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BIDA - Biodynamic Aerobic System
Our patented Biodynamic Aerobic (BIDA®) System catalyzes the digestive power of worms and microbes to remove up to 99% of wastewater contaminants within four hours. In doing so, we produce high quality water which can be reused for agricultural irrigation, discharged to the city at reduced fees, or disposed of over fewer acres to meet if not exceed nutrient management goals. We also generate worm castings which is a nutritious and valuable soil amendment utilized to improve crop yield, soil health, and carbon sequestration. Coupled with studies that show we reduce GHG emissions by 91%, we offer a high impact nature based solution.
BioFiltro strives to receive and process wastewater as it is generated to reduce potential for odors and methane generation.
Water flows from the source point and, if necessary, through a solid separator before arriving to an equalization tank. Here, BioFiltro’s telemetry system monitors the water’s characteristics, adjusts pH if necessary, and triggers the intermittent irrigation batch process.
We use a mixture of wood shavings and chips to provide a medium for the formation of biofilm, a slimy film consisting of billions of hungry microbes and bacteria who feed off of the organic matter and nutrients in the water. And thanks to our intermittent irrigation process, the wood shaving is constantly absorbing and releasing water, thereby assisting the deliverance of nutrients and matter to the biofilm. It also provides our worms with a comfortable living environment and, as a carbon based medium, energy should a worm need an extra snack.
Geotextiles or permeable textile material, is placed between each media layer to prevent the migration of worms and shavings into the rock layer, rocks into the drainage basins, etc. It also provides another medium for the formation of biofilm.
A layer of crushed rock is installed with customers need to remove nitrogen as it cultivates a biofilms with strength in denitrification nitrification. It also helps maintain an air chamber within the system to provide aerobic conditions to the bottom of the wood shaving layer.
The drainage basins are thick pallets that line the floor of the system. Their sole purpose is to maintain an air chamber which is passively ventilated through the PVC vent pipes that run along the side of our system. Being an aerobic treatment system enables us to provide odorless wastewater treatment solutions which helps mitigate the emission of GHG.