Midwest Reclamation EBPR Evaluation: Assessing MicroC® 2000 For Ample Phosphorus Reduction

A midwestern-U.S. water reclamation facility unable to significantly reduce phosphorus with their upgraded activated-sludge process engaged EOSi’s MicroC® evaluation & application support (MEAS) services to test and evaluate whether adding MicroC 2000 carbon sources could boost phosphorus removal performance and achieve permit compliance — without requiring expensive plant upgrades.

This 354 MGD facility has a service area of 300 square miles serving a population of 1.1 million people in a Midwest city.

Prior to investigating carbon addition full scale, the facility’s maintenance, operations, engineering and research teams completed a number of preliminary tests beginning in 2012.