Lakes and other bodies of water across North America are plagued with toxic Blue-Green algae (Cyanobacteria) blooms. These blooms suffocate plant and wildlife, which often makes the lake inhabitable in particular potions where the blooms are most heavily concentrated. For people who live on these lakes or patrons who frequent those areas for vacation, this can cause people to avoid using the lake for swimming and other activities because these algae cause, at minimum, skin irritation. However, if the algae booms become bad enough, governing bodies prohibit the use of the lake entirely due to health and safety protocols. These prohibitions often happen in the hotter months of the summer at lakes where Cyanobacteria is present.

Microcystin is a class of toxins produced by Blue-Green algae that can be highly dangerous to humans and wildlife if large enough quantities are produced by the blooms. For humans, the toxin cannot be digested properly and can cause serious damage to the liver if consumed. Unfortunately, there is evidence that suggests the toxin can be easily transported by irrigation to food chain resources. Furthermore, if the algae blooms are not mitigated properly, they can overwhelm wastewater treatment plants, which risk infecting water tables.

Through June 2020, EnBiorganic completed the technology demonstration of the EBS-Di at a municipal lagoon in Kindersley, Saskatchewan. The goal of the project was to show how the EnBiorganic process can eliminate sludge, odour, reduce costs, and increase system efficiency for wastewater treatment plants (WWTP).

The EBS-Di is a remotely monitored autonomous microbial generator that creates massive concentrations of the soil bacteria in an active and adapted format trained on the target material. These EBS-Di generated microbes work more than 10 times faster than the typical standard of inactive spore state microbes currently sold in the market. The EnBiorganic microbes work by outcompeting harmful microbes because the Enbiorganic consortium is selected to work synergistically and thrive in the same conditions as the harmful microbiology, reproducing rapidly and efficiently.

In partnership with a Canadian licensed service provider, EnBiorganic installed its flagship technology into a sectioned off portion of the Kindersley lagoon. The Saskatchewan Research Council provided third party testing on key metrics: Total Solids, E-Coli, Coliforms, and Microcystin, the toxin produced by Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green algae).

The EBS-Di only ran for 10 days, and by the end of the test period, the EnBiorganic process saw amazing results! There was a 67.5% decrease in Total Solids, a 99.18% decrease in E-Coli, a 93.15% decrease in Coliforms, and the elimination of Microcystins to a negligible level below the limit considered safe by all regulatory agencies, including World Health Organization.

The same process that was used at this lagoon with the EBS-Di can be applied to lakes, ponds, and dugouts that are struggling with Blue-Green algae blooms. What is even more promising is that the EnBiorganic technology team is able to custom formulate the microbial consortium to whatever project it is facing. Therefore, the EBS-Di can be supercharged with microbiology that can specifically target algae and eliminate it. In the case of the Kindersley lagoon, the EnBiorganic microbiology used was formulated for wastewater, yet was still able to eliminate Microcystins.

EnBiorganic is presently fielding demonstration partners who are pursuing a solution to remediate and eliminate Algae and HAB in their lake or pond.

The EBS-Di is a remotely monitored autonomous microbial generator that creates massive concentrations of the soil bacteria in an active and adapted format trained on the target material. These EBS-Di generated microbes work more than 10 times faster than the typical standard of inactive spore state microbes currently sold in the market. In time, the generated soil bacteria will reach the entire collection sewer system improving its overall performance and health. The EnBiorganic microbes work by outcompeting harmful microbes because the Enbiorganic consortium is selected to work synergistically and thrive in the same conditions as the harmful microbiology, reproducing rapidly and efficiently.

In partnership with Con-Tech General Contractors Ltd., a Canadian licensed service provider, EnBiorganic installed it’s flagship technology into a sectioned off portion of the Kindersley lagoon. The Saskatchewan Research Council provided third party testing on key metrics: Total Solids, E-Coli, Coliforms, and Microcystin, the toxin produced by Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green algae).

The EBS-Di only ran for 10 days, and by the end of the test period, the EnBiorganic process saw amazing results! There was a 67.5% decrease in Total Solids, a 99.18% decrease in E-Coli, a 93.15% decrease in Coliforms, and the elimination of Microcystins to a negligible level below the limit considered safe by all regulatory agencies, including World Health Organization.

The EnBiorganic process demonstration at the Kindersley lagoon successfully proved the effectiveness of the process. The ability of the process to eliminate 67.5% of Total Solids in the short period of time shows only a glimpse of what the process is capable of doing in a long-term or permanent placement. Importantly, this project also demonstrated the ability of the microbiology to eliminate cyanobacteria microcystin toxin rapidly and efficiently.

The sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency demonstrated in this project show the EnBiorganic process combination of EBS-Di generator with proprietary soil microbiology formulation is widely capable to improve wastewater systems.

We have developed our own system to help you implement our technology as seamlessly as possible. Our exclusive and proven H.E.L.P. process is a system used by our sales team to provide clients with a structured, highly organized approach to determine fit, monetize the opportunity and set expectations for everyone involved.  

This proven process begins by us gaining deeper insight into your current pain points, critical success factors and determining how our technology fits into your plan. We will provide you with a timeline to success and deliver on our brand promise of a risk-free, sustainable performance. It is through this process that our team will help you realize and scale this exciting opportunity while helping you experience a quick return on investment.  

“By using the H.E.L.P. process to identify and remedy any possible gaps we are able to mitigate risk and deliver on our brand promise of risk-free, sustainable performance,” explains Matt Slough, Business Development Manager for EnBiorganic Technology. “Our process gives clients peace of mind knowing they are partnering with an organization that has their success in mind and a process that guarantees results.”  

Even once the process is complete, support is ongoing. Our sales team has a loyalty guarantee and are with you every step of the way. 

The NRWA is a non-profit organization dedicated to training, supporting and promoting water and wastewater professionals that serve small communities across the United States.  

The association is working on a number of important initiatives, including the Source Water Protection Program. The program is designed around small water utilities, local businesses, agriculture, government and other groups working together to develop and implement strategies to protect drinking water sources. The cooperative program has made significant progress in reducing point source pollution from industrial, agricultural, municipal and household sources, it has also made progress in challenging the area of nonpoint source pollution.  

Another exciting initiative that aligns with our environmental mandate is Quality On Tap, a hands-on guide to better public relations when it comes to water utilities. The guide is intended to promote a positive image to the public, focusing on the safety of drinking water and the expertise of the technical professionals who ensure water quality.   

A membership with the National Rural Water Association allows us to collaborate with an organization whose values and mission align with ours.  

“We are excited to join the National Rural Water Association and look forward to working with them to help small communities across the United States solve their wastewater challenges in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way,” says Matt Slough, Business Development Manager at EnBiorganic Technologies.  

Each year the NRWA holds the WaterPro Conference which brings together water and wastewater utility systems for sessions in operations, management, boardsmanship and governance. Our team is looking forward to attending this year’s conference in Nashville, Tennessee from September 9 – 11, 2019, to collaborate with members of our community and try out new technology. 

EnBiorganic Technologies utilizes microbiology in a special formulation consisting of several strains of naturally occurring soil bacteria that replace traditional microbiology for wastewater treatment solutions. The company has created an autonomous system – coupling its microbial formulation with a “smart” generator that is continuously monitored, producing a large volume and high concentration of active microbes for addition to wastewater. 

The idea for this unique solution came from Rodney Dickerson, Director, CTO and Co-Founder of Environmental Bioorganic Sciences. “In 1990, I started to investigate the cause of sewer odors and determined the real problem was in the biofilm or slime inside the piping,” recalls Dickerson. “Other work I had done relating to microbiology introduced me to the concept of “competitive exclusion,” which simply means one population of microbiology dominating by denying food and nutrients to another population. It seemed natural to me to use soil microbiology because until wastewater collection and treatment was created, the soil was doing all the treatment and recycling of organic waste.”

EnBiorganic Technology is unique based on the creation and application of large volumes of a high concentration of active microbiology that are specially selected and adapted to target contaminants in the wastewater. “We select the microbial strains used in our formulations based on a combination of experience together with the analysis and testing in our laboratories,” explains Dickerson. “We produce these custom formulations that go into our customized equipment using our proprietary process, so we achieve the specific target levels of concentration and volume, delivered continually into the target wastewater stream in selected locations to achieve the desired results.” The company provides all of this wrapped into a service contract that is performance driven. This means there is no risk to the end user. “We sell results, not microbiology,” says Dickerson.

Dickerson’s original work resulted in two patents involving direct addition of formulations of soil microbes in spore state directly into the sewer at many locations in outer reaches of the system. One liter of microbial concentrate in spore state was added over the course of a month at each location. The bacteria had to “wake up” from inert state and start working. This process took many months to get enough into the sewer to change the biofilm and stop the odors altogether. Dickerson’s new approach creates high volumes of active, adapted microbiology each to be added into the sewer each day. Instead of scores of small dosing stations inside the sewer, adding one liter per month, we generate hundreds of liters per day.

Another aspect that sets EnBiorganic apart from their competition is a customized solution. While many people think all domestic wastewater is the same, that’s never the case after a proper evaluation is complete. Each municipality has some type of industry discharging into the sewer, and those discharges vary considerably. “We work with specific streams to customize what we do to withstand all but the highest concentrations, and since we are adding large amounts all the time, those periods when the chemistry is not being released allows us to regain domination,” says Dickerson.

Many of the microbiology-­based solutions that have gone before EnBiorganic have been ineffective, overpromised and underdelivered. “The municipal sector has a dim view of microbiological treatment solutions because so many people sell bacteria alone, telling their customers to buy it and add it,” explains Rodney Dickerson, Director, CTO and Co-Founder of Environmental Bioorganic Sciences. “The salesperson gets paid, and the municipality is out of money for something that doesn’t work. This has left the industry, by and large, with a bad impression of bioaugmentation, and rightfully so.”

So, what sets EnBiorganic apart from the rest? For starters, EnBiorganic provides a performance-based system. The client does not buy any equipment or bacteria, which means there is no economic risk on the part of the client. Moreover, the performance always results in savings in operational cost that are greater than the monthly service fee.

The system is backed by 30 years of Dickerson’s experience, plus a microbiologist with three Ph.D.’s and one with a Masters Degree, both with a combined experience of more than 60 years. “By looking at our results, you’ll see that what we provide is authentic and it works,” says Darrell Liski, CEO and General Partner at NuSolutions LP.

The process that EnBioroganic offers can be used in several markets including municipal, commercial, industrial and animal production, to name a few and the results are impressive. “The outcome of the water in a swine operation, for example, results in water coming out as a clear liquid, probiotic for the hogs,” explains Liski. “The water that is produced is nutrient­ rich and full of active microbiology derived from the soil. Most importantly, the foul odors normally emanated from the wastewater on these farms are eliminated! Any odors are then contained within the barns and the farm can now be neighborhood friendly!”

“In municipal wastewater systems, we stop odors and sewer overflows caused by the accumulation of fats, oils and grease, keeping the sewers free­flowing and odor free,” adds Dickerson. “Odors are usually in the form of corrosive gases, so we also extend the service life of the sewer and related equipment. At the wastewater treatment facility, we reduce energy input by 65 percent or more, reducing greenhouse gases and greatly reducing final biosolids.”

The quality of the final effluent water is greatly improved, exceeding regulatory requirements for reuse or discharge.

“EnBiorganic Technologies removes over 65 percent of the energy needed in wastewater treatment by replacing indigenous bacteria with our customized bacteria that doesn’t need the energy input to perform throughout the entire system,” says Dickerson, “we offer a service that is backed by results, and the client only pays for performance.”