bio-remediation
A major concern in the environment today is the contamination from waste
dumps and effluent water systems. These above ground storage systems tend
to develop thick surface crusts with heavy settling of solids at the bottom,
commonly producing foul odours. They are also the breeding ground for
mosquitoes and other disease carrying insects.
The cause of these waste problems is simple. Unstable mixtures suffocate
the natural biological activities in the pond. Healthy bacterial organisms
that normally convert the waste into usable nutrients die from “overload”.
The solution to a healthy waste effluent system is to bring the natural
microbial activity back into balance.
“Bio-remediation” is the application of biological
treatment to the cleanup of unwanted contaminants. In other words, it
biodegrades harmful chemicals such as gasoline, diesel, oil, pesticides
and other organic compounds into simple residues such as carbon dioxide,
cellular protein, mineral salts and water, which can be safely recycled
and absorbed back into the environment. To do this, it incorporates the
use of micro-organisms such as bacteria and fungi as well as the catalytic
action of enzyme bio-chemistry.
Unlike other remedial technologies, bio-remediation successfully converts harmful materials into non-hazardous components. Bio-remediation is cost effective, environmentally sound, and increasingly the preferred choice of remedial technology for cleanup operations.
The SANJIBAN MicroActive family of products are liquid stimulators developed from a complex fermentation process. Easy-to-apply, non-toxic, completely safe and 100% natural, MicroActive products are not bacterial cultures or odour-maskers, but organic extracts enriched with natural enzymes that activate and rapidly multiply healthy organisms already present in the effluent system. As these micro-organisms biodegrade the waste, the digestive process changes from anaerobic to aerobic, thus quickly reducing offensive odours.
Bio-remediation systems often do not produce early results, requiring time to adapt and establish bacterial colonies that must also grow insitu to effectively continue remedial work. SANJIBAN MicroActive products do not contain any live organisms or bacteria. The SANJIBAN bio-remediation method is to “supercharge” the colonies of microbes that already exist in the effluent and are working to break down the waste materials. SANJIBAN produces larger amounts of self-generating dissolved and free oxygen that inhibits odour-causing anaerobic activity.
Properly applied, it is nature’s own odour-neutralisation process recreated and captured in a balanced micro-ecosystem.
However, MicroActive products will also stimulate and expand lab-cultured bacterial colonies which may be introduced into the waste ponds to enhance biological remediation.
MicroActive products are effective in various types of effluents containing lignin, oils, brewery wastes, paper pulp wastes, food processing residues, livestock wastes, chemical plant wastes, sewage etc. They are also effective over a wide range of pH levels and temperatures. Since they are in liquid form, bacterial stimulation is immediate. The custom-designed cocktail of enzymes effectively emulsifies and breaks down fats, oils, greases, and other organic contaminants to enable the bacterial population to easily degrade them. The net effect of SANJIBAN MicroActive is a reduction in TSS, BOD and COD levels.
Along with reducing odours and breaking up crusts and solids, the biological activity stimulated by MicroActive products also helps the waste retain more nutrient value. In composts, there is a marked increase in organic matter as well as in macro and micronutrients. This is a direct result of a healthy and balanced microbial activity, with less of nutrient waste as a result of reduced losses in gases, settling and crusting. Often, the value of the retained nutrients more than compensates for the treatment of MicroActive treatment.
The essence of the SANJIBAN MicroActive bio-remediation system is a synergistic action: acceleration of insitu microbial growth and break down of the complex molecules present in the wastes through catalytic enzymes.
This synergistic action results in an enhanced and accelerated bio-remedial process. Bio-augmentation with MicroActive results in a probiotic action that induces a population shift from undesirable to desirable organisms that can then dominate microbial activity.
SANJIBAN MicroActive aims to provide a natural solution to effluent treatment to enable the total return of waste waters to life-supporting oxygenated water systems fit for farming and agriculture.
ADVANTAGES OF SANJIBAN MicroActive TREATMENT
- Will lower BOD/COD levels
- Will lower (TSS) Total Suspended Solids
- Will reduce (FOG) Fat/Oil/Grease levels
- Will increase MLSS levels
- Will eliminate waste odours
- Will increase water clarity
- Will enable water reuse for farming & cultivation
- Will reduce retention time & costs of effluent treatment