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UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHALLENGE AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE SOLUTION

SLUDGE

ODOURS & H2S 
(HYDROGEN SULPHIDE)

FOG
(FATS, OILS & GREASE)

CHALLENGE

  • 40 - 60% OF WWTP OPERATION COSTS ARE RELATED TO SLUDGE.

  • ACCUMULATES IN LIFT STATIONS, SEWERS, WWTP'S AND LAGOONS.

CHALLENGE

  • HYDROGEN SULOPHIDE (H2S) IS HAZARDOUS.

  • HIGHLY CORROSIVE TO EQUIPMENT.

  • DISCOMFORT TO THE NEIGHBOURS

  • VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS (VFA'S) PROMOTE H2S PRODUCTION.

  • DISCOMFORT TO THE COMMUNITY RESULTING IN COMPLAINTS, FINES AND LOSS OF BUSINESS.

CHALLENGE

  • HIGH COST OF LABOUR TO REMOVE.

  • ENZYME/DEGREASER PRODUCTS JUST LIQUIFY AND DON'T REMOVE BUT, RATHER DEPOSIT FOG DOWNSTREAM.

  • CORROSION.

  • PUMP BACK UPS.

  • MANUAL LABOUR TO REPAIR.

  • BIOLOGICAL ODOUR CAUSES DISCOMFORT TO THE COMMUNITY.

  • H2S IS HAZARDOUS AND CAN LEAD TO FINES.

SOLUTION

  • BIOAUGMENTATION IMNPROVES SLUDGE DIGESTION AND REMOVES SLUDGE.

  • 30% OF DIGESTED SLUDGE IS REMOVED AS CO2.

  • THE OTHER 70% OF DIGESTED SLUDGE IS USED TO CREATE NEW CELLS.

SOLUTION

  • OUR BACTERIA UTILISE SULPHUR FOR GROWTH.

  • LESS SULPHUR AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE H2S.

  • OUR BACTERIA DIGEST SLUDGE AND BREAK UP BIOFILMS THAT HARBOUR SRB AND APB.

  • VFA AND FOG ARE NUTRIENT SOURCES FOR OUR BACILLUS.

  • LIMIT VFA ADDITION TO ODOURS AS WELL AS FOOD SOURCES TO SRB'S.

SOLUTION

  • BACILLUS STRAINS REMOVE FOG.

  • METABOLISE LIPIDS AND FATTY ACIDS.

  • ENZYME PRODUCTIONOF LIPASES, ESTERASES AND MANY OTHERS INVOLVED IN LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID & HYDROCARBON DIGESTION

  • MICRONUTRIENTS FOR KEY ENzYME ACTIVATION AND MICROBIAL GROWTH.

  • OUR BACILLUS STRAINS PRODUCE BIO-SURFACTANTS THAT HELP OVERCOME HYDROPHOBIC/HYDROPHILIC INTERFACE OF FOG AND WATER.

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