Ecology Clean-up Using BioSanitizer Ecochips Dr. Uday S. Bhawalkar, Director
Bhawalkar Ecological Research Institute(BERI) Pune - 411 009, India Phone:+91-20-2422 6916/2422 5208 E-mail: drudaybhawalkar@gmail.com Website: www.ecoguru.org 1
‘Smart’ Clean-up Methods • Use of toxic chemicals, to suppress the signals. For example, use of alum(heavy metal) and chlorine(toxic gas) to ‘purify’ drinking water! • Production of heavily concentrated waste streams that are disposed off in the neighbourhood, thus polluting the ecology. • Use of chemicals and electricity adds to the pollution levels. Ecology Clean-up using BioSanitizer Ecochips
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Methodology • Learning from Nature • Nature has evolutionary wisdom of 4.6 billion years. • Learning from traditions, evolved by ‘Man, the wise’, Homo sapiens. • Learning ‘why’ of current household and industrial practices. We have accumulated considerable ‘know-how’, it becomes interesting to understand the ‘why’ aspect now. Ecology Clean-up using BioSanitizer Ecochips
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Nature and Traditions say... • Pollution is nothing but neglected/wasted/spilled raw materials. • Logical strategy to reduce pollution, hence, should be through proper utilization of wasted resources. • Organic molecules only fuel the ‘signals’ of pollution. Destruction of organics produces greenhouse gases and warming, also consumes electricity. Ecology Clean-up using BioSanitizer Ecochips
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NICHE DIAGRAM ( BHAWALKAR PhD 1996, I.I.T. 5B)
Ecological conclusion • Conversion of pollution into resources/profit is need of the hour, to beat recession. • People accept such techniques readily, without any legal pressure.
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Nature’s Destruction Equation • Organics+Oxygen+Energy=Carbon Dioxide+ salts + warmth. • Converts 3 Resources into 3 pollutants. • Takes place only if organics are polluted with nitrates. • Odour-pathogens-pests are alarms, warning us about this reaction. • But, it is common to shut these alarms, using toxic chemicals, heat or radiation.
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Nature’s Prosperity Equation Salts(from seawater, saline/brackish groundwater , saline soils or flyash) + Air Pollutants + Warmth = Organic Resources (food, fuel and other plant produce) + Oxygen Converts 3 pollutants into 2 resources Ecology Clean-up using BioSanitizer Ecochips
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Why was this reaction neglected? • Engineers are taught material and energy balance. • But they are away from the bio/eco-world. • Ecology and ecological engineering are young, evolving branches. • Only eco-designing can sustain humanity & the planet. Ecology Clean-up using BioSanitizer Ecochips
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Pollution Potential • • • •
Soil ………. 1 ……. Prosperity Land(no soil).. 10 …..… Litter Pests Water…….. 100 …..…Water-borne diseases Air……….. 1000 ..…… Air-borne diseases Conventional technologies increase the pollution during treatment of solid wastes or water/wastewater. Invisible pollution is often more hazardous.
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Signals of Pollution • • • •
1st digit indicated to eyes ( FISH). 2nd digit to ears ……….. (FROG) 3rd digit by skin contact (ORDINARY MOSQUITO) 4th digit by odor, bad habits, short illness ( MALARIA) • 5th digit by crime, fatal diseases (DENGUE)
• Chemicals are used to suppress the signals.
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Learning from Nature
Low nitrate blue lagoon: Coconut plants with roots in the seawater. Ecology Clean-up using BioSanitizer Ecochips
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Learning from Nature • Nature converts seawater into tasty coconut water. • BIOSANITIZER Ecotechnology is based on many such lessons from Nature
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BIOSANITIZER(bio-catalyst)-1 • Ecology was spoiled during the past 500 years, due to burning of fossil fuels.
• This increased NOx in air, spoiled water, food, man and his ecosystem/culture.
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BIOSANITIZER(bio-catalyst)-2 • BIOSANITIZER is the remedy. • Grows invisible, high speed, broadband vegetation in water, air or in other fluids. • Helps bring prosperity to all, through increase in high quality plant produce, at minimal cost. Ecology Clean-up using BioSanitizer Ecochips
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BIOSANITIZER(bio-catalyst)-3 • Field-tested over the past 24 years. • Just put in a well, borewell, pond, lake or water storage tank. • No recurring expenses. • Produces nourishing organic water and organic air.
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BIOSANITIZER Mechanism
• All pollution problems get tackled in low nitrate(NOx) ecosystems.
• Each plant has enzymes that operates in specific band of nitrates. Ecology Clean-up using BioSanitizer Ecochips
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Appreciated and encouraged by • • • • • • •
IIT Bombay, Kanpur, Delhi, Rurkee, Guwahati B J Medical College /AFMC, Pune Pune/Pimpri/Mumbai/Thane/Nashik Municipal Corps. Indian Water Works Association(IWWA) DST, Ministry of Urban Development, MPCB, CPCB World Bank, EU, UNEP, UNICEF, USEPA Farmers/industries/urbanites in 12 countries.
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Investment / Return • Rs 40 lakh per MLD flow of water/wastewater • Rs 1 lakh/acre of pond/lake area • Rs 10,000/- per pump HP of well/borewell • Rs 3 lakh per TPD of solid wastes processed
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Treatment of Borewell Water in Maharashtra Parameters
Before
After
pH
7.44
7.57
TDS
1966
1050
Hardness
922
444
Alkalinity
119
331
Chlorides
315
165
Sulphates
484
97
Nitrates
8.62
11.0
Fluorides
0.03
0.02
Iron
0.19
0.3
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REMARKS
Water became useful for drinking and irrigation The water tastes sweeter Irrigated soil that was showing white salty patches, has turned black again.
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Treatment of Arsenic Affected Groundwater in W. Bengal SWID *
SWID *
SAFE * Lid closed
SAFE *
Treated Water
Treated Water
Lid open for 5 days
Raw water
Treated water
pH- 6.57
6.66
6.9
7.9
Fe-0.8
0.1
0.19
0.31
As-0.7
0.3
0. 18 (Trivalent)
*SAFE
and SWID are labs. All values in ppm (except pH)
below 0.01 (Trivalent)
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Treatment of Arsenic Affected Groundwater in W. Bengal-2 SAFE * SAFE * Raw water
Treated water
7.7
7.7
NO3-N
13.4
0.08
Fe
0.48
0.31
As
0.05
0.02
pH
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Groundwater Treatment in Gujarat • TDS
reduced from 7,800 ppm to 3,178 ppm
• Hardness reduced from 2,020 ppm to 900 ppm • Chlorides reduced from 3,180 ppm to 1,320 ppm
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Groundwater Treatment in Gujarat • Sulphates reduced from • Nitrates
reduced from
2,270 ppm to 360 ppm 550 ppm to nil.
• Fluorides reduced from 0.98 ppm to 0.8 ppm • Alkalinity reduced from
600 ppm to 280 ppm
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Sewage treatment without electricity -Taj Hotel, Madurai
SINHAGAD ENGINEERING COLLEGE, PUNE
Aerators shut off (Nasik), 500 HP saving for 120 MLD sewage
Sewage Treatment in Godavari River in Maharashtra-1 • BOD reduced from
174 ppm to nil
• COD reduced from
392 ppm to nil
• DO increased from
nil to 1.1 ppm.
• Ecological treatment of sewage works better when D.O. is near 1 ppm. Ecology Clean-up using BioSanitizer Ecochips
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Sewage Treatment in Godavari River in Maharashtra-2 • Oil and grease reduced from 14
ppm to nil.
• Detergents reduced from
13.2 ppm to nil.
• Cu reduced from
0.52 ppm to nil.
• Fe reduced from
3.36 ppm to nil.
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Sewage Treatment in Godavari River in Maharashtra-3 • Zn reduced from
0.21 to 0.024 ppm.
• Pb reduced from
0.1 ppm to nil.
• Hg reduced from
0.01 ppm to nil.
• Sodium reduced to
21 ppm.
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Sewage Treatment in Godavari River in Maharashtra-4 • B reduced
to nil.
• F reduced
to 0.09 ppm.
• Nitrates reduced to 0.55 ppm.
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POWAI LAKE, MUMBAI
VIEW OF MUMBAI DELUGE 2005
Deluge in Mumbai: 26th July, 2005
KORA KENDRA, VASAI TALUKA, NEAR MUMBAI
Deluge in Mumbai: 26th July, 2005
Deluge in Mumbai: 26th July, 2005
Lesser Flamingos in Mumbai SEWRI MUD FLATS
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OYSTERS AFTER 40 YEARS
Sustainble and long distance effect of BIOSANITIZER to the sea
MANGROVES SURVIVE AND SPROUT AFTER MUMBAI OIL SPILL, INSTEAD OF DYING.
Mumbai Oil Spill
New Leaves appear
ONLINE SEWAGE TREATMENT IN OPEN NULLAH IN PUNE
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Mutha river, Pune - 800 MLD, without water hyacinth
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Water tank with algae-Nairobi
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GREY WATER TREATED WITH BIOSANITIZER, USED FOR GARDEN
GARDEN IRRIGATED WITH RECYCLED GREY WATER
Jenkins salt works growing grass with BIOSANITIZER
Grass harvested from former salt pans with use of BIOSANITIZER
Biosanitized Grey water
BIOSANITIZED Sea Water
Grass suitable for cattle
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Birds from Ashes: The Story of a Flyash Pond at Nashik Thermal Power Station
Birds from Ashes • NTPS uses Godavari water 6 km downstream of Nashik city. • Nashik sewage treatment shifted to BioSanitizer in 2009. • NTPS received and got benefit of well-treated sewage/industrial wastewater. • Ash pond that was toxic until this date, became an ecopark. • Biodiversity was found comparable to other eco-parks.
ENVIS Newsletter on wetland ecosystems and inland wetlands Sarovar Saurabh Vol.8(1), 2012
Conversion of Flyash into Fuel Equation of BioSanitizer(Compact Forest)
Salt + CO2 + NOx + Waste Heat = Fuel + Oxygen
Biosanitizer was used successfully in the East costs of Sri Lanka after the Tsunami
This slide added by Gnana
After the last Tsunami is Sri Lanka
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