Wastewater Treatment Case Studies

Real-world wastewater treatment case studies demonstrating sludge reduction, lagoon capacity recovery, and biological treatment performance improvements.

Drylet case studies demonstrate measurable improvements in sludge reduction, lagoon capacity, and wastewater treatment performance across municipal and industrial systems. Facilities evaluating sludge accumulation or treatment performance challenges can request a technical wastewater system assessment from the Drylet team.

42% Solids Reduction in Industrial Lagoon System

Drylet was tasked with applying its solution to a facility that was experiencing difficulties with breaking down accumulated solids in its wastewater lagoons system, compromising performance.

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Winery Wastewater Teatment Works Achieved 95–99% reductions in COD, BOD, Solids, Ammonia and Odors with Drylet + UFB in 28 Days.

Winery wastewater treatment works achieved 95–99% reductions in COD, BOD, solids, ammonia and odors with Drylet + UFB in 28 days.

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58% Total Solids Reduction in 8MG Lagoon

Solids build-up in this open anaerobic lagoon in Tennessee was hampering operations at a large US industrial food waste rendering plant.

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95–99% Organic Load & Odor Reduction in 28 Days at 3.5 MLD Industrial WWTW

A 3.5 MLD industrial wastewater treatment works achieved rapid reductions in COD, BOD, solids, ammonia, and odors using Drylet biocatalysis and UFB aeration.

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From Odor Complaints to Compliance

An industrial rendering facility eliminated odor complaints and restored anaerobic lagoon performance using Drylet’s BioDredger

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Video: The ManureMagic® difference

One of the challenges in demonstrating the value of ManureMagic to growers is that microbes don’t make for a good show.

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How a Municipal Wastewater Plant Reduced Biosolids Production by 78%

I first learned about Drylet’s Aqua Assist through an article I read in Treatment Plant Operator magazine about new and innovative products.

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MB Bio Remediates Crude Oil Spill in East Texas

An oil production company had a leak at one of its crude storage facilities in east Texas. The facility contained two large tanks surrounded by a retention basin.

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MB Bio reduces TPH in extraction tailings

Tailings ponds are common to mining operations. They are what’s left over after hydrocarbons are extracted from mined earth.

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ManureMagic® Reduces Lagoon Sludge by 42% at Grow-to-Finish Swine Operation

A large hog producer with pull-plug manure pits at a grow-to-finish farm was facing challenges with the time and expense required to clean pits and the subsequent buildup of solids in their manure lagoon.

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ManureMagic® improves bottom-line for Russian hog farmer

A major hog producer in Russia wanted to control odors and improve manure liquefaction in his operation. He enlisted ManureMagic for a six-month side by side test.

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ManureMagic® cuts jetting events 68% year-over-year at problem site

A major swine producer routinely uses ManureMagic® for a variety of needs ranging from solids liquefaction in deep and shallow pits, freeboard increase in lagoons, and spot treatment of nuisance manure accumulation throughout their operations.

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Large cost savings realized by 4-MGD MUD using Aqua Assist

A municipal utility district or M.U.D. in the local Houston area was looking for new technologies that could help reduce costs, and chose to give Aqua Assist a try.

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Lagoon sludge level drops 44% in 9 months with no new product application

A successful 2016 three-month lagoon trial at a large hog producer keeps on giving. It ended last September with a conclusive 42% average sludge-level reduction. You can read the details here.

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Solids build-up remediation in a swine farm lagoon

A large commercial hog operation was having lagoon troubles. Their main lagoon, which serviced five large barns holding 10,000 head, was overrun with floating solids.

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Aqua Assist & Bio-React slash BOD, fecal coliform concentration in dairy processing wastewater lagoon

A major cheese producer in Canada reached out to Drylet in a desperate search for a solution to decrease the BOD concentration in their wastewater lagoon effluent.

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LiquifyGT eliminated odors for a national steakhouse chain

A national upscale steakhouse chain had problems with backup odor in one of their locations. All sixteen drains in the kitchen smelled awful. The issue quickly became uncomfortable for the staff as well as the patrons.

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BioReact AD boosts biogas 32%, lowers NG use 10% at 55-MGD WWTP

The 55-MGD wastewater treatment plant has been a leader in the use of renewable energy for wastewater treatment.

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Aqua Assist remediates algae in scuba diving training lake

A scuba diving and triathlon training lake in South Texas was having a crisis.

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Aqua Assist improves settling, increases clarification capacity at 58-MGD WWTP

The 58-MGD WWTP operates a highpurity oxygen-activated sludge wastewater treatment process.

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Aqua Assist brings a wastewater plant back to life

The wastewater treatment plant at Trinity, in East Texas, ran into significant problems with its oxidation ditch facility when both its aeration rotors failed.

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Aqua Assist Reduces Solids at 5 MGD Treatment Plant

A medium-size urban community in Texas had a big problem. Its 5 MGD wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was producing too many dry solids.

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30+% boost of average daily biogas production at Wisconsin dairy farm

Dallmann's East River Dairy is host to a 1.7-million gallon capacity digester designed by DVO, Inc. The manure from its 2,400 cows generates electricity, bedding, fertilizer, and heat.

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17% biogas boost at California dairy digester with one-time BioReact AD dosing

Overview 17% boost in biogas production year-over-year (60-day period) 12% increase in power generation from biogas over the same period THE SITE A California-based renewable energy company operates a 9-MG dairy digester in Sacramento County.

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