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.