Lake restorer at Brigantine Cove [1997]

3 Pages·1997·0.87 MB·English

PROJECT PROFILE___ Ontario
Lake Restorer at Brigantine Cove
"The goal ofLiving Technologies TECHNOLOGY DESCRIFfION
Corporation is to develop and Living Technologies designs,
conunercialize wastewater treatment constructs, and operates natural
technology bo.sedon biolpgj ecology and wastewater treatment facilities based
traditional engineering. Our intent is on a whole systems approach to
the Lakekestorerpmjecl will lead to biological technology. These systems,
the ofefficient, called Living Machines, purity sewage,
ecologically-hosed treatment systemsf or industrial wastewater and polluted
dilute contamination found in water bodies ot water.
bodies and nm -off andf or the polishing Living Machine treatment systems
are designed to replicate the charac-
ofportially treated wastew ater
teristics of natural ponds and marshes
Lorenz Schmidt but to operate at an accelerated pace.
President Diverse communities of bacteria,
Liwng Technologies Corporation algae and micro-organisms as well as
Toronto, Ontario numerous species of plants, trees,
snails, fish and other living creatures
live together as whole ecologies in
tanks and living biofilters. Aided by the
THE COMPANY
combination of sunUght and a man-
Living Technology Corporation is a aged environment, the micro-organ- Flax Pond Lake Restorer during early
Canadian company which specializes isms eat the bacteria in the planting stage.
in ecological engineering. The compa- wastewater.
ny's chief biological consultant is John Living Machines are custom
Todd, Ph.D., a Canadian marine engineered according to waste stream RESULTS
biologist who has been applying and local conditions. The machines A Living Machine based Lake
ecological thinking to environmental do not use chemicals and are not Restorer regenerated the sick and
problems for more than 25 years. He disruptive. They are mechanically decaying Flax Pond in Cape Cod,
is the founder of Ocean Arks Interna- simple, energy efficient, cost competi- Massachusetts. The Restorer digested
tional, a non-profit organization located tive and can be exceptionally beauti- about 25,000 cubic yards of sediments
in Cape Cod and Living Technologies ful. and dramatically reduced the toxicity
Inc. of Vermont. The Lake Restorer is a Living of the remaining sediments in the
Machine designed to treat dilute pond. Over the past several years the
THE CHALLENGE contaminants and nutrients. The biological diversity of the 12-acre pond
Several years ago, Ontario Place, restorer creates an environment which has increased threefold. Further, the
a recreation and entertainment is rich in oxygen and able to purify pond is now open for recreation and
complex on Toronto's waterfront, huge volumes of water and either swimming despite the fact that the
decided to build a beach at Brigantine reduce or prevent noxious odors. The original source of pollution, a landfill
Cove. Living Technologies chose this restorer: site, continues to send 23,000 gallons
site for a feasibility study for using a * of pollutants into the water a day.
Lake Restorer Living Machine to meet circulates water at a high rate; The Brigantine Cove project will
the needs of Ontario Place. * be about ten times the size of the Flax
aerates the circulafing water;
The project's short term goal is to Pond Lake Restorer and will rely on
meet swimming quality standards for * circulates water over vast bacterial Canadian marine technology for
pathogenic bacteria and drinking water surfaces in the ecological fluidized flotation and containment.
standards for contaminants. The long- bed cells which filters out algae
term goal is to improve the habitat for (then eaten by filtering animals TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES
fish and other aquatic to increase such as clams and mussels) as Lake Restorer projects currently
biological activity in Brigantine Cove well as converts pollutants and under design or study include the
and to improve the area's ability to excess nutrients to safe end Brigantine Cove project and a system
repair and cleanse itself naturally. products. for a coastal lake affected by urban life
in California. Potential markets
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include public and private swimming
areas as well as unhealthy ponds,
lakes and rivers. The restorer may
also be used to treat leachate or run-
off from land-till sites and agricultural
activities as well as to polish effluent
from existing treatment systems, to
maintain drinking water reservoirs and
to treat storm water and urban run-off.
PARTNERSHIP IN POLLUTION
PREVENTION AND RESOURCE
CONSERVATION
Support for the feasibility and
design stage of the Brigantine Cove
project came from the Ontario Ministry
of Environment and Energy. Environ-
ment Canada's Great Lakes 2000
Cleanup Fund and the Living Tech-
nologies Corporation.
Industrial companies located in
Ontario may seek ministry/industry
services that will help them to:
*
reduce, reuse and recycle solid
waste;
Flax Pond Lake Restorer showing a photo voltaic panel for powering the airlift
* pumps. The mast supports a windmill for the same purpose.
effectively remediate historic
pollution and destroy hazardous
contaminants;
*
reduce or eliminate liquid effluent FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACt
and gaseous emissions;
* Andrew Hellebust Kirsten Mania
use energy and water more
Project Engineer Industry Conservation Branch
efficiently.
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