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What is "Natural Wastewater Treatment"?

A Natural Wastewater Treatment plant or system, is also known as a "constructed wetland" or a "Constructed Ecosystem," and are an environmentally superior alternative to mechanical wastewater treatment systems, which are methods that treat and purify wastewater. 

We believe that our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants are far superior to the mechanical type of wastewater treatment systems that resolve wastewater treatment problems that occur naturally in the environment, without adding millions of gallons of chemicals and chlorine to the environment.

Our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants are complex, engineered integrated systems that include water, plants, animals, microorganisms and the local environment that specifically engineered for the specific location and wastewater issues to resolve these wastewater problems.  Natural Wastewater Treatment plants interact, naturally, with the sun, soil and air to purify wastewater to levels not reached by mechanical treatment plants. 

To the extent that our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants are man-made, and that what is provided by nature to be "natural" our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants are, in fact, artificial wetlands. The benefit is that our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants optimize what would have been artificial into a synergy that maximizes biology, geology and hydrology for specific wastewater problems at specific locations. Our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants are the result of human engineering and not only provide superior results when compared with mechanical wastewater treatment plants, but do so with 50% to 70% fewer  personnel to operate, and about 60% less expensive top operate, but are also far less prone to upset conditions that plague mechanical wastewater treatment plants.

Best of all, our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants actually generate a return on investment when we provide our complete "waste to energy" or waste to fuel solution that utilizes the abundant amounts of biomass we produce with our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants - which then becomes a "feedstock" for a biomass gasification plant.  The biomass gasification generates synthesis gas, which is then used as a fuel for our cogeneration or trigeneration power plant that generates "carbon free energy" or as what we prefer to call, and EcoGeneration solution.   

When properly engineered (engineering services offered through the REI), designed, built, maintained and operated, our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants effectively remove the numerous pollutants associated with agricultural, industrial, municipal (including stormwater) and industrial wastewaters.   

Our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants are particularly effective at removing wastewater contaminants such as; BOD, hydrocarbons, nitrogen, phosphorus, suspended solids, and even metals. 

Our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants are an excellent alternative to mechanical treatment plants at locations such as;  agricultural operations such as; animal feeding operations/CAFOs, including chicken/poultry operations,  dairy farms, hog farms, as well as treating municipal effluent, industrial and commercial wastewater, agricultural runoff, stormwater runoff, acid mine drainage and landfill leachates. 

Our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants generate no offensive smells, and can serve as a wildlife site which will attract various animals and provide a habitat for them.  Natural Wastewater Treatment plants can also serve as a public attraction providing environmental education opportunities.

To date, our lead engineer has designed three (3) Our Natural Wastewater Treatment plants that are now in operation in Texas, and four more are in our pipeline at various locations in the U.S.

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We provide turnkey "Natural Wastewater Treatment" solutions, design, engineering, feasibility studies,  and consulting services.

Did you know that a "Natural Wastewater Treatment" plant costs about 50% to 60% less to build compared with similar-sized mechanical wastewater treatment plants?  

Our most recent comparisons - a typical mechanical treatment plant that would have cost $30 million to build for a city of about 10,000 people is not as effective as as our far more efficient and superior "Natural Wastewater Treatment" plant - which we proposed was for  $15 million.  And, with our optional Biomass Gasification plant, can generate a significant amount of the city's electrical power requirements!

Did you know that a "Natural Wastewater Treatment" is significantly more effective and much less complicated than a typical mechanical treatment plant?

Did you know that a "Natural Wastewater Treatment" takes about 50% less staff, on average, to run compared with mechanical wastewater treatment plants?

Best of all, our "Natural Wastewater Treatment" plants are significantly more environmentally-friendly than the typical mechanical wastewater treatment plant.

So, our "Natural Wastewater Treatment" plants are superior in every possible way to the typical mechanical treatment plants.... shouldn't you be calling us to learn more.  And, shouldn't your city or community be treating its' Wastewater the "Natural Way?"

What is a Sanitary Sewer?

A sanitary sewer (sanitary sewer system) includes all public structures associated with the sanitary sewer, and includes;  pipes, lift stations, sewer lines and manholes in the wastewater collection system.  The purpose of the sanitary sewer is to convey municipal sewage and all wastewater to a wastewater treatment system.  If a pipe conveys water which needs to be treated, it is a sanitary sewer. 

What is a Low Pressure Sewer System?

Low Pressure Sewer Systems are a low-head pressure wastewater collection and treatment system and an alternative to gravity sewer or a septic tank. 

A Low Pressure Sewer System consists of an interceptor tank and a chamber unit, which houses a small, submersible electrical pump. The tank is installed below ground, much like a septic tank. Substantial organic waste treatment is provided energy-free in the interceptor tank. The liquid in the tank, or effluent, is pumped automatically through a small pressure line that transports it to a wastewater plant for treatment. 

Low Pressure Sewer Systems have been in use since the late 1970's and are commonly used as an alternative to gravity sewer systems and septic tanks.

What are the Benefits of a Low Pressure Sewer System?

• They are much less costly to install.

• Pressure Mains can be installed on the side of roads - which avoids tearing up streets and expensive road work.

• Pressure Mains smaller (2”- 4”), installed at about 4 feet in depth
  There are no "Central Pump Stations" required.

• Environmentally better as they have lower potential for Inflow and Infiltration
  

What are the Concerns of a Low Pressure Sewer System?

• Each home has its' own individual grinder pump to maintain.

• If zoning densities should increase, the low pressure system typically has less  capacity for the additional flow.

• Individual home owners could be affected by power outages.

• Sizing of the sewer mains is more critical as the Low Pressure System requires two (2) f/s velocity to keep solids from settling out
  

Frequently Asked Questions with a Low Pressure Sewer System.

Will I hear the pump run? 

No. The pump is a high-quality submersible pump. Every time you use approximately 100 to 150 gallons of water, the pump will automatically turn on and shut off. Based on normal water usage for a family of two, the pump will run for about two to three hours per month. 

Who maintains the LPS system? 

From the interceptor tank to the treatment plant, the system is maintained by your Homeowner's Association or a Municipal Utility District - this normally includes all parts and labor costs and includes pumping out the tank if solids build up. Any house plumbing problems are the cost and repair responsibility of the customer. 

What happens if there is a power failure?

If the power is off, the pump will not operate. However, there is a reserve capacity in the interceptor tank which allows for approximately eight hours of normal use (excluding uses such as running a washing machine and taking a bath) before you will experience any difficulty. 

Is there anything that should not go down the drain or toilets? 

YES!  To protect the Low Pressure System’s biological process and to help prevent house plumbing lines from clogging, do not dispose of the following items through the drains or toilets: 

• No Feminine Hygiene products of ANY kind - this includes tampons, maxipads, minipads, or pantiliners, including those that biodegrade or those that begin to break down when exposed to water.

• Plastic or rubber of any kind 

• Cigarette butts (filters will not decompose) 

• Greases and cooking oils of all types 

• Coffee grounds and other inorganic materials 

• Excessive amounts of non-dissolving tissue paper or paper towels 

• Excessive use of laundry detergent or soaps

• Human or pet hair

• Cloth of any kind

How we make and distribute electricity is changing! 

The electric power generation, transmission and distribution system (the electric "grid") is changing and evolving from the electric grid of the 19th and 20th centuries, which was inefficient, highly-polluting, very expensive and “dumb.”  

The "old" way of generating and distributing energy resembles this slide:

The carbon clock tracks total carbon dioxide emissions in metric tons since 1750.

Since 1750, humans have emitted over 5 trillion pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Roughly half of this has ended up in the oceans where it is beginning to damage the coral reefs. The other half is still in the atmosphere and causing global warming. Each pound of CO2 takes up as much space as a 500 pound person.

The formula (which should be good for a year or two) is:
C(t) = 2.58 ×1012 + 1240×t, where t is seconds since the start of 2007.

C is tonnes (metric tons) of carbon dioxide emissions.
2205 x C gives pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.

That comes to over 43 billion tons/year or over 86 trillion pounds/year.

Carbon dioxide (2) = 1 carbon atom with 2 oxygen atoms.
Carbon has relative weight 12 and Oxygen 16.
So it takes only 12 pounds of carbon to make 12+16+16 = 44 pounds of CO2. 

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This Means that 65% of America's Energy Supplies are Now Imported from Suppliers from Foreign Countries.

Simply put, about 65% of the gasoline in your car's gas tank, comes from a foreign country.

EVERY day, the U.S. must IMPORT over 13 million bbls of oil from foreign countries and foreign suppliers to meet demand. 

At $80/barrel of oil, this also means that $1,040,000,000.00 American Dollars leave our country, EVERY DAY, to foreign countries/suppliers of our fossil fuels, to pay for the energy we need. 

That's $1 Billion EVERY day leaving our economy, and going to support a foreign country's economy. 

Talk about our foreign trade deficit..... nearly $400 Billion each year, leaves our country to pay for our oil addiction and the energy we need.  To be exact, that's $379,600,000,000.00 American Dollars.

This is NOT acceptable.

America needs to quickly transition to Energy Independence. 

Renewable Energy is the Only Way America Can Achieve Energy Independence. 

Millions of new and sustainable American jobs would be created here at home, if we would end our addiction to foreign fossil fuels, and quickly transition to an economy based on renewable energy and renewable fuels, produced here in the U.S.A. 

The good news is that today, America already has all of the Renewable Energy Resources and Renewable Energy Technologies needed to make American Energy Independence a reality. 

According to Monty Goodell, Founder and Chairman of the Renewable Energy Institute, "our increased dependence and reliance on foreign energy supplies represents a Clear and Present Danger to our national security, our economy, and the lives and livelihood of every American. Energy - including the energy we use from imported fossil fuels, is the very "lifeblood" of the American economy as it is for every industrialized country.  An economy dies without it's lifeblood of energy. This Clear and Present Danger we face is far more serious than the problems related to greenhouse gas emissions.  And while greenhouse gas emissions are very serious issue, in the long-term, pales in comparison to America's vital national security interests and America's economic stability in the short term.  For this reason alone, America needs to transition away from its addiction to foreign energy supplies. And America's abundant renewable energy resources such as the energy we receive from the sun, and renewable energy technologies such as concentrated solar power (CSP) plants - can supply 100% of America's power requirements with a concentrating solar power plant measuring 75 miles by 75 miles, located in the Southwest U.S.  By generating America's power from concentrating solar power plants, America resolves its' short-term Clear and Present Danger as it relates to importing its energy from foreign countries, and the long-term problems relating to greenhouse gas emissions."

Continuing, Mr. Goodell states that "too many Americans have forgotten what happened to us in 1973, when the Arabs and OPEC brought the United States economy to a screeching halt during the OPEC Oil Embargo.  This happened because they (mainly the country of Saudi Arabia) disagreed with our foreign policy and is the reason why they "turned off the tap" of our need for their oil supplies. When Saudi Arabia and OPEC stopped the vital flow of oil to our country in 1973, they caused an "oil shock" that severely and negatively impacted our economy. 

Mr. Goodell's question for us to ponder is, "do these countries who sell us 60% of our daily energy requirements, like us and our foreign policy, or might they leverage our addiction to their fossil fuels, and turn off the tap to make us adjust or revise our foreign policy??  Like any addict, America's foreign policy may be held hostage to its addiction, and in this case, our addiction to foreign oil, may over-ride our national interests."

Have American's forgotten the gas shortages and long lines at 
their gas stations to get gas during the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973? 

"Apparently so."  Mr. Goodell states that "in 1973, America was 'addicted' and 'over the barrel' of foreign oil to the amount of 40%.  Forty percent of our energy 'needs' in 1973 came from countries - many of which didn't like us then, and I'm afraid, many of them still don't.  The difference between 1973 and today - is that today we receive 50% MORE foreign oil now than we did in 1973.  And now we know about the problems relating to greenhouse gas emissions that we didn't know then.  America needs to change course, and change course now, in terms of its' energy supplies and how we keep America's economy strong, without the threat of being held hostage to a middle-east tyrant or regime, that could once again, turn on us, and turn off our supply of foreign oil." 

Remember ????

"Sadly," Monty Goodell continues, "most Americans have forgotten the long lines of people waiting in their cars - lined up and waiting for gasoline at their nearby gas station, with lines that were many blocks long.  And, after waiting 4-5 hours, many even waiting overnight in many places, to finally take their turn to fill up their car with gasoline, only to find that the gas station had run out of gas." 

"Let me Repeat.... That was 1973 when we imported 40% of our daily energy requirements in the form of crude oil from overseas, and from foreign countries - and many of these from countries that don't like us.

Today, over 35 years later, America has yet to learn the lesson.  We cannot continue our reliance on energy from foreign countries that supply us with 60% of the crude oil that our refineries use as a feedstock for producing gasoline and diesel fuel for our cars and trucks comes from overseas. 

America is "over the barrel" and it's not our barrel, but the barrels of oil that we are addicted by and owned by other countries.  Why have we not learned the lessons we needed to learn in 1973 when we were cut-off from the vital energy supplies we need? 

Countries like China, are growing rapidly, and have an insatiable need for crude oil. China, with their booming economy, is increasingly growing in its clout and control over international supplies of crude oil - whether they do this through their ability to buy as much oil as they need on a daily basis, or whether they simply but American drilling rigs, technology, and explore and produce oil and gas from their own fields. China, is buying large amounts of oil for their country, and causing upward pricing on declining supplies. What happens if Russia, with all of their oil and natural gas, along with China and Venezuela, with or without the help of OPEC, decided to NOT sell oil to us????

To be sure, greenhouse gas emissions are a problem, and to some, greenhouse gas emissions are also a Clear and Present Danger, but not to the extent that it presents an imminent Clear and Present Danger. 

America's reliance for 60% of our energy "needs" coming from foreign suppliers is un-acceptable.

The "driver" to get America to begin reducing and eliminating fossil fuel use should be our nation's national security and the welfare and safety of its citizens. And this can all begin with developing and investing in our own renewable energy resources and renewable energy technologies, let's start by putting solar on every rooftop that has a clear and unobstructed view of the Southern sky. See www.RooftopPV.com  or  www.DistributedPV.com  for more information.  Let's create incentives begin with adopting a national "Feed In Tariff" as Germany did in 1990. 

We simply do NOT have the luxury of time on our hands.  We need to end our dependence and reliance on foreign fossil fuels, especially from countries that don't like us! We need to rapidly begin expanding renewable energy resources and renewable energy technologies from our vast and abundant renewable energy resources, such as; solar, solar energy systems, solar cogeneration, solar trigeneration, "solar on every roof," along with; Biomass Gasification, B100 Biodiesel, Biomethane, E100 Ethanol (from cellulosic, agricultural waste, sugar cane, etc., and NOT from corn), Geothermal Power Plants, Natural Wastewater Treatment, Synthesis Gas, Waste To Energy, Waste To Fuel and Wind Power Generation where it makes economic and environmental sense."   

For more information, call/email the
Renewable Energy Institute

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Are you doing your part to prevent Climate Change and End America's Reliance on Foreign Energy?  

Our following EcoGeneration technologies, including; Biomethane, B100 Biodiesel and Synthesis Gas Fuels Generated from our "Waste to Fuel" technologies,  are Carbon Free Energy and Pollution Free Power solutions that will:

* forever change the way energy is generated and used.

* eliminate or greatly reduce our customer's electric demand charges and electric expenses.

* slow, stop and eventually reverse climate change by reducing and then eliminating anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions - of which carbon dioxide emissions makes up 80% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

* reduce and eventually eliminate the use of coal and other fossil fuels.

* reduce the need for inefficient and expensive central power plants owned by utility companies. 

* promote energy independence.

* end America's dependence on oil from OPEC and other countries in the Middle-East, Venezuela and end our need for importing natural gas from Russia.

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