Hi Chris, sorry but with all ...

Published July 20, 2017 02:54 by Florence Cattin, Employee at Please see. http://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-cattin-07b4574b

Hi Chris, sorry but with all due respect, your question was not very clear (nothing to do with bad mediation it seems); as indicated below, bacteria indeed is the solution, you can try with yogurts, I know it sounds too simple but have heard that it often does the job instead of buying expensive bacteria (not always available in remote locations). Good luck!

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Yogurt is made using Lactobacillus species, which thrive in an anaerobic environment and derive energy through lactic acid fermentation. These are NOT the right species for an aerobic treatment plant.

If yogurt does work, I suspect it would be due to the other nutrients in there such as sugars and fats which your aerobic bacteria can consume for energy.

Animal carcasses contain lots of bacteria specialising in breaking down fats and proteins, which are present in wastewater too, so as long as those bacteria are primarily aerobic species it is going to help.

Published July 20, 2017 15:43 by Jeremy Biddle, Engineering Director at Bluewater Bio

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Without getting into a too and fro match, they key word/phrase was re-seeding an SBR , not reusing dead biomass. This in itself changes the whole question does it not ?

Thanks for your reply, I have also heard of animal carcass , but that I said a bit extreme

Published July 20, 2017 08:12 by Chris Riley, Water/Waste water treatment operator/Plumber at Broadspectrum

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