by Technical Expert | Sep 16, 2013 | Ask the Bugman, Wastewater |
Marketers sell bacterial or biocatalyst products by saying, “The concentration is “X” billion per gram!” The “X” is usually between 1 and 10. Selling bacteria by concentration is a popular gimmick, but it has little to do with how a product will perform in a...
by Technical Expert | Dec 28, 2011 | Ask the Bugman, Filaments |
A: High rates of yeast growth in wastewater cause undesirable effects including bulking due to interfloc bridging, discoloring the effluent, and/or producing malodors. Yeast can be filamentous or budding, which are sometimes seen as tetrads under the microscope. The...
by Technical Expert | Dec 28, 2011 | Ask the Bugman, Sludge |
A: Anaerobic digestion uses both facultative (acid-forming) and anaerobic bacteria to degrade BOD. Anaerobic digestors are either very stable and predictable or very vulnerable. Our BioGas1 formula — with its six essential trace metals necessary for the function of...
by Technical Expert | Nov 7, 2011 | Ask the Bugman, Sludge |
Q: Our UASB reactor is not producing adequate sludge granulation or biomass. It starts to build biomass and get good COD removal, but then the granules disperse. We have influent that contains terephthalic acid and acetic acid and conditions that are adequate for...
