“Green” technology achieves complete destruction of contaminants in a reliable, compact and cost-effective treatment system

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced today the successful start-up and operation of a fluidized bed reactor (FBR) system to remove nitrates from contaminated groundwater at Kinder Morgan Energy Partners’  Mission Valley Terminal in San Diego, California.  The 0.5 million gallon per day (MGD) system is designed to provide a final treatment step for impacted groundwater pumped from an aquifer located beneath the City’s Qualcomm Stadium, prior to direct discharge to the watershed. The Envirogen FBR system differs from conventional denitrification technology in that it does not create waste by-products that require...

Small-footprint, “green” technology lowers costs dramatically and offers ‘worry-free’ performance

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced the successful start-up of a new bioscrubber tower system for odor control at the Anastasia Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in St. Augustine, Florida. The high performance, energy-efficient system will remove hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) from air at the plant’s headworks. A key factor in the selection of the vertical Envirogen bioscrubber tower is its ability to handle high concentrations of H₂S with a small physical footprint. Envirogen will also provide installation oversight and staff training services to ensure trouble-free operation at start-up. The bioscrubber tower system is another example of...

Funding Will Provide Financing Flexibility for Companies and Communities Requiring Potable Water and Wastewater Treatment, Groundwater Remediation and Industrial Process Improvement

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) and parent company Amplio Filtration have announced that they have reached agreement with an international provider of alternative investment capital to secure financing of up to $50 million for selected Envirogen environmental treatment projects. The funding will provide investment capital for design and installation projects that feature Envirogen’s proprietary technology and long-term service agreements across a broad range of environmental treatment scenarios. In the municipal arena, target projects include drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment and...

Compact system brings decommissioned well back online with high-efficiency removal of multiple contaminants and “technology+services” performance guarantees

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced the successful start-up of an ion exchange system for the East Valley Water District (EVWD) of San Bernardino County, California, to remove uranium and nitrates from groundwater at the District’s #40 well site. The installation features a 10-year “technology+services” agreement that includes operation and maintenance services along with guarantees of system performance as well as capital and operating costs. The #40 well site had previously been decommissioned, but is now back in service as a result of the performance of the new treatment system. This...

Industry acceptance of high-performance, ‘green’ technology points to new industry standard for odor control

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) has been awarded new contracts for odor control systems at municipal wastewater facilities in Portsmouth, Ohio; Oak Island, North Carolina; and Crested Butte, Colorado, based on its biofiltration technology.  All three projects will utilize Envirogen’s H-series modular packaged biofilters in various configurations to provide a minimum 99% removal of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) from inlet air. The Crested Butte installation will also remove ammonia (NH₃) and meet specifications for operating in temperatures down to -30° F. Designed to customer specifications by Envirogen using standardized components, the compact...

Compact modular system, specifically designed for smaller utilities, chosen to provide high-efficiency arsenic removal at low cost for Wisconsin village

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced today that it has been awarded a contract for the Village of Suring, Wisconsin, to design and install a MinX™ high efficiency low-flow ion exchange system to perform arsenic removal at a well site previously restricted for use as a part of the Village’s drinking water supply. MinX starts with Envirogen’s proven ion exchange technology and packages it in a system that is specifically designed to handle low flow applications with high efficiency and lower overall costs – both from an operating standpoint and a waste management standpoint. These systems are designed...

Fluidized-bed bioreactor awarded State grant for innovative technology, enables community to exceed impending Chesapeake Bay regulations and gain nutrient credits

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced today that system construction has begun under a contract with the Borough of Ashland (Ashland, Penn.) to design and deliver a fluidized-bed bioreactor (FBR) system for nutrient removal at the Borough’s wastewater treatment plant. Funded in part by an Innovative Technologies grant under the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (PA-DEP) “Growing Greener” program, the new system will remove nitrates from the plant’s effluent prior to discharge and help the Borough keep its treated wastewater well below the State’s new...

West Valley Water District (Rialto, California) has a $10 million grant proposal before the California Department of Health as part of State Proposition 84. The Joint Wellhead Treatment Project is intended to remove perchlorate from the water table beneath Rialto - representing a scientific first in California. The project will allow West Valley Water District and the City of Rialto to restore two wells that had been taken out of service due to perchlorate, nitrate and TCE groundwater contamination, using Envirogen's fluidized bed reactor (FBR) technology. 

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Envirogen was awarded the 2010 AWWA Water Quality & Technology Division Best Paper Award for the paper, "Fluidized Bed Bioreactor Treatment of Perchlorate-laden Groundwater to Potable Standards," a collaborative effort between Envirogen's team of Dr. Todd Webster (senior author), William Guarini and Hang Sau Wong.

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Unique, patented technology will help Polish PTA manufacturing facility achieve regulatory compliance while offsetting manufacturing costs through cobalt recovery

Envirogen Technologies Inc. (Envirogen) announced the finalization of an agreement to provide process design and materials for a metals recovery system at a purified terephthalic acid (PTA) manufacturing site in the Republic of Poland. The system, which will be installed for the Polski Koncern Naftowy Group (PKN) by Earnest Chemical (a joint venture between Chemtex International Inc. and Yu King Technology Co., LTD.), is based on an Envirogen Technologies design and will recover cobalt from a waste stream resulting from the manufacture of PTA. The recovery system will feature ion exchange technology that is patented by...

Compact, high-efficiency system helps Arrowhead Regional Medical Center achieve reliability and significant cost savings in potable water supply

Envirogen Technologies Inc. announced the successful start-up of a new treatment system that will produce potable water from perchlorate-laden groundwater for a major hospital facility in San Bernardino County, Calif. Located in Colton, Calif., the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center is a state-of-the-art 373-bed facility owned and operated by the County of San Bernardino. The new Envirogen system has allowed the hospital to realize significant cost savings by limiting its dependence on the City of Colton for its water supply. Under a 10-year services agreement with the County, Envirogen will provide all warranty and maintenance services for the...

Engineered biofilter product line gains greater acceptance nationwide by offering reliable performance, low lifecycle costs and environmental sustainability

Envirogen Technologies Inc. announced today the successful start-up of new biofiltration odor control systems at municipal wastewater lift stations in Pinellas Park, FL; West Boylston, MA; and Sugarland, TX.  These modular installations, designed to customer specifications by Envirogen Technologies, all include the required blowers, irrigation systems, feed tanks, controls, proprietary media and nutrients as well as inspection and staff training services to ensure trouble-free system performance at start-up. Envirogen Technologies conducted these projects in conjunction with local consulting engineering firms, providing its...

Advanced technology+services package effectively removes odor-causing compounds at low lifecycle cost while exceeding design parameters

Envirogen Technologies Inc. (Envirogen) announced the successful start-up of a new biofiltration odor control system at a public wastewater treatment plant in Clark County, Nevada. The three-bay, built-in-place biofilter system installed for the Clark County Water Reclamation District (CCWRD) will remove hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), reduced sulfur compounds (RSCs) and other odor-causing compounds from the air at the plant’s headworks by utilizing a combination of biological filtration and activated carbon polishing. The equipment, media and system performance are all warranted by Envirogen under the terms of a 24-month services agreement between the...

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. Awarded Drinking Water Treatment Contract

Water treatment system for Desert Oasis Mobile Home Park will provide reliable,
low-cost supply of quality water to a community in need.

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced today that it has been contracted to provide a drinking water treatment system for Oasis Water Corp., a new privately owned water utility created to service the residents of Desert Oasis Mobile Home Park in Thermal, Calif. Desert Oasis is among the largest of several trailer parks located on the Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation in Riverside County that serve primarily migrant farm workers.

According to Orlando Carreño, Vice President, Western Region for Envirogen Technologies, the new water treatment system is a...

Technology+Services Solutions Provider Will Offer “Lifecycle Performance” at Best Cost for Municipal and Industrial Water and Air Treatment Applications

Kingwood, TX - 30 September 2009 – The Amplio Group (London, United Kingdom) today announced the formation of Envirogen Technologies, Inc., a technology+services solutions provider with existing business in municipal and industrial water and environmental treatment applications. Envirogen Technologies, Inc. has been formed from the assets of Basin Water, Inc. that were recently purchased by Amplio. The new Envirogen Technologies, Inc. will offer a broad but targeted range of technologies, supported by operating service options for a number of environmental treatment applications, including potable water treatment,...