Pittsburgh, April 20, 2023 — Ecoremedy, LLC®, which designs complete biosolid drying and gasification facilities for wastewater treatment and other challenging organic wastes, today announced the issuance of patent No. 11,629,301 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the company’s Biosolid Treatment Process and System. The innovative process and equipment address one of the world’s most challenging residuals conversion and disposal issues and provides an alternative to increasingly problematic municipal biosolids management practices, including land application, incineration, composting and landfilling.
Continue ReadingPittsburgh, PA, December 1, 2022 — Ecoremedy’s Fluid Lift GasificationTM system has been selected by Derry Township Municipal Authority (DTMA) as the major component in a biosolids improvement program at its Clearwater Road Wastewater Treatment facility. The five-million-gallon per day plant serves the residents, visitors and businesses of Hershey, PA, which includes the popular Hershey Park theme park and hotels, Hershey Chocolate World, Hershey Chocolate production plants and Tröegs Independent Brewing.
Continue ReadingA proven gasification process enables responsible biosolids management with capability to produce renewable energy and a marketable product. Biosolids management has become more challenging with tight emission regulation for incinerators and concern over PFAS placing structures even on land application. Ecoremedy now offers a gasification technology for municipal wastewater treatment plants that aims to resolve those issues. It converts biosolids into a marketable product while reducing emissions and operating without fossil fuel input.
Continue ReadingThe city of Edmonds replaces an aging incinerator with biosolids drying and gasification. The City of Edmonds near Seattle is constantly looking for ways to improve sustainability at its activated sludge plant, which serves a population of 75,000 (11.8 million gallons per day design, 4 mgd average in summer, 6.5 mgd in winter). The facility is located on the edge of Puget Sound adjacent to the ferry terminal to the San Juan Islands with dramatic views of the Olympic mountains in the distance.
Continue ReadingPittsburgh, May 19, 2022 — Ecoremedy LLC, which designs complete biosolid drying and gasification facilities for wastewater treatment and other challenging organic wastes, has received a ruling from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that its groundbreaking Fluid Lift™ gasification technology is not an incineration. “After two years of intense scientific scrutiny, EPA’s determination empowers communities to deploy Ecoremedy to treat their waste locally in an environmentally friendly manner,” said Ecoremedy President and CTO David Mooney.
Continue ReadingEcoremedy receives an EPA ruling on its gasification technology, and now moves forward with installing the system at a Washington wastewater plant. Ecoremedy LLC, which designs complete biosolid drying and gasification facilities for wastewater treatment, has received a ruling from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that its Fluid Lift™ gasification technology is not an incineration. “After two years of intense scientific scrutiny, EPA’s determination empowers communities to deploy Ecoremedy to treat their waste locally in an environmentally friendly manner,” said Ecoremedy President and CTO David Mooney.
Continue ReadingSewage treatment is not a topic that normally generates excitement. Quite the contrary, when we flush the toilet, we just want it to go away and not think about it further. But the hard truth is that there is no “away”– it all has to go somewhere, and traditionally that somewhere is in the air as greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and either landfilling or surface spreading the solid portion.
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