Enhanced Safety & BNR: FL WWTP Migrates from Methanol to Non-Hazardous MicroC® 2000
A Florida municipal wastewater treatment facility using an aging methanol system for biological nitrogen removal switches to non-hazardous MicroC® 2000 carbon sources, avoiding an expensive methanol-system upgrade, maintaining regulatory compliance — and eliminating the need for chemical treatment of phosphorus.
This advanced wastewater treatment plant used methanol for many years as the supplemental carbon source needed to support denitrification for biological nitrogen removal (BNR). When faced with upgrading the aging methanol facility and equipment, the treatment plant chose instead to switch to a safer, non-flammable supplemental carbon source. EOSi helped plant operators plan and execute a successful transition to MicroC 2000®. The treatment plant complied with all effluent discharge requirements for nitrogen throughout the 3-month transition.