At BES Water Solutions, we have been hard at work in continuing our mission in developing clean water solutions. We recently finished our very first MBBR, which stands for Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor. Some could call it a fancy water heater for a wastewater lagoon. It was important for us to complete the MBBR now, because as winter approaches and water temperature drops, less and less ammonia is naturally released from the lagoon. This machine and process will allow for continued ammonia reduction all winter long. We will highlight some of our technologies in a post soon, but for today, we wanted to share some photos that we think are pretty cool.
But first, a simple explanation on wastewater lagoons. The idea behind the lagoon system is to allow natural settling and digestion of organic matter through a series of water bodies. These bodies of water are also called "cells". Cell one is typically the largest and carries the bulk of the work in getting the initial digestion going. The remaining cells are there to continue settling and digesting and have clean water flow out in the end. At BES Water Solutions, we believe the principle is sound, but years of build up and abuse, can make the systems not operate at intended efficiencies.
All summer we had been treating the lagoon water, even with an aquatic plant called Lemnoideae, or Duckweed, covering the surface. While unsightly, it does not cause issues to our system. The treatment was with dissolved oxygen from our Dissolved Oxygen Machine (DOM) and healthy blends of bacteria, yeast and enzymes.
Finally, the wind decided to shift in our favor, and let us see what had been transforming out of sight all that time.
CLEAR WATER!
BES Water Solutions has been at this lagoon system for just five months, and we couldn't be happier to have approximately eight feet of water clarity! In fact, we believe we can see clearly now, even in wastewater!
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