What can BugJuice do for your digester?
The catalysts in BugJuice convert insoluble BOD to soluble simple sugars and materials so the bacteria can digest it. This process promotes great digester sludge reduction.
Many new wastewater treatment plants do not have primary treatment. This means the aeration basin catches everything including hard-to-digest fats, surfactants, paper products, and complex chemistries sent by industries.
In other words, all the insoluble BOD goes into the digester or sludge storage tank, and BugJuice is going to significantly reduce it. If you think filaments are causing poor settling, contact the Aquafix Laboratories for microscopic analysis.
BugJuice Benefits
- Improves settling
- Improves dewatering
- Reduces digester sludge volume
- Lowers polymer use
- Lowers sludge hauling
BugJuice reduced both polymer cost and sludge hauling, while (far right) increasing the percent cake solids.

A municipal wastewater operator was called down to the plant at 1 a.m. on a Saturday to find 6 feet of foam on the basins. A company had rinsed out 5 gallons of surfactant out of an old barrel with no idea how it was going to foam in the wastewater plant. The company apologized, only to repeat the same mistake six months later. This time the plant knew the culprit.
The Story Behind BugJuice
Four years ago we visited Jim, a wastewater operator who wanted a product to put in his aerobic digester to reduce sludge and save hauling costs. Our lab researched and ran tests to understand why certain materials and solids were not breaking down properly. It took two years to create a biochemical catalyst this powerful and helpful to the bacteria.
We took it to Jim, and it improved his settling and reduced his hauling by 40%. Jim and many operators continue to use our BugJuice and swear by it.
Companion Products
AQUABACxt + BugJuice: while AQUABACxt alone can kill midge flies, powerful lasting results come when using it in conjunction with BugJuice.
AQUABACxt is a highly effective, US EPA-registered biological larvicide. It contains a species of bacteria called bacillus thuringiensis (BT), an approved larvicide for controlling red worms and midge flies in wastewater treatment plants. To work, AQUABACxt must be able to reach the midge fly larvae, red worms. This is where BugJuice comes in to aid the larvicide. Red worms will use BOD to build protective cocoons around themselves, which AQUABACxt cannot penetrate. BugJuice degrades these cocoons so that the larvicide can fully reach the red worms.
Bruce Neerhof –
Fantastic product! Increased my aerobic digester sludge from 1.7% to 3.7%. Cut my sludge hauling by half! If you don’t completely empty your digester when hauling, the remaing sludge with bug juice will reseed and very addtional product is needed to maintain.
Pat –
What the heck is in this stuff, my settling has improved and I am hauling about 1/2 of what I was!
Jeff –
We were always having problems getting our digester to settle, BugJuice really helped, we really saved on polymer too. Our polymer use has been cut in half since using the Bug Juice. With the price of polymer going up and up, using the Bug Juice to reduce our sludge production really pays off. I highly recommend it. Bug Juice Rocks.
Guy –
I know it’s working because I am decanting more water. With the price of gas, this is much cheaper than hauling,
Brent K. –
The BugJuice product really turned up our treatment of midges with the AQUABACxt. Great product. It also gave us some real clarity improvements.
Alex –
There is no maybe I’m getting more water off my tanks, it’s more like wow… we haul twice a year and usually we’re full by this time. I still have plenty of room for few months and only started using this juice few months ago. I’m going to use it from now on to see if we really can cut our hauling in half. It looks promising at this time. Thanks for inventing this product, will keep using as long as it makes financial since.