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.
BioCord®: A full-scale demonstration project at the Township of Southgate
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In August 2016, Bishop Water in association with Geo-dredging and Dewatering began a BioCord® demonstration project in Dundalk Ontario.
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?
Bishop BioCord Reactors – Simple, low-energy nutrient removal.
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BioCord® Reactors provide a simple, low-energy, fixed-film biological treatment process to dramatically increase the performance of wastewater lagoons and conventional activated sludge systems for ammonia, BOD and TSS removal.
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.
Webinar – BioCord Basics
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See how easy-to-use, low-energy BioCord technology is able to dramatically improve year-round nutrient and organic removals without the hefty capital and operating costs of more complex systems.
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.