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Phosphorus Mitigation Projects

Onsite Residential Wastewater Treatment

To date, several PhosphoReduc systems have been successfully installed in the USA (North Carolina, 2013; New York, 2015; Michigan, 2015 & 2016) and Europe (Ireland, 2014; Turkey 2016) to provide Phosphorus removal post treatment for a variety of nitrogen removal products (e.g. EazyTreat, Advantex, FAST®). One of the distinct advantages of PhosphoReduc system is in the fact that it has excellent Phosphorus …

Brazil

Sewage and urban runoff treatment, Brazil Inside ArcelorMittal Tubarão premises there is a lagoon system comprising of 8 lagoons where 5 of the lagoons (numbers 2-6)  are interconnected. This  lagoon system is sometimes used as water reservoir for industrial use, with a water collection system located in Lagoon 6. The …

Taiwan

Taiwan This project represented the first evaluation of a PhosphoReduc System used for phosphorus and total suspended solids reduction from sewage wastewater. The system was added as secondary treatment stage to an existing wastewater treatment facility which consisted of a oil and grease separation system with aeration.  It was located …

Urban Stormwater Treatment VT

PhosphoReduc BioRetention System Hardwick, VT Project Objectives: Compare the efficiency of two different rain garden designs (VT traditional design and PhosphoReduc Bioretention System) in Phosphorus and suspended solids reduction from Stormwater Runoff. Project constructed in November 2012 VT Rain garden and PhosphoReduc Bioretention System was planted in May 2013. Water …

Stormwater Retention Pond Retrofit – Virginia

Retention Pond Retrofit Virginia, 2008 Two PhosphoReduc Filters laid out in series were installed in January 2008 in Loudon county, Virginia as a retrofit to existing retention pond with the aim to reduce Phosphorus from combined agricultural, industrial and urban stormwater runoff. Golf course runoff treatment, Columbus, OH System was implemented …

Cheese Processing Effluent – Vermont

Cheese Processing Plant Effluent Treatment Vermont, USA This project represented the first evaluation of a PhosphoReduc System in phosphorus and total suspended solids reduction from cheese processing plant wastewater in the USA. The system was implemented as an add-on, secondary treatment stage to existing wastewater lagoon system located in Swanton, …

Agricultural Tile Drainage Runoff Treatment – Ohio

Following successful phosphorus and suspended solids reduction from the agricultural tile drain in Charlotte, Vermont (2010-2011), two Phosphoreduc systems have been implemented in a treatment train after nitrate bioreactor  to reduce phosphorus reduction from agricultural tiles runoff in Ohio (Ohio State University Farm, Columbus  and St. Charles Seminary in Grand …

Heavy Animal Use Areas Runoff Treatment – Pennsylvania

Heavy Animal Use Areas Runoff Treatment, Chesapeake Bay, PA Despite significant efforts by Federal, State, and local governments and other interested parties, water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay prevents the attainment of existing State water quality standards and the “fishable and swimmable” goals of the Clean Water Act. At the …