Cleaning Swine Manure Lagoons with Bioremediation September 7, 2006
Posted by Bioremediation Technologies in Animal Waste Lagoons, Bioremediation Products, Bioremediation for Agriculture.add a comment
We used our bioremediation products on an unusual application: swine manure lagoons. Frankly, I didn’t know if it would work, but we gave it a try. Dick Marshall, a friend of mine, manufactures a terrific product called Quellz. It acts as a steroid for the microbes, so using both Biocritters and Quellz, he applied both to a 3,000,000-gallon swine manure pond.
The goals were to –
- clarify the water,
- reduce the horrendous odor (don’t go near a swine lagoon if you can help it!) and
- reduce the bottom sludge levels from 11 inches to 6 inches, in six months.
Ta-dah! In 30 days we reduced the sludge level to 4 inches. (Their measurements.)
How did we do it? Well, our Biocritters were merely broadcast as far out (read that as “tossed”) all around the circumference of the animal waste pond, and that was it. The Quellz microbial accelerant was poured in near the incoming material from the hogs.
Dick can be reached by email. Save yourself some money, and buy his product directly from him.
Note: Quellz is an enzymatic product for odor control and sludge reduction in animal waste lagoons and aquatic species ponds. The enzymes work in a wide pH range (4-10), have good thermal stability and can be effective in either an anaerobic or aerobic modality, although they work best in an aerobic environment. (From National Hog Farmer magazine)
Bioremediation Products for Cleaning DDT August 28, 2006
Posted by Bioremediation Technologies in Bioremediation for Agriculture, Experimental Bioremediation, Remediating DDT.add a comment
About a year ago, we were approached by an outfit in Canada that had a problem with DDT seeping into their ginseng plants.
I didn’t know this at the time, but it seems that some of the best ginseng in the world is grown in Canada, then shipped to China where it is ground up, put into small bags with Chinese writing on it, then promptly shipped back to the good old USA and sold in our health food stores! Don’t figure! Oh well!
In any case, the Chinese complained that the ginseng contained elements of DDT. So we sent some of our bioremediation products to Canada and didn’t hear anything for about three months. Then, we got a call saying that our stuff worked with lab results and everything to prove it. And, of course, we got more orders, which we really like.
The point of all of this is that if you have a contaminant that you aren’t sure if bioremediation will work, talk to us and we might be able to figure something out. We also did this with PCE and have had great success with this as well.
Give us a call for a low (read no) pressure talk about how we can help you.
Jerry Coon
Catalina Biosolutions, LLC
520-591-0560
