For those employed in the beverage, dairy, food, pulp and paper and other industrial fields, the concept of sustainability is becoming a greater operational concern with every passing day. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, sustainability is “a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.” Wikipedia […]
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The country’s leading producer of Swiss cheese produces over 200,000 lbs of cheese daily. In addition, the company supplies whey products, dairy proteins, and powders to food manufacturers. These resulting waste streams are sent to the facility’s wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), which is an aerobic treatment system utilizing the activated sludge process. Components of this […]
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A midwestern wet corn miller contacted us when it began experiencing treatment issues. Wet corn milling plants typically produce a broadly diversified line of products including maltodextrin products, corn syrup solids, starches, ethyl alcohol, and more. The company’s wastewater treatment plant employed two stages of biological treatment – anaerobic pretreatment and aerobic final treatment with […]
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How much gas can you produce? No, not personally. We’re talking about the potential to produce biogas, a valuable energy source, from a waste or substrate. This determination can be made using a simple and inexpensive procedure to check relative anaerobic activity and biodegradability: the Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) test. A laboratory evaluation can provide […]
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