The Marine community is highly sensitive to environmental issues.   Environmental Leverage Inc. offers new, innovative technologies for economic and social development that addresses issues pertaining to companies’ ecological policies.

Problem Areas and Issues

Port and Terminal Reception Facilities  Issues
Marine Sewage Pump out Facility
Marine Sanitation Device Systems
Cruise Ships
Sewer Transfer Stations
Holding tanks for treated and untreated sewage
Holding tanks for Grey water
Pollution, BOD, TSS, odors, corrosion

Solutions

Water ballast management plan
Biological Optimization Program
Technical assistance for marine pollution issues
Scientific review of marine environmental issues
Regulatory analysis and update
Environmental regulatory compliance
Biochemical Assessment of Environmental Contamination
Biological Products
Micronutrients
Alternative Oxygen Chemicals
Mechanical Aeration
Package plants
Training, Consulting, Testing, Audits
Tank Remediation
Microscopic Evaluation

EPA Office of Compliance Sector Notebook Project, Marine Industry.  More information can be obtained on the EPA website http://es.epa.gov/oeca/sector or by contacting Environmental Leverage

There are tons of files containing information on every subject from A to Z on the internet with standards, benchmarks and industry BMP's.  The problems is, who has time to dig and find it all. It is not always in easy to find places.  We have tried to show you some of the ones we though might be useful. There are links to the places where we found some of them in case you want to dig deeper on a particular subject and find out more.

Cruise Ships

Cruise ships are as large as small floating cities. Some can hold anywhere from 3-5000 people.  One cruise ship can generate in just one day up to 37,000 gallons of oily bilge water, 30,000 gal of sewage, 255,000 gals of Non-sewage Grey water and tens of thousands of gallons of ballast water.
 
It is possible to pre-treat some of this water onsite and clean it naturally with naturally occurring bacterial products. There are many options and solutions available to treat wastewater.

Tanks onsite can be retrofitted or brought in and can be used to pre-treat influent prior to being discharged to a local P.O.T.W. or Marina and significantly lower the surcharges that are incurred due to high BOD and TSS fluctuations that often exist, especially on large ships or cruise lines. We have worked with a number of ships that used onsite treatment, or small package plants to pretreat their influent and saved 1/2 to one million dollars a year in savings, not to mention headaches and upsets to the local POTW.

Did you know most biosolids can be land applied and have significant nutrient value. This can reduce the cost on N and P to the farmer by 30-50% depending upon the values measured in the cake solids and the crop nutrient requirements.

Antifoams- Basic information and when not to use them

Boiler and Cooling Tower Blowdown Cooling Tower Microscopic analyses

MicroSolv-L Marine is a  liquid product that was developed for use in the biological wastewater treatment of ships, ballast tanks and small marine craft. This product helps digest the fats, oils and grease that can cause problems with foaming and filamentous bacteria, odors, or permit violations.

Audits and Onsite Training and Consulting

 In order to "Audit" or Troubleshoot a Cruise ship wastewater treatment plant, a number of things need to be looked at. A physical walk-through of the plant needs to be conducted with visual observations noted. A microscopic analyses of the Biological portion of the waste treatment system needs to be conducted. Settleometer Testing needs to be conducted A sludge judge should be used on a Clarifier Examination of lab data- current testing procedures and results Walk through and correlation of process side to wastewater treatment plant operations A fully detailed final report is issued with process recommendations, system changes, areas for optimization and increased efficiency. Final Effluent Permit requirements can be evaluated to determine if a more efficient approach can be taken.

For a full onsite audit of your plant- Contact Environmental Leverage inc. 630-906-9791

More troubleshooting for Cruise ships and boats:

Troubleshooting small package plant Systems

For a full onsite audit of your plant- Contact Environmental Leverage inc. 630-906-9791

Bioaugmentation for reduction of BOD and TSS

MicroSolv-L Marine is a  liquid product that was developed for use in the biological wastewater treatment of food based greases, fats and oils. This product helps digest the fats, oils and grease that can cause problems with foaming and filamentous bacteria, odors, high BOD and discharge permit violations.

Troubleshooting Lagoon Systems

Wastewater in the Fall- Problems and Solutions