9 Articles found
Bio Systems Europe Articles
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Insitu Soil Remediation case study
A burst storage tank resulted in severe pollution beneath a building. Using EU70 and added nutrients the contractor was able to use insitu remediation techniques to very quickly reduce the contaminates to levels well below those required by the ...
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Petrol and heating oil bioremediation using EU70 (case study)
As a result of an accident a tanker lost its load of petrol and heating fuel. A large quantity of fuel approximately 2000 litres soaked into the soil. Analyses revealed that the average level of hydrocarbons present was in the order of 0.55 %. The ...
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Recovery of Nitrification pharmaceutical company case study
One Sunday in May our weekend standby service received a telephone call from a pharmaceutical company who’s waste water treatment system had suffered a plant upset, thought to have occurred the previous day, resulting in the loss of ...
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Removal of sludge deposits from the floor of a lagoon case study
Massive fat oil and grease sludge deposits on the floor of the lagoon were contaminating the lagoon in the following pictures. The depth of these deposits was such that they were protruding through the surface of the water. The customer required ...
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Spilled heavy grade heating oil case study
Heavy fuel oil escaped from a storage tank and entered the drainage system of a large creamery. This material passed to the aerated balance tank which precedes an activated sludge system treating the factory waste waters. Alerted to the spillage the ...
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Abattoir, commissioning of activated sludge plant case study
This abattoir’s ancient activated sludge system needed complete refurbishment requiring the aeration tank to be drained. A characteristic of the waste water is its consistently very high ammonia concentration. The activated sludge system has ...
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Algae Removal case study
Best results are achieved with standing water or contained systems. The product works by eating the nutrients that the Algae require thus preventing growth. When used as directed the products are harmless to people and marine life. Algae thrive on ...
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Poultry processing - Ammonia removal case study
Background: A poultry plant in the South of England processes up to 100,000 birds per week. The company operates an Activated Sludge plant followed by a Rotating Biological Contactor the whole system being required to produce effluent ammonia of 20 ...
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Fat Trap case study
During the summer season at a busy National Park, we were asked to give assistance with a blocked soakaway drain. Due to the location and the time of year the soakaway had to be treated rapidly and with the minimum of disturbance. Then drain ...