Wastewater Treatment
EM America provides clients with specifically targeted applications of EM Technology® that are able to dramatically reduce odors caused by putrefied wastes. The picture on the right shows the walls of a lift station that once were black and now look like new cement. This dramatic change was achieved simply through the application of EM-1® Waste Treatment. This effect happens throughout the entire collection system when EM Technology® is properly applied in the collection system. Timing, flow rates, system design, and management are all considered in developing an application program for a wastewater treatment plant and collection system (sewer).
EM-1® Waste Treatment has a unique ability to stabilize complex proteins through a shift from anaerobic putrefaction cycles to a fermentative cycle. Hair and plastics can play havoc with the balancing of an anaerobic digester by creating over-thickening of the scum layer. Hair is primarily composed of complex proteins, which have been historically difficult to stabilize to a point at which the biological breakdown will occur in a timely manner. EM-1® Waste Treatment will assist by accelerating protein stabilization.
EM-1® Waste Treatment is applied at various stages in the treatment process for optimum results. The application site and dosage amounts are dependent on the type of treatment system, the age of the system, and the goals of the parties involved. Application rates can vary from 1: 1000 to 1: 40,000. The average rate into a treatment system is around 1: 10,000 (based on daily flow). The EM-1® is activated and injected at various points throughout the collection system on a steady flow.
The microbes in EM-1® Waste Treatment secrete beneficial substances such as organic acids, enzymes and antioxidants (chelated minerals and vitamins) when in contact with organic matter. In wastewater applications, EM-1® assists in shifting conditions from putrefactive to non-putrefactive. This unique ability enables EM-1® to transition the wastewater collection system into a pretreatment system, thereby lowering the loading demand on wastewater treatment plants. Essentially, consistent applications of EM Technology® into the collection system will increase the capacity of the treatment plant, decrease the operation costs, and improve the efficiency of the entire system.
Since every treatment system is in itself a separate ecosystem, EM America will custom-design each application for a wastewater treatment system after an assessment of the entire system.
- Seed Treatment
- Wastewater Treatment
- Zoo Management
- Commercial Composting
- Waste Management
- Turf and Golf Courses
- Odor Control
- Inoculating Compost
- Hotels and Housekeeping
- Restaurants
- Commercial Kitchens
- Fats, Oils and Grease
- Corrosion Control
Seed Treatment
Sprouts are one of nature's most nutritious foods, full of energy and nutrition. All of the energy and the blueprint of a mature plant are contained in its seed, along with all the potential of its future being as well as the ancestry of its lineage. Sprouting seeds is one of the easiest and quickest ways to create live foods for use in a raw food, vegan diet. Better Sprouting with Effective Microorganisms While sprouts are not very difficult to grow, there are certain issues to be dealt with to insure that they are produced successfully, with due consideration for...
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EM America provides clients with specifically targeted applications of EM Technology® that are able to dramatically reduce odors caused by putrefied wastes. The picture on the right shows the walls of a lift station that once were black and now look like new cement. This dramatic change was achieved simply through the application of EM-1® Waste Treatment. This effect happens throughout the entire collection system when EM Technology® is properly applied in the collection system. Timing, flow rates, system design, and management are all considered in developing an application program for a wastewater treatment plant and collection system (sewer)....
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A zoo is a dynamic operation. Zoo's incorporate various types of animals, drinking water supplies, wastewater, water recycling systems, turf, flowers, trees, solid wastes, restaurants, sanitation facilities, and veterinary clinics. EM-1® offers applications for all facets of these operations. Animal exhibits can be washed down with EM-1® for waste treatment, odor control, and fly control. Water exhibits require recycling systems to keep levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) up, water clarity, lower sludge and BOD, etc. Keep wastes and costs of recharge water down. Larger animals' wastes are often composted and utilized on site as fertilizer and mulch for application to...
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Using EM Technology® (EM-1® Waste Treatment) can help reduce composting turning costs by as much as 80% and prevent anaerobic, odor-causing decay. The key to efficient composting is to have healthy decomposition constantly occurring throughout the pile. In all conditions, including low oxygen and anaerobic environments, EM-1® Waste Treatment facilitates healthy decomposition and increased production of stable organic matter particles (humus). Feed stocks treated with EM-1® Waste Treatment quickly develop structure and a more fluffy texture allowing oxygen to penetrate into the pile. Anaerobic pockets become aerated and the overall quality of the product is improved while reducing management...
READMORELandfill and Solid Waste Management
EM Technology® has been used around the world in the treatment of solid waste landfills. The motto of "acting locally" can be taken quite literally if we were all to incorporate the use of Effective Microorganisms™ at home by treating all of our food and green wastes "locally". Solid wastes are inevitable in today's society. How we manage the wastes is really the problem, not having them. Throwing items that have some usable value is not management, but waste. Incineration of wastes leads to other problems with air pollution and also relies heavily on fuels to produce high heat...
READMORETurf and Golf Courses
EM-1® Micriboal Inoculant has quickly become an essential tool in sustainable and organic management of healthy turf. EM-1® has been utilized by the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) division of the Park and Recreation Department of the City of San Francisco for the past 4 years to improve turf quality and without the use of dangerous fungicides and pesticides. EM-1® is a necessary technology for the golf course industry to help meet new city and state government mandates that require up to an 80% reduction of most fungicides and pesticides. The public is now demanding turf management that does not compromise...
READMOREOdor Control
If there is one thing that is ALWAYS consistent with EM-1®, it is its ability to control odors. The application rate varies according to how bad the odor is and what is being treated. As a rule of thumb, we generally will start with a 100:1 application of water to EM-1®. If this rate was not able to control the odor, another application may be necessary. Water Treatment Equipment Covered in Dry Raw Sewage Some examples of what odors can be easily eliminated are: Skunk Garbage Manure Urine Fish Food Fuels Chemicals Crime Scenes Hydrogen Sulfide Reduction, Mercaptans, Ammonia....
READMOREInoculating Compost
Inoculating Compost The following application recommendation are guidelines to producing high quality compost with less intensive management. Contact EM America for customer EM-1® Waste Treatment composting programs that will meet your goals. Procedures: Apply EM-1® Waste Treatment as soon as the material is consolidated (or windrowed) and preferably before the material has become thermophillic (temperatures above 120 degrees F). These recommended rates of EM-1® Waste Treatment application are guidelines and may need to be adjusted for site-specific conditions and unique feedstocks. Activated EM-1® Waste Treatment should be used for all applications due to cost savings. Consult with EM America...
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All versions of the Effective Microorganisms™ brand (EM-1®) work great as environmentally-safe de-greasers and all-purpose cleaners. EM-1® is especially useful as a cleaning or deodorizing agent due to its antioxidant qualities and ability to eat grease. Effective Microorganisms™ brands do not contain any hazardous ingredients and are not hazardous to humans, animals, or plants. Because of FDA restrictions, we are not recommending the use of Effective Microorganisms™ on food preparation surfaces such as counters and cutting boards. All versions of the Effective Microorganisms™ brand (EM-1®) work great as environmentally-safe de-greasers and all-purpose cleaners. EM-1® is especially useful as a cleaning...
READMORERestaurant and Commercial Kitchen
Restaurants need Effective Microorganisms™. Grease and odors hover everywhere in the operation. Restaurant owners purchase various products for treating all these issues (soap, degreaser, bleach, drain cleaner, acids, enzymes, etc.). Using EM-1® for all these applications will take care of these problems and save the restaurant owner time & money. With all the food, garbage, and water, restaurants are notorious for attracting pests. Therefore, cleanliness is extremely important. Also, restaurants care about keeping chemicals away from the foods they plan to prepare for their customers. What better way is there than to get rid of the chemicals and clean with...
READMORERestaurant and Commercial Kitchen
Restaurants need Effective Microorganisms™. Grease and odors hover everywhere in the operation. Restaurant owners purchase various products for treating all these issues (soap, degreaser, bleach, drain cleaner, acids, enzymes, etc.). Using EM-1® for all these applications will take care of these problems and save the restaurant owner time & money. With all the food, garbage, and water, restaurants are notorious for attracting pests. Therefore, cleanliness is extremely important. Also, restaurants care about keeping chemicals away from the foods they plan to prepare for their customers. What better way is there than to get rid of the chemicals and clean with...
READMOREFats Oils and Grease
EM Technology® offers a unique approach to dealing with fats, oils, and grease. Instead of emulsifying them, as enzyme products do, EM-1® Microbial Inoculant will digest them, eliminating them from the system. During the natural fermentation process, over 50 different enzymes are produced by the microbes in EM-1®. Since there is no freeze drying or pasteurization of the EM-1®, all the enzymes are left in solution and continue to be produced by the live microbes in the culture. In regards to grease digestion, the most important of these enzymes are protease and lipase. Microbes use enzymes to accelerate the breakdown...
READMORECorrosion Control
Prevention of Rust On of the most damaging effects on equipment is rusting. Rust is an oxidation reaction. Moisture on metal is not a good thing when there are oxidizing agents around. Almost any cleaner used today is an oxidizer. Ammonia and bleach will oxidize metals, causing rusted equipment, thereby increasing operations costs over time. Antioxidants reverse oxidation (that is what the "anti" means). Antioxidants are chelated minerals and vitamins. EM-1® is fermented with cane molasses. Cane molasses have roughly 40 different trace minerals. The microbes in EM-1® will synthesize various bio-available vitamin compounds (including B complex and Vitamin A)...
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