Rejuvenating a Trickling Filter System to Remove Fats, Oils, and Grease

Case Study

A wastewater treatment system faced excessive fat, oil, and grease buildup due to a broken trickle filter. Hubbard-Hall’s Aquapure team focused on rejuvenating the pretreatment system, ultimately getting the trickle filter up and running after a lengthy idle period. The team spent 30 days seeding the system to achieve a healthy biomass, using Aquapure Bio 20 and Aquapure Bio 230 to promote microbial growth and effectively degrade hydrocarbon industrial wastes.

  • Aquapure Bio 20: Broad spectrum of microbial cultures for hydrocarbon waste degradation.
  • Aquapure Bio 230: Balanced blend of inorganic salts for optimal biomass growth conditions.
  • After 30 days of seeding, the system consistently maintained reportable data below 2 mg/L.
  • Despite a cleaner spill in August, the biomass remained healthy, with fat, oil, and gas levels returning below two mg/L within a week.

 

Download the case study to read how the excessive fat, oil, and grease buildup was combated by the chemistry of Hubbard-Hall.