Company ProfileAdditional Projects—Listed by Waste Type
Key: C=Consultancy D=Design DB=Design and Build
Client & Country |
Project Description |
Type | Flow (gpm) | Year |
| AGRICULTURE | ||||
| Thirkleby Livestock (UK) | Design and supply of Polygester packaged anaerobic digestion unit for pig farm | DB | 1 | 1970 |
| Jarvale Ltd (UK) | Treatment of chicken manure by Catox Process to produce a recyclable effluent and recover protein as feed for the pig industry | DB | 40 | 1970 |
| Rowden Farms (UK) | Treatment of pig slurry to achieve an effluent quality for stream discharge and control odor | DB | 22 | 1970 |
| B. Powell (UK) | Anaerobic digestion of combined chicken litter and pig slurry to remove odor and produce a clean biogas for electricity generation | DB | 10 | 1979 |
| Etablissement Ferard (France) | Anox Process treatment of pig slurry incorporating anaerobic digestion and utilizing the biogas to drive two generators, the biomass as an organic fertilizer and the water for recycle | DB | 50 | 1979 |
| Government (Singapore) | Central anaerobic digestion plant for pig slurry (500,000 pigs) | CD | 400 | 1980 |
| Hoxan Corp. (Japan) | Anox Process treatment of cow slurry from 300 cow dairy farm, to generate electricity from biogas, providing ventilation for housing | DB | 5 | 1980 |
| Manuel Dias (Portugal) | Supply of Polygester for anaerobic digestion of pig slurry and conversion of biogas to electricity | DB | 1 | 1997 |
| Ambilandal (Portugal) | Design and specification for a Central Waste Treatment complex to service over 70 farms with a multiple of wastes from chicken litter, slurries abattoirs and crop residues, with full resource recovery. Based on bio-augmentation (ET Process) | CD | 180 | 1999 |
| Vale de Lama (Portugal) | Full ET Process design for 3,000 cow dairy herd to treat slurry and milking parlour washings for resource recovery of biogas, biomass and water, and set up of secondary farm unit with greenhouses (CO2 enriched) and hydroponics | CD | 60 | 1998 |
| Greenvale (UK) | Supply chicken litter liquefying and pre-digestion system, utilizing bio-augmentation to produce a domestic liquid garden fertilizer | DB | 1 | 2000 |
| BREWERIES | ||||
| Carlsberg (France) | Report and recommendations to improve performance of existing activated sludge plant. Introduced bio-augmentation. Plant was operating correctly within 10 days | C | 2000 | 1978 |
| Chosun Brewery (Korea) | Full scheme designed for anaerobic digestion followed by bio-oxidation and use of methane for energy (Anox Process) | D | 360 | 1979 |
Oriental Brewing (Korea) |
Anox Process for full treatment of washwater and waste beer | D | 450 | 1980 |
| Swan Brewery (Australia) | Addition of anaerobic digestion to existing treatment plant and incorporation of bio-augmentation to establish resource recovery— based on ET Process | D | 620 | 1983 |
| Castlemaine Perkins— Fourex Brewery (Australia) |
First pilot scale trial of ET Process with bio-augmentation—on total aerobic treatment of all wastes to generate biomass as single cell protein | CDB | 10 | 1985 |
| CARPET MANUFACTURE | ||||
| Youghal Carpets (Eire) | Dye house effluent treatment by Catox Process to recycle standard | CD | 220 | 1976 |
| BSC Export (Yugoslavia) | Anox Process for wool scouring effluent with high levels of grease and COD | CD | 260 | 1977 |
Carpet Trades (UK) |
As above but combining both wool scouring and dye house effluent treatment | CD | 320 | 1978 |
| CMC (UK) | As above | CD | 500 | 1978 |
| CERAMICS | ||||
| Price & Kensington (UK) | Re-drainage of site and collection of all wastewater, precipitation and filtration of slip and recycling of water | DB | 2 | 1970 |
| P. Santos (Portugal) | Precipitation of solids in wastewater and removal by centrifuge | DB | 3 | 1996 |
| COMPOSTING | ||||
| Colex (Singapore) | Treatment of lagoon holding leachate run-off from composting piles of domestic refuse by bio-augmentation | C | – | 1985 |
| Colex (Singapore) | Bio-aeration plant with bioaugmentation to treat leachate on a continuous basis for discharge to stream. | CD | 5 | 1986 |
Organic Industries (Australia) |
Treatment plant for treatment of leachate from stocked piles of compost and establishment of in-vessel composting system utilizing bio-augmentation | CDB | 3 – |
1978 1987 |
| CORK PRODUCTION | ||||
| J.V. Macedo (Portugal) | Pilot study to develop process for the Industry to handle phenols, tannins, color and high COD. Combination of three Everstech processes resulted—ET, Catox and Ecofloc. Biomass recovered as fertilizer and effluent with <20 mg/l COD discharged to stream | CDB | – | 1997 |
| J.V. Macedo (Portugal) | Full scale plant based on new process installed, with water recycled into production | DB | 3 | 1997 |
| Socori (Portugal) | As above | DB | 12 | 1998 |
| Antonio Dias (Portugal) | As above | DB | 3 | 1998 |
| Alvaro Coelho (Portugal) | As above | DB | 15 | 1998 |
| Dimas (Portugal) | As above | DB | 5 | 1999 |
| Portital (Portugal) | As above | DB | 1 | 1999 |
| Norton Amorim (Portugal) | As above | DB | 3 | 1999 |
| MASilva (Portugal) | As above | DB | 20 | 2000 |
| CTCOR (Portugal) | Full ET Process design for 3,000 cow dairy herd to treat slurry and milking parlour washings for resource recovery of biogas, biomass and water, and set up of secondary farm unit with greenhouses (CO2 enriched) and hydroponics | CD | 300 | 2000 |
| DAIRIES—MILK PROCESSING | ||||
| Jacaranda Dairies (Australia) | Aerobic treatment of whey and waste water—based on ET Process for resource recovery | CD | 150 | 1986 |
| Premier Foods (UK) | Rescue of existing aerobic treatment plant with percolating filters and clarifiers choked with milk fat—set up bio-augmentation program | C | 200 | 1987 |
| Lacticoop (Portugal) | Pilot Study on treatability by the ET Process of washwater and whey from cheese manufacture, to recover biogas for energy, biomass for stockfeed and water for stream discharge | CDB | – | 1996 |
| Lacticoop (Portugal) | Full scale plant designed on results of above | D | 250 | 1997 |
| H.P. Hood Inc—Vernon, NY (USA) | Pilot Study on treatment of all wastewater including Whey to generate single cell protein from biosolids and recyclable water | CD | – | 2002/3 |
| California Dairies Inc (USA) | Same as above with option to produce biogas | CD | – | 2002 |
| DOMESTIC REFUSE | ||||
| Thirkleby Livestock (UK) | Design and supply of Polygester packaged anaerobic digestion unit for pig farm | DB | 1 | 1970 |
| Jarvale Ltd (UK) | Treatment of chicken manure by Catox Process to produce a recyclable effluent and recover protein as feed for the pig industry | DB | 40 | 1970 |
| Rowden Farms (UK) | Treatment of pig slurry to achieve an effluent quality for stream discharge and control odor | DB | 22 | 1970 |
| DOMESTIC REFUSE | ||||
| Proene (Portugal) | Feasibility study to establish a national programme of building 22 regional plants to take and treat domestic sewage sludge in combination with refuse—recover all resources such as metals, glass and paper for recycling, and then digest all putrescible matter in combination with biosolids to give methane to drive generators and produce electricity. Estimated capital cost £120 million and estimated revenue after capital write-off and operating costs=£66 million per year | C | – | 1981– 1984 |
| Derby County Council (UK) | Treatment of leachate from landfill sites by biological treatment and bio-augmentation | CD | – | 1984– 1985 |
| St Modwen Properties (UK) | Monitoring landfill sites under and adjacent to shopping and commercial developments for methane and toxic emissions | C | – | 1990– 1995 |
| DOMESTIC SEWAGE | ||||
| UK | About 30 small plants based on conventional design principles such as percolating filters, activated sludge, biodiscs etc. for such clients as West Bromwich Council, British Steel, Cooper Construction, Golf Clubs, Pubs and Hotels | CDB | 1–10 | 1970– 1985 |
| DISTILLERIES | ||||
| Henry Berkel (Germany) | Anaerobic digestion of distillery slop for energy recovery as biogas (methane) for burning in steam boiler | CD | 50 | 1971 |
| Industrial Grain (Canada) | Feasibility study on the treatment of distillery slop to optimize resource recovery | C | – | 1972 |
| Dedini (Brazil) | Anox Process for complete treatment of all wastes from fuel alcohol (ethanol) distillation | CD | 750 | 1973– 1975 |
| CSR (Australia) | Pilot Study and full scale design for sugar alcohol distillery | CD | 600 | 1974 |
| Scotland | Studies for resource recovery from wastes for several Scottish Whisky Distilleries | C | – | 1975– 1977 |
| FISH PROCESSING | ||||
| Limporave (Portugal) | Pilot study and detailed design for central treatment plant to handle the wastewater and fish processing residue from 15 sites, based on the ET Process and bio-augmentation to generate biogas and biomass for marketing. Waste very high in salinity (3–5%) | CD | 270 | 1997– 1999 |
| Pescanova (UK) | As above but from one site | CD | 50 | 1999 |
| FISH FARMS | ||||
| Hooke Springs Trout Farm (UK) | Treatment system based on aerobic bio-filter, zeolite filter and bioaugmentation, to remove ammonia and suspended solids so that water can be recycled and biosolids recovered, saving on operational costs, with closed loop | CDB | 270 | 1990 |
| Fish Farms (UK) | Seven sites similar to above were supplied a full treatment package to recycle water and recover bio-solids as fish feed | CDB | – | 1991– 1995 |
| FOOD PREPARATION AND CANNING | ||||
| Country Kitchen (UK) | Anaerobic digestion of used mushroom compost mixed with pig slurry, for energy recovery and production of a garden compost | CD | 5 | 1975 |
| XL Crisps (UK) | Two stage aerobic treatment with pre-screening, of starch and cooking oil wastes | CDB | 8 | 1975 |
| Walkers Crisps (UK) | Bio-tower pre-treatment of potato processing and cooking effluent | CDB | 100 | 1976 |
| Seoul Miwon (Korea) | Anaerobic digestion of effluent from MSG production, for energy recovery and reduction of load onto bio-oxidation plant existing | CD | 215 | 1976 |
| Cheil Sugar (Korea) | As above | CD | 420 | 1977 |
| Snack Foods Ltd (UK) | Full bio-treatment to river discharge standard of processed foods effluent from starch recovery | CD | 60 | 1980 |
| N.B.Love Pty Ltd.—Australia | Full bio-treatment of effluent from flour milling and processing | CD | 45 | 1986 |
| GALVANIZING | ||||
| Kings Norton Galvanizers (UK) | Neutralization of acid washwaters and separation of precipitated solids | DB | 10 | 1971 |
| Fairmile Lilleshall (UK) | As above | DB | 12 | 1972 |
| GENERAL CHEMICALS | ||||
| Dow Chemical (UK) | Feasibility study to establish viability and treatment required for effluent to be discharged to river instead of municipal sewer | C | 530 | 1975 |
| Nipa Laboratories (UK) | Treatment of a large variety of chemical effluents for discharge to municipal sewer | CDB | 5 | 1974 |
| GREASE TRAP WASTE | ||||
| Australian Resource Recovery | Central grease digestion and resource recovery plant, taking tankered wastes from fast food restaurants, and converting to biomass compost—ET Process with bio-augmentation | CDB | 20 | 1988– 1989 |
Cottonwood Creek Biosystems—Fresno (USA) |
Grease trap wastes, meat processing DAF sludges and rendering wastes—central digestion and resource recovery plant—ET Process, with bio-augmentation producing single cell protein (scPRO) to go into animal and aquaculture feeds | CD | 70 | 2007 |
| LAGOON AND POND TREATMENTS | ||||
See examples at end of document |
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| LEATHER AND TANNING | ||||
| Earls Barton Tannery (UK) | Solids separation, chemical treatment, biological treatment and filtration for discharge to municipal sewer | CDB | 24 | 1975 |
| Saudi Tannery (Saudi Arabia) |
Complete wastewater collection and drainage system to treatment plant as above but discharging to soakaway | CD | 30 | 1976 |
| Packers Tannery (Australia) | Update of existing activated sludge plant and solids separation (centrifuge) and introduction of bio-augmentation | CD | 32 | 1986 |
| Curtume Aveneda (Portugal) | Complete new wastewater treatment plant based on the ET Process following pilot trials | CDB | 25 | 1999 |
| MARINE WASTES | ||||
| Brown & Root (UK) | Developed package waste treatment plant for oil rigs, utilizing biodisc and Catox (catalytic oxidation) with tilted plate separator for oil removal | CD | 10–20 | 1972 |
P & O Lines |
Developed bioaugmentation treatment regime for on-board sewage treatment plants, to improve efficiency and cure odour problems | C | – | 1983 |
| METAL FINISHING | ||||
| Bright Steels (UK) | Neutralization of steel pickling swills, solids removal and recycling of water | DB | 50 | 1971 |
| Electropol Processing (UK) | Treatment and neutralization of plating wastes with solids separation for sewer discharge | DB | 40 | 1972 |
| ADEngineering (UK) | Full plating effluent treatment with chromium reduction and cyanide destruction, neutralization and solids removal by filter press | DB | 35 | 1972 |
| Radiation Gas Fires (UK) | Up date, operation and management of full plating effluent treatment plant | CDB | 25 | 1970– 1980 |
| NON-FERROUS METALS | ||||
| Lamp Caps Ltd (UK) | Brass pickling effluent neutralized and liquid recycled, solids are filter pressed | DB | 20 | 1971 |
| High Duty Alloys (UK) | Aluminium extrusions effluent, coagulation of oil suspension and emulsion, filtration and final effluent recycle | DB | 48 | 1972 |
| Alcan Aluminium (UK) | Extrusion effluent, coagulation, neutralization and solids removal, with water recycle, and sludge cake (Aluminium Hydroxide) sold to sewage industry for flocculating agent | CDB | 100 | 1974 |
| Baxters Bolts (UK) | Coagulation of oil emulsion, solids filtration and water recycle | CDB | 2 | 1974 |
| West Wales Tank Cleaning (UK) | Full treatment of industrial effluents collected by tanker, in a central treatment plant, with recovery of by-products | CD | 52 | 1975 |
| Texaco (UK) | Treatment of heavy tar sludges for land farming, and solidification for fixing toxic elements—Permafix | CD | – | 1975 |
| China Petroleum (Taiwan) | Established bioaugmentation program for the digestion of emulsified and free floating oil in the effluent from the existing treatment plant | C | 1000+ | 1986 |
| PAINT PRODUCTION | ||||
| Lin Pac (UK) | Chemical coagulation and flotation of paint and ink wastes | DB | 12 | 1974 |
Berger (UK) |
Chemical coagulation and flotation for sewer discharge | DB | 15 | 1975 |
| PAPER, PULP AND CARDBOARD | ||||
| Compenia da celulosa (Portugal) | Fibre recovery by screening and chemical treatment, biological oxidation, solids separation and dewatering | CD | 900 | 1978 |
| Wiggins Teape (UK) | Catalytic oxidation (Catox Process) for color removal following bio-treatment | CD | 700 | 1978– 1979 |
| Bark Products (UK) | Anaerobic digestion of paper mill sludge for energy recovery as biogas (methane) | CD | 30 | 1982 |
| PHARMACEUTICALS | ||||
| Nipa Laboratories (UK) | Complex range of over 2,000 products. Total effluent treatment based on anaerobic digestion (Anox) to discharge to river | CD | 1 | 1979 |
| PHENOLS AND CYANIDE | ||||
| Bradley and Foster (UK) | Chemical treatment and catalytic oxidation of fume scrubbing effluent from secondary smelter cupola emissions | CDB | 45 | 1980 |
Effluent Disposal (UK) |
Catalytic oxidation waste tip leachate (phenols) and central treatment of cyanide swills | CDB | 48 | 1981 |
| PLASTICS MANUFACTURE | ||||
| Osma Plastics (UK) | Chemical treatment and filtration of process water for recycling | CDB | 12 | 1982 |
| SLAUGHTERHOUSES | ||||
| Lotte (Korea) | Coagulation and recovery of blood, treatment of remainder of effluent by bio-oxidation—discharge to river | CD | 70 | 1981 |
| Chunho (Korea) | As above | CD | 82 | 1981 |
| Salopak (UK) | Turkey abattoir—full grease separation and biological treatment to discharge to sewer | CDB | 72 | 1982– 1983 |
| Australia | Several abattoirs for total digestion and secondary treatment—ET Process—for recovery of biogas and biomass and partial recycle of final effluent | CD | 90– 400 |
1986– 1990 |
| ED Jones (UK) | Full ET Process generating full by-products from total waste treatment—biogas, biosolids to organic fertilizer and discharge to stream after some recycle. | CDB | 40 | 1991– 1993 |
| Midland Meats (UK) | ET Process—to optimize generation of biomass compost, and biogas, with water recycle or stream discharge | CD | 700 | 1994– 1996 |
Cottonwood Creek Biosystems—Fresno (USA) |
Grease trap wastes, meat processing DAF sludges and rendering wastes—central digestion and resource recovery plant—ET Process, with bio-augmentation producing single cell protein (scPRO) to go into animal and aquaculture feeds | CD | 70 | 2007 |
| STEEL MANUFACTURE | ||||
| Lichfield Foundry (UK) | Scrubbing effluent from cupola—phenols etc, chemical treatment and filtration with discharge to sewer | CD | 64 | 1974 |
Bright Steels (UK) |
Scrubbing effluent from cupola—phenols etc, chemical treatment and filtration with discharge to sewer | CDB | 21 | 1975 |
| STEEL PICKLING | ||||
| Mapplebecks (UK) | Neutralization and solids settlement with sewer discharge | DB | 30 | 1976 |
| SYNTHETIC FIBERS | ||||
| British Celanese (UK) | Organic effluent creating odor problems. Biological/chemical treatment with flotation and filtration—river discharge | CD | 800 | 1983– 1984 |
| TEXTILES | ||||
| E. Fogarty & Co (UK) | Total treatment of dyehouse effluent by Catox for recycle back into dyehouse | CDB | 200 | 1981 |
| E. Fogarty & Co (UK) | Latex coagulation and removal by Hydrasieve | CDB | 20 | 1981 |
| E. Fogarty & Co (UK) | Treatment of feather washing effluent by bio-oxidation and bio-augmentation | CDB | 160 | 1982– 1983 |
| Tan Kein Spring (Korea) | Total treatment of dyehouse effluent and discharge to river | CD | 260 | 1986– 1990 |
| Switzerland | Several small dyehouse effluent treatment systems with Catox | CD | 25– 50 |
1991– 1993 |
| Gaston County Dyeing (USA) | Feasibility study for the total treatment of dyehouse effluent for recycle | C | 100 | 1994– 1996 |
| WINE INDUSTRY | ||||
| Anker Gasquet (France) | Total treatment of winery effluent chemical coagulation, settlement, vacuum filtration, and aeration of existing lagoon—discharge to river | CD | 230 | 1978 |
| Anker Gasquet (France) | Anaerobic digestion of winery effluent for energy recovery | CD | 60 | 1979 |
| Martini (Italy) | Feasibility study on the digestion of winery effluent for energy recovery and compost | C | – | 1979 |
| LAGOONS AND POND TREATMENTS | |
| Part of the exercise in solving a site’s waste problems, is removing the legacy of lagoons that have been badly managed, and have either choked up or are creating odor problems. Listed below are some of the lagoons that have been treated and rescued by the implementation of a properly designed management program, incorporating bioaugmentation. They vary in size from 10,000m3 (2.6 million gallons) to over 1.2 million m3 (over 300 million gallons) | |
| Australia | |
| Aberdeen Meats Metro Meats Australian Meat Holdings AMH Dinmore AMH Rockhampton Kilroy Meats Toowoomba Meats Warwick Woollen Mills Ipswich Wool Washing Ipswich Abattoir (Municipal) Brisbane Abattoir (Municipal) |
A.J. Bush Rendering CSR Sugar—Sarina 30 Piggeries and 20 chicken farms Golden Circle Cannery—Pineapple Processing Packers Tannery Fourex Brewery Cotton Seed Oil Processing Brisbane Tapioca Mill—Starch Wastes N.B. Love—Starch Wastes. Distillery slops—Sarina Queensland McCormacks—Vegetable and Fruit Processing |
| Portugal | UK |
| 14 Pig slurry storage lagoons Petrogal Oil Refinery Lacticoop Dairy effluent storage Lactogal Dairy effluent storage Vale da Lama—cattle slurry storage Olive Oil Wastes |
23 pig slurry storage lagoons 40 slurrystores (tanks) 15 cattle slurry storage lagoons 8 abattoir waste storage lagoons |