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Bead Filters: Low-Maintenance with Dual Biological & Mechanical Filtration | WEFTEC SERIES | EP10
Michael Malone of AST on bead filters that combine biological and mechanical filtration, plus denitrification, lagoon polishing and state approvals.
In this episode, Michael Malone from Aquaculture Systems Technologies, LLC (AST) walks through filtration for both municipal and industrial uses.
The focus is bead filter technology, a low-maintenance system that does biological and mechanical filtration in one unit, and what it offers for efficiency and sustainability.
Guest
Michael Malone, Aquaculture Systems Technologies, LLC (AST)
In this episode
- How the bead filter combines biological and mechanical filtration to remove TSS, BOD and ammonia, and even specialized contaminants like BTEX.
- Denitrification, a hard process for many treatment plants, and AST's approach to meeting strict limits.
- Municipalities using bead filters for lagoon polishing as an alternative to costly mechanical plant upgrades.
- The low maintenance needs and simple operation of AST's filters, and why operators value them.
- Malone's experience securing regulatory approval in different states, and why pilot studies matter.
Related: MES wastewater engineering in Texas.
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