Industries >> Industrial wastewater management Refineries Petroleum manufacturing Chemical storage Municipal wastewater treatment Dairy processing Meat packing and processing Paper products manufacturing Sludge, filter and oxidation systems The Standard of the Industry Solmar Formulations are based upon natural occurring bacteria, which have been specifically selected and carefully matched to give outstanding performance. Through extensive quality control methods, individual organisms are grown in pure form, preserved, and then combined. This minimizes any unwanted contaminants that would interfere with the desired organisms. This accounts for the superior organic breakdowns by Solmar Formulations over ubiquitous organisms and competitive products. Individual organisms have been chosen by their ability to work in concert with their counterparts in handling the complex array of compositions usually present in wastestreams, particularly phenols, oils, greases, hydrocarbons, pesticides and tars, and to reduce them to harmless end-products. Formulations have been designed for use in existing facilities. Solmar Corp. offers several different formulations. These have been tailored to effectively give better organic breakdowns in a variety of industrial wastestreams as well as domestic sewage. No single formulation can possibly deal with all wastestreams as well as domestic sewage. There are numerous, complex interrelationships between the multitude of organisms necessary to complete the task of giving acceptable clean-up. These interrelations may even change depending upon the chemical compositions present within a given system. The organisms used in Solmar Formulations are primarily facultative organisms. These can be used in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. None of the organisms are capable of generating hydrogen sulfide under anaerobic conditions. Using Solmar Formulations The formulations are supplied in a dry form. They become fully activated when presoaked for four to thirty-six hours in lukewarm (80°F to 100°F) water. Two gallons of either tap water or wastewater are used for each pound of cultures formulation. If the wastestream is cool, the slurry should be cooled to the approximate temperature of the wastestream during the presoak to avoid thermal shock. The slurry should be stirred occasionally during presoaking. After presoaking the cultures slurry should be added as far upstream as practical. Introduction within the interceptor system has proven effective in pretreating the wastestream ahead of the treatment plant itself. Additions should in any event be ahead of primary clarification. For lagoon applications the slurry should be applied over the surface of the entire lagoon. Where lift stations are being treated, applications should be made through manholes upstream from the station itself whenever possible. The quantities required for treatment facilities depend upon the characteristics and size of the facilities as well as the nature and flow rates of the wastewater. Due to the many existing variables, specific programs need to be tailored to individual sites. Solmar Corp. personnel with their many, many years of successful field application experience are eminently qualified to devise appropriate, cost-effective treatment programs and to assist in appropriate operational changes to maximize treatment effectiveness. The basis of such programs is to have the supplemented organisms gain dominance over the ubiquitous organisms present. Without this dominance, benefits will not be realized. Technical backup and support in addition to product quality is critical. Solmar Corp.’s personnel continue to set the technical standards for the industry.