The Green System for Waste Water Treatment
The Problem
Most municipal waste water treatment systems struggle to meet State and EPA discharge limits. As a result, many councils are in the process of investigating alternatives or are in the planning
process of upgrading their facilities
Packaged waste water treatment systems or upgrades of existing plants are basically too costly for councils or industrial sites.
The Solution
ECOsmart-AustralAsia has brought the KELO-System as a low cost alternative into Australia.
The KELO-system consists of 5 patented and low-cost technologies including solar based aeration, beneficial microbes and pre-treatment by micro algae to assist in the assimilation of organic compounds.
System Components
Subsurface solar aeration
Onshore solar powered compressors which don't run off the grid provide multiple micro bubble diffusors with oxygen to the effluent.
Algal production The Kelo system has a greenhouse component which produces algae which assist in the waste treatment by the direct assimilation of organic compounds.
Beneficial Microbes
Specialised microbes are added to the treatment to reduce nutrient load and sludge. Ecosmart-AustralAsia has the necessary permits
to use these microbes in Australia.
The microbe species and the algae species are an integral part of the waste water
treatment system.
Energy consumption
These systems report an energy saving of up to 80% in the USA compared to traditional waste water treatment systems.
Aerobic vs Anaerobic
The Kelo system is a fully aerobic system which provides the most efficient and the most odour free waste treatment. The environment
created provides the most rapid and complete digestion of solid waste material. Hence the use of highly specialised
microbial species and superconcentrated algal cells for oxygen production.
Main Advantages :
Equipment costs. No installation, operation and maintenance of a traditional mechanical system.
Carbon sink. The production of algae requires green house gases.
Economically feasable. Reduced costs by elimination of mechanical systems and energy requirement produced by solar power
Not a prototype. Fully functional systems approved and installed at multiple sites.
The environment and us
Press announcement
Announcing the KELO waste water system