New Wastewater Treatment System Runs on Algae

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August 29, 2017

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by Julia Mericle (The Hawk Eye) If Columbus Junction City Council approves the project, they could be first to install new technology in Iowa. — Columbus Junction could count itself among pioneering cities in the struggle to treat wastewater if the city council approves new technology that favors algae over bacteria.

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If installed, Huston said the new system would cost Columbus Junction about $2.2 million, while using the conventional method would cost the city about $4.5 million.

While lower costs ease the minds of city officials, Gross said the process is also the most sustainable and environmentally friendly on the market.

The patent-pending revolving algal biofilm treatment technology, or RAB, grows micro algae on vertical belts that rotate in and out of the wastewater.

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Then, workers can harvest the algae from the system and use it to create products such as biofuels, bioplastics and fertilizers.

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While conventional treatments use bacteria, which becomes a waste product in the process, everything that comes out of the RAB system can be used. READ MORE

Spain: Waste management with micro-algae cultivation (Fresh Plaza)

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