Transforming EBPR: Non-VFA Pathway Success With EOSi’s MicroC® 2000

A Maryland municipality operating a water reclamation plant commissioned an evaluation study to migrate their treatment process toward using EOSi’s non-hazardous MicroC® 2000 carbon sources for enhanced biological phosphorus and chemical oxygen demand removal — while reducing ferric chloride and methanol usage and overall chemical costs.

The application of MicroC® 2000 as an electron donor for enhanced biological removal was evaluated in this full-scale plant, resulting in an average biological phosphorus removal of ~2 mg P/L while maintaining the effluent TP at an average concentration of 0.27 mg P/L.

Using MicroC® and promoting EBPR process reduced FeCl3 usage by 70%, methanol by 35%, and citric acid by 50%.
The total annual saving on chemical usage for this plant was $110,000.