Beyond bioaugmentation: BioCord Reactors for winter nitrification
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Bishop Water is partnering with Western University in a new project with BioCord Reactors that aims to further optimize wastewater treatment efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Research aims to reduce GHG, energy use in BioCord® Reactors
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Bishop Water is partnering with Western University in a new project with BioCord Reactors that aims to further optimize wastewater treatment efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
The cold reality of nitrification. Why aerating a lagoon may not improve winter ammonia removal
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Installing or increasing aeration in a wastewater lagoon is a common strategy to improve nitrification and ammonia removal.
BioCord® Reactor installation underway in Gift Lake Metis Settlement
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BioCord® Reactors are being installed in Northern Alberta, marking a significant milestone in a project to improve cold-weather performance for the lagoon system serving the Gift Lake Metis Settlement.
Future proofing your lagoon with BioCord Reactors
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You’ve probably heard of future proofing for things like communication networks, buildings, and energy infrastructure, but what about wastewater treatment lagoons?
The journey to select, design and install a BioCord condominium for bacteria in a far north lagoon
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Every wastewater plant can experience washout—a condition where high hydraulic loading causes microorganisms to be flushed out of a treatment cell at a faster rate than they can be replenished.
Is your lagoon suffering from washout?
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Every wastewater plant can experience washout—a condition where high hydraulic loading causes microorganisms to be flushed out of a treatment cell at a faster rate than they can be replenished.
BioCord Reactors set to provide enhanced ammonia removal for Limoges WWTF
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Bishop BioCord® Reactors are in place at the lagoons of the Limoges WWTF as part of a $10-million project, designed and managed by R.V Anderson Associates Limited, to upgrade the plant’s capacity and performance.
Innovative, low-energy treatment to remove contaminants from process wastewater and ML/ARD
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Case studies as presented at the 2022 Tailings and Mine Waste Conference.
Robust cold-weather performance and lower cost make BioCord® ideal choice for lagoon upgrade in Northern Alberta
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Bishop BioCord® Reactors have been chosen for a unique demonstration project to improve cold-weather biological treatment and effluent quality of the wastewater lagoons serving the Gift Lake Metis Settlement in Northern Alberta.