CounterQuat
TACKLE TOXICITY. CounterQuat is a next-generation biotechnology developed to protect wastewater bacteria from toxicity. It strengthens biomass by providing key nutrients and specialized bacterial cultures. Building resilient floc allows for mitigation of environmental stressors to overcome upsets and improve treatment efficiency.
Overcomes Toxicity and Shield Bacteria: Safeguard wastewater bacteria from toxic shocks, increasing resilience against common cleaning agents like Quats and PAAs.
Next Generation Wastewater Defense: Key nutrients fortify the bacteria's natural polyprotein matrix, enhancing its defense mechanism against environmental toxins.
Robust Plan Operations: Great for systems that experience frequent cleanouts, CounterQuat maintains bacterial health, preventing cloudy effluent and loss of nitrification.
Prevents Toxicity Upsets: Enhancing bacterial resistance not only works well on quats, but also offers protection against other toxic events, like those related to peracetic acid (PAA).
Price range: $235.00 through $10,170.00
Overcomes Toxicity and Shield Bacteria:Safeguard wastewater bacteria from toxic shocks, increasing resilience against common cleaning agents like Quats and PAAs.
Robust Plan Operations: Great for systems that experience frequent cleanouts, CounterQuat maintains bacterial health, preventing cloudy effluent and loss of nitrification.
Next Generation Wastewater Defense: Key nutrients fortify the bacteria's natural polyprotein matrix, enhancing its defense mechanism against environmental toxins.
Prevents Toxicity Upsets:Enhancing bacterial resistance not only works well on quats, but also offers protection against other toxic events, like those related to peracetic acid (PAA).
| Recovering From Severe Toxicity | |
|---|---|
| Initial Dose |
10 gal per 1 MGD per day
|
| Maintenance Dose | 6 gal per 1 MGD per day |
| Preventative Dose | |
|---|---|
| Initial Dose | 4 gal per 1 MGD per day |
| Maintenance Dose | 1 gal per 1 MGD per day |
CounterQuat Dosing:
• Add daily to aeration basin or headworks of plant
• Can be metered in
• Best used as a preventative treatment
• May need to increase dose rates in cold weather
Product Details
Prevent Washouts and Protect Wastewater Biology from Toxic Shocks
CounterQuat™ is an advanced biological solution formulated to defend industrial and municipal wastewater bacteria from toxic inflows—especially those caused by quaternary amines (Quats), peracetic acid (PAA), and other chemical inhibitors. As the use of aggressive industrial cleaners rises, many wastewater treatment plants are at higher risk for biological disruptions. CounterQuat empowers operators to mitigate cell death, prevent washouts, maintain system balance, and restore biomass quickly after toxic events.
Using cutting-edge bioengineering, CounterQuat strengthens the polyprotein matrix that bacteria naturally use to shield themselves from Quats and other toxins. This enhancement improves the microbial community’s resilience, enabling it to maintain BOD removal, flocculation, and settling performance even under chemical stress. The result: faster upset recovery, better ability to regrow mixed liquor, and improved performance in nutrient removal during both standard and high-toxicity conditions.
CounterQuat is ideal for plant startup, influent toxicity protection, or as part of a long-term preventative treatment plan. It introduces a powerful blend of wastewater bugs, oxygen-rich biostimulants, and biocatalysts that help stabilize treatment processes and strengthen biological activity. CounterQuat can be metered upstream, or added directly to the aeration basin or headworks of the plant.
Available in both 55-gallon drums and 275-gallon totes, CounterQuat gives municipal and industrial wastewater operators a proactive strategy to protect against upstream toxins, rebuild microbial life, and reduce the risk of noncompliance.
Product Pairings
Pair with ReBuild for a faster recovery.