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Bio-domes Offer a Sustainable Waste Water Solution

By Chris de Morsella on February 24, 2011 1 Comment aeration, agricultural runoff, ammonia-nitrogen, aquaculture, beneficial bacteria, beneficial microbial colony, bio-dome, bio-film, bio-shell, biochemical oxygen demand. BOD, biofilm, drinking water, fresh water supply, Inc., mechanical aeration system, NH3/NH4+, OTE, Oxygen Transfer Efficiency, Poo-Gloos, sewage treatment, Suspended growth bacteria, sustainability, sustainable water treatment, total suspended solids, treatmentlagoon, TSS, waste stream, waste water, waste water treatment, Wastewater Compliance Systems, water pollution, water treatment, water‐borne contaminants

Bio-domes are a sustainable low cost water treatment technology that uses just one third the energy of traditional mechanical aeration systems and is also suitable for rural and other communities that currently rely on essentially unimproved treatment lagoons. They work by providing an optimal environment that promotes flourishing communities of beneficial bacterial biofilms that naturally process the dissolved and suspended pollutants in order to cleanse the water.

California American Water Funds 2009 Environmental Grant Program

By Tracey de Morsella on April 28, 2009 Comments Off on California American Water Funds 2009 Environmental Grant Program California, California American Water, community-based environmental projects, drinking water, environment, Environmental Grant Program, Larkfield, Sacramento River Watershed Program, Sonoma County, sustainabilty, watersheds, Wikiup

California American Water is accepting applications for its 2009 Environmental Grant Program. The company will award several grants for a combined total of $10,000 to innovative community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect watersheds and drinking water supplies within the state. A wide variety of conservation projects are eligible for funding, such as watershed cleanups, reforestation efforts, biodiversity projects, streamside buffer restoration projects, wellhead protection initiatives and hazardous waste collection efforts.