Applications · Municipal
More treatment capacity and less sludge from municipal plants
Growing populations are pushing treatment plants to their limits. Entrapped microbes deliver more biological activity per cubic metre, and can be retrofitted into existing infrastructure.
The pressure on existing plants
Wastewater volumes are rising with population growth and urbanisation. Conventional biological processes need large reactor volumes, and sludge management makes up roughly 50–70% of operating costs. Building new capacity is slow and expensive.
Lab-scale results
3×higher biological activity than conventional systems
Up to 75%reduction in infrastructure footprint
Up to 40%less sludge, by avoiding excess biomass that must be wasted
~100 mgP/Lphosphorus-rich streams without extra unit processes
What this could mean for a utility
- Capacity without new tanks: upgrade existing reactors rather than building more
- Lower sludge handling and disposal costs
- Phosphorus recovery: concentrated streams ready for downstream recovery
- Low-disruption retrofits to existing infrastructure
Results are from laboratory-scale validation; pilot validation is the next step.
Running out of treatment capacity?
We are looking for water utilities and engineering partners to pilot the technology in municipal settings.