The folks at Algaewheel cite the following benefits of their green wastewater treatment system:
- Save energy: Wastewater treatment plants account for 3% of U.S. electrical demand. Algae run on solar power. Algaewheel tech could cut that energy demand by half or more.
- Produce energy: The company touts the biomass produced in the treatment process as an excellent power source.
- Save the planet: Algae treatment is carbon neutral. It also captures nitrous oxide, which conventional wastewater treatment systems emit and which is 300 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
- Save money: Algaewheel says their systems cost the same or less to build and save money long-term with less maintenance and fewer chemical inputs.
Cory, this was the plan for my debate case in high school! Glad to see ten years later someone is finally running with the idea.
ReplyDeleteMatt Groce,
P.s. another good thing to use that algae for. Algae burgers! You just have to get past the fact that you are eating something that feed off your own sewage.
Matt! Forward that 1AC!
ReplyDeleteAnd algae burgers? Heck, I eat hot dogs; what's a little more sewage in my diet?