Wastewater typically contains a large amount of nutrients, including phosphorus and nitrogen. If not properly managed, these nutrients can pose a threat to infrastructure and the environment leading to issues such as eutrophication in waterbodies and a buildup of struvite in mechanical systems. Wastewater treatment plants can mitigate these challenges with a nutrient recovery process that can improve water quality and meet stringent discharge limits by converting discarded phosphorus into an environmentally friendly fertilizer needed to grow food.
Nutrient recovery is a sustainable approach to wastewater management by recovering nutrients from where they shouldn’t be - in our waterways and transforming them into high-performing fertilizers. This approach is proven to increase yields while reducing runoff and non-point source pollution.
Ostara’s Pearl® System, offered by Evoqua Water Technologies, is helping deliver an innovative wastewater nutrient recovery solution that harvests nutrients from wastewater and transform them into an eco-friendly fertilizer. This approach is both innovative and sustainable, providing communities and industries around the world with a process to manage valuable nutrients while meeting strict phosphorus discharge limits.
Nutrient recovery contributes to the social, environmental, and economic benefits of a circular economy
