Probiotic Solutions Says Its Wastewater Treatment Products Can Save Municipalities Millions of Dollars
GILBERT, Ariz. – Nov. 30, 2011 – With the challenges of the current down economy and the need to save money, Probiotic Solutions says its cost-effective, environmentally friendly process for treating wastewater will pique the interest of environmental engineers and municipalities nationwide. The company claims its Probiotic Solutions product line can treat wastewater for as little as one-tenth the cost of the engineered solutions — such as building a bigger, better plant or dredging. Plus, less sludge removal means less landfill waste.
Using its trademarked Micro Carbon Technology as its base material, the Probiotic Solutions’ process adds a biostimulant that not only affects the chemistry of the water but also affects the colonization and diversity of the microbial population within the water column. According to the company, this allows the water column to have a better carrying capacity for the load that it’s given, and thus the treatment is more efficient and cost effective than the millions spent by municipalities nationwide for facility upgrades.
For example, the City of Ithica, New York is planning a $20 million reconstruction of the city's water treatment plant. The New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection has given its blessing to Middletown’s plan to dredge a portion of its Shadow Lake, a $2.7 million project. And in Towson, Md., the city recently announced the completion of the $4.7 million Pleasure Island Dredging and Living Shoreline Enhancement Project.
In these three cases, assuming the bulk of the materials to be removed are volatile, organic waste solids, Probiotic Solutions representatives say it can or would have saved each of these cities up to $18-, $2.4- and $4.2-million, respectively. The company has numerous case studies on its website showing the success it’s had with municipal wastewater treatment facilities, food-processing plants and agricultural waste facilities, as well as bioremediation projects.
“The Probiotic Solutions products improve odor control, decrease BOD and COD levels, improve settleability of the loads, and improve the efficiency of wastewater treatment plants so that they can better handle the load. This eliminates the need to do very costly, engineered upgrades to the plant because it now has a higher capacity,” said Lyndon Smith, president of Bio Huma Netics, the parent company of Probiotic Solutions. “Typically the engineer wants to build a bigger, better plant, which costs millions of dollars. Our products biologically dredge lagoons with a simple additive, much like adding new software to an existing computer makes it run more efficiently.”
Smith says Probiotic Solutions mainly targets wastewater treatment plants with an inefficient solids destruction process. If a plant is already at 100 percent efficiency, then his products do not have the same impact. The company also targets food processing, industrial, petroleum, chemical, rendering, and pulp and paper facilities.
“We can take a plant that’s at 60 percent efficiency and have a significant effect on it,” he said. “Our focus is aerobic, biological treatment. That’s what we’ve found success with. There are no other products like ours in the market.”
Bio Huma Netics, now in 17 countries worldwide, uses its Micro Carbon Technology to also produce lines of commercial fertilizers for agriculture and turf.
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About Bio Huma Netics Inc. (Parent Company of Probiotic Solutions)
Using its proprietary Micro Carbon Technology™, Bio Huma Netics creates technologically advanced solutions designed to increase the efficiency and productivity of agriculture, turf and ornamentals, wastewater treatment, and other environmental applications. The company now offers more than 70 products for a variety of important uses, including Huma Gro® biological soil activators and foliar nutrients for agricultural production, as well as turf and landscape management, and Probiotic Solutions® biostimulants and nutrients for wastewater management and environmental markets. Bio Huma Netics, founded in 1973, is headquartered in Gilbert, Ariz. For more information, call 1-800-961-1220 or visit www.bhn.us or www.priobiotic.com.
Contact:
Jeff Pizzino, PR agency (480-606-8292 or jeff@pizzinovations.com)
Diana Burtrum, Probiotic Solutions (800-961-1220, x206 or diana@probiotic.com)
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