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AQUAMATS® GIVE FACULTATIVE LAGOONS A HIGH PERFORMANCE EDGE!
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AquaMats® for Biofiltration are key to successful completion of nitrification and denitrification. AquaMats® provide a unique blend of small and large pore size surfaces to support an appropriate balance of both nitrifiers and denitrifyiers. This balance provides complete aerobic and anaerobic nitrogen metabolism. To illustrate this point, please see the image further down this page which depicts a laser confocal microscopy image of 10,000 times magnification of the microbial community established within a SINGLE PORE on a SINGLE STRAND of AquaMats® taken from a waste water treatment facility. These are self sustaining interdependent communities of microbes that voraciously use nitrogen to clean water. Millions of such fibers are resident on each AquaMat and billions of fibers of are used in the customer applications to provide the desired natural water cleaning functions.
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 AquaMats® come in two models for biofiltration applications (Model 15001S & 15004).
Download the Spec Sheet.
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AquaMats® 101: Learn more about the history of AquaMats®, how they work and why they are the right choice (offsite link)
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PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS
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AquaMats® Technology provides the latest in surface area biotechnology to reduce Ammonia, BOD5, TSS and Phosphorus for wastewater treatment with AquaMats® for Biofiltration. Customers have described AquaMats® as “the most important invention since the pump” for water management!
If your wastewater treatment system has:
- difficulty in complying with ever-increasing governmental requirements on effluent discharge;
- or grown beyond design capacity;
Contact your engineering consultant or an authorized Distributor or Dealer of AquaMats® for Biofiltration Products for retrofit or design information to increase processing capability with AquaMats® Technology.
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HOW DO AQUAMATS® FOR BIOFILTRATION REDUCE BOD5 AND TSS?
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Throughout the aquatic world, from ocean reefs to our streams and rivers, surfaces provide the most efficient natural microbial processing of soluble nutrients. AquaMats® are engineered high surface area polymers designed to amplify natural microbial processing of nutrients in a convenient product that extends from the water surface vertically through the water column. With our UltraWeave® manufacturing process, each product unit provides system operators with the power of approximately 5,100 sq. ft. of effective surface area for Model 15000S and 9,500 sq. ft. for Model 15004.
AquaMats® for Biofiltration reduce BOD5 by addition of bioactive surface area that is specifically designed to convert the soluble nutrient constituents of BOD5 into mineralized tissue. This tissue grows on the AquaMats® surfaces and periodically shears off those surfaces and settles for further biological treatment in the benthos to achieve removal of up to 95% of the load.
AquaMats® also function as hydraulic barriers that substantially increase the settlement of suspended solids for bacterial fixation in benthic sludge.
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HOW DO AQUAMATS® REDUCE PHOSPHORUS DISCHARGE?
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AquaMats® are a highly efficient means of attaining compliance with phosphorus discharge limits using natural processes. The upper UltraWeave® layer of AquaMats® for Biofiltration is engineered to promote benthic algae communities, which have among the highest known demands for phosphorus in their natural life cycle. (By weight, benthic algae cells fix and mineralize phosphorus at a rate 10 times the rate of fixation in bacterial communities.) SRP Phosphorus is also fixed in the bacterial biofilms that dominate the lower UltraWeave® layers of AquaMats®. Taken together, AquaMats® for Biofiltration have the per unit capability to remove up to 250 mg per unit/day. (The highest sustained rates of phosphorus removal require secchi values of 20 cm or greater and good sunlight exposure. Seasonal factors may result in lower values.)
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WHAT TYPES OF TREATMENT SYSTEMS ARE SUITABLE FOR AQUAMATS®?
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AquaMats® are recommended for aerated treatment lagoons at BOD5 loads up to 200 mg/L. Commercial applications include municipal wastewater treatment, agricultural and animal industry wastewater control, industrial wastewater treatment and constructed wetlands for nutrient control in sensitive watershed areas. Contact your authorized AquaMats® Dealer for customer references.
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WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDED APPLICATION RATES?
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(Baseline values calculated for average water temperature of 20°C, pH range of 6.5 - 9.0, lagoon depth to 12.0 ft. and Dissolved Oxygen maintained at 2.0 ppm or higher. Hydraulic resistance time may be significantly longer than minimums for conditions that require very high percentage removal performance.)
For design temperature conditions other than 20°C, multiply calculated number of AquaMats® by the appropriate factor below:
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HOW DO ACQUISITION COSTS, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE COMPARE WITH ALTERNATIVES?
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AquaMats® offer substantial acquisition cost advantages over rock and other low surface area media, often 40-50% the cost of less efficient alternatives. AquaMats® are easily installed in continuous lines by cable/wire inserted through the upper sleeve. Heavy equipment or support structures are not required in most applications. AquaMats® surfaces are designed to be self-cleaning and require very modest annual maintenance.
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DESIGN, DELIVERY & DEPLOYMENT BENEFITS
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Design Benefits:
UltraWeave® Technology optimizes biological niche space to promote:
- Increased removal of Ammonia, BOD5 and TSS
- Rapid phosphorus fixation/removal
- Reduction of excess minerals like copper & aluminum
Delivery Benefits:
Surface Deployment Format (SDF) means that AquaMats® are:
- Easy to install and maintain
- Require NO power or housing
- Easily upscalable
Deployment Benefits:
AquaMats® can be used in new or existing systems to:
- Aid in effluent compliance
- Expand current system capacity cost efficiently
- Aid in reducing the loads on existing mechanical and biological filtration devices
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APPLICATIONS/USE
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The primary applications for AquaMats® for Biofiltration are:
- Municipal wastewater treatment;
- Agricultural and animal industry water wastewater control;
- Industrial wastewater treatment; and
- Constructed wetlands for nutrient control in sensitive watershed areas.
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PRECISION-ENGINEERING (A CLOSE-UP VIEW)
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AquaMats® for Biofiltration are specially designed to meet the wide variety of applications that waste treatment efforts demand. Just take a look at some of the features we’ve built-in!
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Key Product Components:
- Flotation Sleeve – Black coated woven polyethylene highly UV resistant (encloses 2” diameter polyflotation tube)
- Quick Connect Loops – Integral 1/8” stainless steel cable with 1” loops for quick interconnection
- Upper Biphasic Layer – Open fiber matrix maximizes particulate precipitation
- Lower Biphasic Layer – Constrained fiber matrix to provide microaerophylic space and maximize complete nitrogen cycle treatment
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