Waste Water Treatment

Municipal and Industrial wastewater treatment operations have many concerns, some include: 1) Guidelines are becoming more and more stringent in order to protect the environment and human health and existing operations are increasingly challenged to meet these new targets. 2) Wastewater treatment facilities are becoming over-loaded and costly new infrastructure and land development is required. 3) Fugitive gases and odours are a nuisance to neighbouring residences and businesses. New technologies are emerging to improve existing operations. One such technology is zeolite. This is a simple and inexpensive solution. Zeolite provides dramatic results for wastewater treatment.

1) Provide greater effluent quality by reducing nutrients in the effluent. 2) Reduce odours and gases and improve ambient air quality. 3) Attract dispersed particulates & filaments thereby increasing sedimentation 4) Reduce chemical costs (ie: alum & polymers) 5) Increase biomass 6) Improve sludge dewatering 7) Generate and increase in treatment plant capacity 8) Reduce or eliminate capital expenditure of new treatment systems 9) Provide a higher quality sludge for better resale value.

Case studies have revealed the treatment plant had doubled its capacity while providing cleaner effluent. Therefore, zeolite provides a significant enhancement of the activated sludge sewage treatment process. It is important to note these advantages are not limited to municipal systems and they are equally applicable to many industrial situations.

One of the key outcomes of zeolite technology is the increased biomass in the treatment process. Zeolite is highly porous and contains many channels for which bacteria can grow. Zeolite attracts waste by physical, electrical and chemical means to form more compact groupings, or bacterial flocs.