EPA Grants BCR Environmental National PSRP Equivalency For Its CleanB Process

Provides wastewater treatment operations huge cost reductions for design, construction, operation, disposition, and energy

BCR Environmental (BCR), the first and only innovator of wastewater and organic waste treatment technologies to obtain nationwide EPA regulatory approval for a Class B biosolids treatment process, today announced that the EPA’s Pathogen Equivalency Committee has granted its CleanB process National PSRP (Process to Significantly Reduce Pathogens) Equivalency. BCR President and CEO Aaron Zahn explained the positive ramifications for municipal wastewater treatment operations, “The CleanB process is a digester in a box. It eliminates the need for costly and large-footprint digestion infrastructure,” he said. “This translates into huge cost reductions for design, construction, operation, disposition, and energy for municipalities that need to meet population growth or Class B regulatory compliance. In addition, the CleanB process provides substantial reductions in energy consumption, improvements in odor control by production of odorless biosolids cake, and reduces nutrient return loads created by digestion processes.”

The simple one-stage CleanB process is a plug-flow, aerobic/chemical process that utilizes the addition of chlorine dioxide to disinfect, remove odor, and enhance dewatering of secondary sludge. CleanB is a very simple treatment process to use and implement with low capital and operating costs. It also treats biosolids in an odorless manner to meet Class B regulatory requirements for beneficial reuse in accordance with Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 503 and allows for a number of other beneficial reuse strategies that may otherwise not be practical.

Modular and highly scalable, the CleanB system may be mobilized or permanently installed onsite. Because it can eliminate aerobic digestion, thickening systems, odor-control systems and other energy-intensive equipment, a wastewater treatment plant’s energy and physical footprint typically are dramatically reduced.

In the first year of full-scale operation at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, the CleanB system saved the base $75,000 in energy costs and $105,000 in total operating costs, which translates into $2.9M over the 20-year life of the project, with a payback (including equipment costs) of less than 10 years. In addition to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of approximately 480 tons in the first year, improved dewatering of biosolids decreased the total volume of biosolids, resulting in the elimination of 12 truckloads, with an average annual savings of over $10,000 on hauling and disposition. Polymer consumption was reduced by 71 percent as well.

About BCR Environmental
BCR Environmental Corporation (BCR) is a U.S.-based developer of innovative, scalable, economical, and environmentally advantageous wastewater treatment and conversion technologies. BCR’s patented solutions—CleanB, CleanB-AC and Neutralizer—are the first EPA-approved technologies for binding nutrients into and reducing biosolid mass for the creation and beneficial reuse of high-quality marketable end products. Filling a centuries-old gap left by traditional technologies, BCR technologies simplify and enhance disinfection, stabilization, deodorization and reduction of biosolid and organic waste mass. In addition, they reduce energy consumption by approximately 95 percent and eliminate nutrient pollution by keeping nutrients in the biosolids. By reducing the facility size needed for wastewater treatment and organic waste/biosolids management, BCR technologies help eliminate the need for costly plant expansions to meet increasing demand, and allow existing plants to repurpose tanks for storm water run-off, reuse water storage and other environmentally beneficial practices. For more information, visitwww.bcrenv.com