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Agricultural applications range from liquification and odour control of manure to enhancement of depleted agricultural fields.

Restaurants, fast food, hotel and other commercial operations with kitchens can experience clogged drains caused by FOG accumulation. These situations always occur at inconvenient times when the kitchen is in full operation and cause serious disruptions. The costs for emergency interventions are considerable. QM Environmental Services offers a range of MICROCAT products that help solve and prevent these plumbing systems from clogging and keep them free flowing and odour free. Developed through the years, MICROCAT products, whether dry or liquid are capable of safely and effectively loosening and digesting the troublesome substances, which clog drainage and trap systems and cause odours. When used on a regular basis, MICROCAT products can result in savings on operational and maintenance costs.

QM Environmental Services offers a range of products that can help to improve the processing and composting of organic waste forms or to solve odour problems associated with the transport, storage and processing of waste in general

Anaerobic digestion is a series of processes in which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen, used for industrial or domestic purposes to manage waste and/or to release energy. It is widely used as part of the process to treat wastewater, like Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors. As part of an integrated waste management system, anaerobic digestion reduces the emission of landfill gas into the atmosphere. Anaerobic digestion is widely used as a renewable energy source because the process produces a methane and carbon dioxide rich biogas suitable for energy production, helping to replace fossil fuels. The nutrient-rich digestate which is also produced can be used as fertilizer. The digestion process begins with bacterial hydrolysis of the input materials in order to break down insoluble organic polymers such as carbohydrates and make them available for other bacteria. Acidogenic bacteria then convert the sugars and amino acids into carbon dioxide, hydrogen, ammonia, and organic acids. Acetogenic bacteria then convert these resulting organic acids into acetic acid, along with additional ammonia, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide. Finally, methanogens convert these products to methane and carbon dioxide.

Wastewater treatment plants can on occasion experience problems with settling of the biological sludge in the secondary clarifier. Often this problem is caused by the abundant presence of filamentous microorganisms.

Odour emissions form a serious problem for many people that live near or work in places which produce odours. These places can be factories, wastewater treatment plants, farms like pig and poultry breeders, solid waste disposal facilities and landfills. As some odourous compounds can be harmful for the health of humans other are simply unpleasant and can cause health problems when exposed to on a continuous basis. In either case something needs to be done about it.

Proper waste treatment and free-flowing plumbing lines are critically tied to one another. Of the many products marketed which claim to aid plumbing problems, MICROCAT® products are unique. They offer a combination of micro organisms, enzymes (biochemical catalysts) and other ingredients which act together naturally to soften, loosen, remove and break down greases, fats and oils in plumbing lines, sewer systems, pump stations and treatment plants, thus keeping them clean and odour free. Developed through the years, MICROCAT® products, whether dry or liquid are capable of safely and effectively loosening and digesting the troublesome substances, which clog drainage systems and cause odours. When used on a regular basis, MICROCAT® products can result in savings on operational and maintenance costs.

For aquaculture QM Environmental Services offers several microbial formulations plus oxygen infusing systems that can be applied for algae control in ponds and lakes or for intensive fish breeding.

Today bioremediation is successfully used as soil– and groundwater remediation technology. Many bioremediation systems, both in-situ as ex-situ techniques, usually result in considerable cost savings. Since the beginning of the 1980’s both in-situ and ex-situ bioremediation projects have been successfully completed worldwide through the use of preselected and adapted bacteria. QM Environmental Services supplies a range of microbial, bioactivator and nutrient products and gas delivery systems for the use in both aerobic and anaerobic bioremediation programs. Most common contaminants ranging from aliphatic hydrocarbons such as petroleum, lubrication oils, aromatic compounds like benzene and toluene to chlorinated solvents can be treated with these products.