Nutrient Removal News

  1. EPA Draft Permit Will Significantly Reduce Nitrogen Discharges, Improve Health Of Great Bay 1/7/2020

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has issued a draft Clean Water Act permit for public comment. If finalized as proposed, EPA believes this draft permit could result in significant decreases in nitrogen discharges to New Hampshire's Great Bay estuary, improving water quality and the health of ecosystems throughout the estuary.

  2. Ecological Fertilizer From Wastewater Nutrients 12/18/2019

    Wastewaters contain large amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen, which are valuable nutrients. Aalto University’s NPHarvest process enables recovery of these nutrients as clean ammonium sulfate and sludge containing phosphorus and calsium, which can be used as ecological fertilizers.

  3. The Clean Waterways Act Advances In Florida Senate 12/11/2019

    The Clean Waterways Act, sponsored by Senator Debbie Mayfield (Indialantic – R), has passed the Senate Committee on Community Affairs. This comprehensive legislation incorporates recommendations from the Blue-Green Algae Task Force to expedite improvements and restoration of Florida’s water bodies that have been adversely affected by blue-green algae blooms.

  4. Hood College To Help National Park Service Fight Harmful Algae In Washington, D.C. 12/5/2019

    Hood College’s Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies has been awarded a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service to research methods of mitigating cyanobacteria blooms in the constructed lake at Constitution Gardens, a large catchment in Washington, D.C.

  5. New Jersey Governor Pledges $13M To Fight Harmful Algal Blooms 12/3/2019

    Late last month, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that his administration will distribute more than $13M to fund a new initiative to reduce and prevent future harmful algal bloom outbreaks in New Jersey.

  6. Microvi MNE Technology Selected As Bay Area's First Full-Scale Wastewater Sidestream Treatment In Multi-Million Dollar Project At Oro Loma Sanitary District 11/19/2019

    Microvi Biotech Inc. and Oro Loma Sanitary District (OLSD) are pleased to announce the installation of a full-scale Microvi MNE wastewater sidestream treatment system at the 20 MGD OLSD treatment plant in San Lorenzo, CA in 2020.

  7. Microvi MNE Technology Selected As Bay Area’s First Full-Scale Wastewater Sidestream Treatment In Multi-Million Dollar Project At Oro Loma Sanitary District 11/19/2019

    Microvi Biotech Inc. and Oro Loma Sanitary District (OLSD) are pleased to announce the installation of a full-scale Microvi MNE wastewater sidestream treatment system at the 20 MGD OLSD treatment plant in San Lorenzo, CA in 2020.

  8. Nutrient Recovery, Infrastructure Upgrades Boost Sludge Treatment Systems Market In Europe 11/7/2019

    The need to replenish decreasing reserves of phosphorous—a non-renewable mineral used in agriculture—and renovate existing sewage and sludge treatment infrastructure to cope with a rapidly rising urban population have emerged as the key factors driving the circular economy of the sludge treatment systems market in Europe.

  9. Wessex Data Shows Total Compliance At Sherborne 11/4/2019

    A wastewater treatment repurpose project carried out at a Wessex Water site not only delivered a 75% cost saving, but figures show that ammonia discharge levels are below the level of detection.

  10. Evoqua To Supply Continuous Fill Batch Reactor System To Improve Efficiency, Expand Capacity And Address Peak Wet Weather Flows In Eastland, Texas 10/7/2019

    Evoqua Water Technologies , an industry leader in mission-critical water treatment solutions, has announced that it has been selected by the City of Eastland, Texas to provide a new wastewater treatment system through Evoqua’s sales partner Environmental Improvements (EI2).