Organic loading
Reducing COD and BOD and addressing pollutants entering the biological treatment stage.
BIOFOX application vectors
Water utilities and treatment plants
We use BIOFOX to enhance biological wastewater treatment and process accumulated organic matter. We address two related but distinct objectives: treated water quality and the condition of sludge on sludge beds.
Water quality. Stable biology.
Wastewater treatment, activated sludge and dedicated sludge programmes.
Experience at similar sitesSite challenges
Activated sludge
Supporting biological treatment while accounting for mixed liquor conditions, aeration and sludge return.
Raw sludge and waste activated sludge
Processing the organic fraction of material accumulated on sludge beds. A separate programme is developed for this application.
Odours
Addressing organic material that produces unpleasant odours within treatment facilities and at storage sites.
Experience at similar sites
All stories in this areaTreatment plant · 20,000 m³/day
Improve effluent quality at an operating biological treatment plant and optimise aeration.
Effluent BOD₅78% lower
Explore this storyTreatment plant · 27,000 m³/day
A treatment facility handling approximately 27,000 m³/day. Application began on 5 September 2019.
Lower effluent BOD₅85.9% lower
Explore this storyMixed-flow treatment plant
A programme at a treatment plant receiving mixed wastewater with industrial loading.
Effluent BOD₅2–5 mg/L
Explore this storySludge drying bed
Daily dosing over an 11-week programme. Treatment of raw sludge with monitoring of sludge-bed drainage.
Lower suspended solids92% lower
Explore this storySludge beds. Novosibirsk region.
Novosibirsk region · BIOFOX treatment on 19 October 2022.
Sludge-bed treatment outcomeOdours eliminated
Explore this storyThe economics of an operating facility
More treatment capacity.
Room for savings.
A stable biological stage can create opportunities to optimise aeration. Results are assessed together: treated-water quality and electricity consumption.
Application experience · 20194 of 6 blowers
were switched off after biological stabilisation at a pig-farming facility
≈ 6,5 mg/L
dissolved oxygen was maintained under the adjusted aeration regime
See the site experienceAeration adjustments are agreed by the technologist using dissolved oxygen and effluent analyses. Enter actual power consumption, not the sum of nameplate ratings. The calculator uses 365 days and your tariff; it excludes seasonality, penalties and BIOFOX costs.
More than energy savings
Better treatment.
Smoother site operation.
- Less odourMore comfortable working conditions for staff.
- Reaching discharge limitsAt some sites, treatment quality reached the applicable discharge limits.
- No penalties for resolved exceedancesIn our clients’ experience, meeting the limits ended Rosprirodnadzor penalties for those exceedances.
Calculation method and evidence
Annual savings = power × daily hours × 365 × tariff × reduction fraction. The 2019 analytical note confirms that four of six blowers were stopped; this is a count of units, not a measured percentage of electricity savings.
Section 7.6 of the report for a 27,000 m³/day municipal plant separates introduction, routine dosing and sludge-treatment costs. We follow this approach when costing your programme: product use and costs are related to treatment volume. Historical prices are not presented as a current offer.
Find your facility’s potential.
Start with the process and site data.
Technology in this environment
How BIOFOX is applied
The microorganisms and enzymes in BIOFOX contribute to the biological breakdown of organic pollutants. Treatment plants require consideration of the entire wastewater pathway: reception and equalisation, biological treatment, settling and sludge management.
We select dosing points and schedules to suit the treatment configuration. The analytical team reviews incoming wastewater composition, actual loading and activated sludge operating conditions. For sludge beds, we separately consider the volume of accumulated material, layer thickness and incoming fresh sludge.
Conditions that shape the programme
- Actual, maximum and minimum loading, together with the treatment units and their working volumes.
- Aeration, dissolved oxygen concentration, sludge return and sludge removal.
- Comparable inlet and outlet samples: COD, BOD, suspended solids and other parameters listed in the original questionnaire.
- A separate monitoring series for sludge. Samples of the original material, supernatant water and drainage water are not combined in a single chart.
Three steps to implementation
- 01
Describe the facilities
The original questionnaire and available analyses help identify the limiting factors.
- 02
Receive a programme
The analytical team will identify dosing points and provide recommendations for your treatment configuration.
- 03
Compare the results
Record measurements at agreed sampling points and changes in plant operation.
Relevant materials
Let’s discuss your facility
Send the original questionnaire and available data. Our analytical team will prepare individual recommendations.
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