systems. These processes are often overloaded with poorly degraded solids in influent wastewater flows. Toimprove solids reduction and overall treatment quality in the above lagoon systems,...
Solids Treatment in a Wastewater Lagoon System
Wastewater Lagoon System 0.2 MGD Municipal wastewater lagoon systems are often challenged with solids accumulation due to high organic loadings. Excess sludge can severely inhibit the treatment process in these systems. Furthermore, to avoid the high cost and labor...
Sludge Reduction in a Lagoon System with ProBiotic Scrubber® II
Wastewater Lagoon System 0.8 MGD Excessive sludge accumulation and related treatment issues are often experienced in rural wastewater lagoon systems. A growing Wyoming city of 10,000 people were struggling with solids buildup in their lagoons. The biology in their two...
Solids and Hydrocarbon Reduction in Oil Refinery Aerobic Biological Treatment Units
Industrial Aerobic Biological Treatment Units 2 MGD An industrial oil refinery in New Mexico relied heavily on three aerobic biological treatment units (ABTUs) to process their high strength wastewater. The refinery processed 45,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Issues...
Toxicity Treatment in an Oil Refinery Aerated Lagoon System
An industrial oil refinery in New Mexico used BioLynceus® to restart their biological treatment after a toxic hit. The refinery was processing 50,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Toxicity was experienced in the system after foaming fire retardant was unexpectedly released at the refinery.
Toxicity Treatment in a Facultative Lagoon System
Lagoon WWTP 0.2 MGD The biology in wastewater lagoons can be significantly impacted by toxic substances introduced from illicit drug manufacturing. Surface waters contaminated with amphetamines, and the chemicals used to manufacture them, are known to suppress aquatic...
Toxic Hit Recovery at a Mechanical Wastewater Treatment Plant
Wastewater treatment utilities receiving inputs from industrial and anthropogenic sources are highly susceptible to toxic waste inputs. Toxic loads are often sporadic and can be extremely devastating to the biomass in treatment facilities.
Toxicity Treatment in a Municipal Wastewater Lagoon System
Chemicals used in illicit drug manufacturing can cause significant harm to the microbial communities in surface waters. Municipal lagoon systems are especially vulnerable to these chemicals, because they receive high strength influent directly from urban sources.
Toxicity Mitigation in an Industrial Sequencing Batch Reactor
Managing toxic loadings at industrial wastewater treatment facilities can be challenging. Influent from food processing industries can introduce harmful cleaning products. Biota with damaged cellular structures may be unable to properly metabolize the organic substrate and nutrients in wastewater.
Toxicity Treatment in a Wastewater Lagoon System
Municipal wastewater lagoon systems are susceptible to toxic waste poisoning. Toxic loads from residences and businesses are sporadic and difficult to mitigate. When toxicity levels are high in wastewater lagoons, the biological treatment process is inhibited due to loss in biomass.
Startup of a 8.9 MGD Anaerobic Digester at a Sugar Refinery
Halfway through a sugar beet processing campaign (September through May) a Midwest refinery noticed something was wrong with their wastewater processing system. The plant discharge was within limits for their NPDES permit parameters, but the chemical oxygen demand (COD) readings from their 8.9 million-gallon anaerobic digester were very different at the top, center, and bottom of the digester.
Startup of a Membrane Reactor
Mechanical WWTP .06 MGD National parks attract millions of visitors each year. Increasing seasonal traffic experienced by these establishments can overload the wastewater treatment infrastructure leading to treatment inefficiency and, eventually, structural...
Startup Mechanical Plant After Failed Activated Sludge Seeding
A common issue in activated sludge systems is sludge bulking (SB), or the uncontrolled growth of filamentous bacteria (FB). Impacts of a bulking sludge include (but are not limited to) poor settleability, impaired biological nutrient removal, and increased facility maintenance.
Startup of a Fixed-Film Activated Sludge Process
Establishing a functional biological community for wastewater treatment is essential when starting a new plant. Monitoring the growing biology during a startup provides the insight plant staff need to adjust operations to achieve a high treatment efficiency. Settleometer testing of aeration basin effluent in activated sludge processes can indicate whether the biomass will settle properly or cause bulking in the system.
F:M Stability in a National Park Wastewater Network
The F:M in the wastewater treatment network at a National Park in Wyoming was optimal from July – October. There was consistent organic carbon loading during this time from tourist activities. However, when the park closed for the winter, the biomass declined due to reduced influent flows. This caused treatment issues in the beginning of the next tourist season in May and June because biomass declined during the slow recreation months November-April.
F:M Stability in a Sequencing Batch Reactor
In many resort towns, the influent loads to the wastewater treatment system are highly variable throughout the year. During the tourist seasons there is an abundance of wastewater to sustain the biomass at treatment facilities, but when the transient population leaves, there is a drastic reduction in organic substrate. The organic carbon supplied to the system, the carbonaceous biological oxygen demand (CBOD), serves as a food source for organotrophic organisms in activated sludge systems.
F:M Stabilization at a Mechanical Wastewater Treatment Plant
Wastewater treatment plants receiving inconsistent influent loads are often challenged with maintaining an effective biological treatment. Many of the key microorganisms in wastewater processes are dependent on organic substrate to grow and divide. When influent flows are limited, the biodegradable carbon source for the treatment system may be too low to sustain biomass.
F:M Treatment with Candy Carbon® at an Activated Sludge Plant
Many wastewater systems experiencing high infiltration and inflow (I&I) have issues with hydraulic overloading which impacts biomass stability. I&I can impair the capacity of the wastewater collection system and wastewater treatment infrastructure.
F:M Treatment in an Activated Sludge Plant
Wastewater systems located in regions with high annual precipitation, such as the Pacific Northwest, are prone to experiencing biological washouts due to high infiltration and inflow (I&I) from collection systems. I&I can critically disrupt the biological treatment at a plant.
Candy Carbon® Denitrification in an Activated Sludge System
Activated Sludge Plant 0.2 MGD For many municipal wastewater treatment facilities, removing inorganic nitrogen to permitted discharge levels is a challenging requirement. Without the role of biological nutrient removal (BNR) in treatment systems, effluent wastewater...
Denitrification with Candy Carbon® at an Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant 0.7 MGD Denitrification efficiency in wastewater treatment is dependent on several environmental conditions. The wastewater plant must maintain a consistent anoxic zone, abundance of denitrifying microorganisms, and organic carbon...
Nitrification Bioaugmentation in an Activated Sludge Process
Mechanical WWTP .2 MGD Augmenting wastewater processes with cultures of nitrifying bacteria can increase abundance and nitrification efficiency correspondingly. Additionally, implementing organic matter degrading microbiology in a system can increase the time...
Nitrification Treatment in an Aerated Lagoon System
Lagoon WWTP 0.2MGD Municipal Lagoon systems are often challenged with facilitating nitrification. Nitrifying bacteria are responsible for removing ammonia from wastewater. These organisms are generally in low abundance in lagoon processes for a few reasons; [1]...
Nitrification with ProBiotic Scrubber® N in an Activated Sludge Plant
Mechanical WWTP .22 MGD An effective activated sludge system has the capacity to remove ammonia from influent wastewater via nitrification. Several factors impacting efficient ammonia and nitrite oxidation in wastewater treatment include, temperature, and abundance of...
Nitrification of Municipal Lagoon Systems
Municipal Lagoon systems are often challenged with facilitating nitrification. Nitrifying bacteria are responsible for removing ammonia from wastewater. These organisms are generally in low abundance in lagoon processes for a few reasons; [1] nitrification is an...
ProBiotic Dredging Explained
ProBiotic Dredging® Explained ProBiotic Dredging® is a proprietary process utilized by BioLynceus® to remove organic materials from fresh water lakes, ponds, wastewater lagoons and waste handling systems. For over twenty five years, BioLynceus® has been working...
How Do Wastewater Plants Remove Solids From A Digester?
When the wwtp process experiences difficulty in breaking down the solids an alternative is to have the solids removed. This often includes a third party who is qualified to handle the cleaning and removal of solids out of the digester.
Solids Handling and BioSolids Management
Have you seen our trainer's lately? The management of wastewater treatment, specifically sewage wastewater sludge and the residual sludge is a operational and management concern for sewer and treatment professionals. We provide training to wastewater treatment...