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With the use of our products you will be able to reduce the following wastewater problem areas to below legal regulatory levels –Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Total Suspended Solids, Oils & Grease, Total Biological Phosphorous, Nitrates, Nitrites, Ammonia, Faecal Coliforms and Odour. (see Test Results)
All businesses and households produce wastewater of some kind. The content of the wastewater varies from industry to industry. Depending on the content and quality, this wastewater can be discharged directly into the local areas sewerage or water mains or it has to be held in retention areas for treatment before being discharge or taken away for further treatment. The key element in breaking down human, animal and organic waste in wastewater treatment is having high quality, large volumes of beneficial bacteria. Typical retention areas are effluent ponds, catchment ponds, septic tanks and greasetraps.
Industry goal is to recycle this wastewater or improve it to a suitable standard that it can be used for irrigation, wash downs, dust suppression etc. For Earth has enabled industries to achieve this goal with the use of Pro-biotic beneficial bacteria.
Some industries such as the waste landfill industry are successfully recycling their wastewater (Leachate) and adding our beneficial bacteria products to create what is commonly referred to as a ‘Bio-reactor’. The cost savings are enormous, as they no longer need to purchase water or pay for the removal of wastewater. In addition they are reducing ammonia levels and eliminating toxic odours much to the relief of site staff and surrounding residents. (see Case Studies and Test Results).
Wastewater Ponds
In the past and currently in some areas farmers and food processors that produced a lot of animal and organic waste dispose of this waste in ‘Anaerobic’ waste ponds. (Anaerobic means that the ponds are not oxygenated). This was due to there being no power available and no neighbours for miles to smell the odour.. These ponds generally crust up on the surface and are only 70% efficient in processing waste.
Due to urban sprawl, increased output and the use of caustic cleaning chemicals many industries that use these waste ponds are under much pressure to improve the efficiency of their waste pond system. Aerobic ponds (oxygenated) if correctly designed are up to 95% efficient.
For a waste water pond to be at a high level of efficiency it needs aeration and beneficial bacteria suitable for the waste.
Industry began introducing aerations systems such as the commonly found surface paddle wheel type. This type of aeration is expensive, high-energy consumption and maintenance headaches.
Industry also developed methods of increasing bacteria colonies in their ponds such as throwing a dead kangaroo into a pond and the more scientific method of culturing their own bacteria. Culturing bacteria is very time consuming and expensive and not always be efficient in quality and quantity of bacteria produced. The biggest dilemma with culturing bacteria is that it never could be stored unless freeze dried (expensive and mixed results).
For Earth, Australia now have developed the science to keep high quality specific beneficial bacteria dormant in liquid suspension. This has solved the problem for industry in having a high quality inexpensive beneficial bacteria supply that they can store and use when needed.
For Earth Pty Ltd realised that the aeration issue needed to be improved to really solve the wastewater issue in ponds. For Earth have developed a low energy highly efficient aeration system using Industrial type air stones. As a waste pond requires aerobic bacteria activity on the surface levels we have developed our system to be 1 mtr deep below the surface. This creates an oxygenated blanket across the pond which aerobic bacteria thrive in breaking down surface solids and eliminating odours. This also allows the anaerobic bacteria to continue the job of attacking the sludge at the bottom of the pond. An added bonus is that we also reduce the high-energy bills as we only use 1 hp air blowers instead of 20 hp motors.
The results of the combined bacteria and aeration system have been way beyond expectation.
For Earth supplies a large array of industrial type cleaning and sanitising products that are supportive of the beneficial bacteria. These replace the caustic chemicals being used that kill the bacteria in the waste ponds.