Wastewater Technology

Because the TimberFish system contains biodegradable media and large and diversified microbial and invertebrate populations, it has the ability to degrade or remove a wide variety of nutrient and organic constituents commonly found in municipal, agricultural and industrial wastewater streams. 

The process is a combination of wastewater filtration and bioconversion of the materials filtered out of the wastewater.  The materials that are removed are incorporated into a living biomass that can then be used or reused in a variety of applications.  The goal is always to find an economic and ecological benefit for the generated biomass and the production residues that result from the production process. This will frequently involve use as a substrate for renewable energy production, use as fertilizer or soilamendment, or use for feed or food.

The alternatives that are available for a particular application will be a function of the presence or absence of toxic materials in the influent wastewater stream.  Although the process itself often can transform biodegradable toxic materials into harmless and usable products and byproducts, the presence of non biodegradable toxic materials will necessarily limit the options for beneficial reuse.

The complexity and diversity of the managed production/treatment microbial and invertebrate ecosystem creates extensive stability and utility for the process.  Therefore as a wastewater treatment technology it has the major advantage of achieving tertiary treatment effluent standards with relatively simple operation and low capital costs.

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