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AgriCultures
are a highly economical, fast-working, efficient solution for the
remediation of industrial waste sites and the maintenance
of all types of sewage systems.
What
are typical problems on these sites? 
Within the waters and sludge
of the typical sewage treatment plant, animal rendering plant, or dairy
farm lagoon, every conceivable type of pollutant can be found, including
high concentrations of pathogens.
Without exception, all of these locations
are plagued with odors and persistent sludge which can accumulate to
many feet in depth across the entire lagoon. As a result, difficulty
in meeting permit limits, excessive filamentous bacteria, poor settling,
foaming, loss of nitrification, reduced treatment process effectiveness
and efficiency and plant upsets become major concerns.
These problems can become so severe that
many such businesses and treatment plants have been put on notice by
Federal Regulatory Agencies to either rectify the situation or face
loss of permitting to operate and a forced closure of business.
What is the difference between commonly used enzymes and effectual
bacteria in the remediation of septic and sewage systems?
Wastewater
treatment has increasingly become a major concern with many seeking more
“natural” and environmentally friendly treatment methods. Although enzymes
have been introduced into many systems, bacteria
are much more effective, and greater attention is now being paid to
them. Below is an explanation of the difference between enzymes and
bacteria in such usage:
Enzymes are proteins and
are solely a food source for bacteria. They will not reduce or degrade
sludge by themselves.
Bacteria is needed, and bacteria from the waste material is most
often not sufficient to effectively or quickly degrade the sludge, which
results in systems going out of balance.
Bacteria
(micro-organisms,
microbes) are a diverse group of single-celled organisms that constantly
produce enzymes as needed, thus maintaining the necessary balance in
enzyme levels. In sewage treatment, the proper combination of specific
bacteria, such as found in AgriCultures, will constantly produce
enzymes to enable the bacteria to use the sewage as source of
nourishment.
To
summarize, enzymes
can be pumped forever into any sewage or septic system but will be of no
value unless there are the necessary quantities of bacteria present for
degradation of the sludge. The proper combination of bacteria produces
their own enzymes as required to enable those bacteria to effectively
“eat up” the waste material.
How
do AgriCultures help?
AgriCultures
address the problems by effectively reducing and eliminating sewage
sludge. In addition, AgriCultures is a patented combination of live
bacteria (not freeze dried nor in a powder form) that are facultative,
which means they work with or without oxygen, and eliminate the
costly necessity of aeration.
The multiple strains of bacteria
included in the patent are selected from desirable species of microbes,
isolated and grown under conditions which acclimate the microbes to
the specific site. These cultured strains are then blended into varying
proportions based upon the type of exoenzymes they produce and the type
of waste to be digested or the specific problem to be addressed. See
article: "Using
'Bugs' to Treat Wastewater" published
in
Environmental Technology magazine.
It has been repeatedly demonstrated
that the components found in AgriCultures, when
introduced into such a hostile environment as found within these lagoons,
have immediately gone to work quickly addressing and reversing the problems.
The results have been regulatory approval and reinstatement of permitting
and business operations.
But that is not where it ends.
After the initial inoculations, AgriCultures continue their ongoing process of
bioremediation, reducing sludge
and eliminating countless problems typically found within such lagoons
by bringing life to a formerly dead, lifeless system. AgriCultures
also assist in reducing the odors present by attacking and remediating
the hydrogen sulphide, a source of the odors found in these lagoons.
“Wow! Is this how
it’s supposed to look? What an improvement!”
Comment from staff of Island Processing Company.
Click for full
story
How
are the cultures applied? 
Inoculation of the lagoons can be accomplished
in several ways: introducing the cultures at the inflow to the lagoon,
by aerial application, or from the lagoon’s shoreline with the use of
high pressure hoses. The method of choice is determined by the located
pockets of sludge within the lagoon being treated.
The ratio of application
is determined
by the sludge volume and acre feet/volume of the lagoon in question, type
of system to be inoculated, and types of pollution to be remediated.
It has been found that, on average, a 1:3
ratio (one gallon of AgriCultures per three cubic yard of sludge) works
very well.
“What
the hell did you put in there? . . .” asked
Environment Canada representatives. Click
for full story
What
results can I expect?
Within a few days after the initial inoculation
of a “dead” lagoon, bubbling activity is evident, spreading life throughout
the lagoon in all directions as the cultures take hold and begin their
ongoing process of sludge and pollutants elimination. In locations where
sludge depths are excessive and extremely dense, major eruptions occur.
These eruptions, measuring two to three feet in diameter, are the result
of the cultures’ activity within the denser sludge, breaking up the solids
to a much finer state or density in the process of elimination.
The unique bacterial blend in AgriCultures
is formulated to be a powerful combination of facultative bacterial cultures,
designed for the efficient and rapid bio-treatment of all types of sewage
lagoons.
In 1993, Sanitherm Engineering
Limited, a North Vancouver, B.C. sewage plant design company, conducted independent tests on AgriCultures
to determine the cultures’ effects on sewage. They were amazed with
the results. Shortly thereafter, the Swan-e-set Bay Country Club
sewage system, designed by Sanitherm, was inoculated with
AgriCultures.
For an example, you
can view detailed schematics and monitoring results from the Crofton/Duncan
Sewage Facilities in British Columbia. (See photos below)
What kind of
costs can I expect?
For in situ
bioremediation of sewage lagoons, package costs are based on site
accessibility, location, and the number of cubic yards of
sewage sludge involved. As a general rule, application costs usually range
anywhere from $25.00 to $40.00 per cubic yard of sludge.
The sludge
depth readings, required to determine the volume of sludge
present, are the responsibility of the sewage treatment plant and taken
before the project is begun and after its completion.
SITE
PHOTOS
Crofton/Duncan Sewage Plant Holding Tanks
During treatment
with AgriCultures
Click
here for photo enlargements
and details of monitoring results
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