Success Stories
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“At Green Velvet, we were able to harvest Kentucky Bluegrass fields (without netting) in just 9 months. Without netting, this is about as good as it can be done in the Midwest. This allowed us to till the field in June and July, and re-seed the fields in August, making sod production now a 12 mo. cycle instead of the average 18 mo. With demand on the rise, this will have a significant impact on our sod production business. Not only are we able to bring higher quality sod to market sooner, I anticipate we’ll be able to produce 3 sod cycles in 3 years, the same amount of time we would have produced 2 sod cycles without APEX-10™. The product far exceeded my expectations.”
Randy Tischer, Owner,
Green Velvet Sod Farms, Dayton, OH
“At Medina Sod Farm we applied APEX-10 to 70 acres of our Kentucky Bluegrass fields. Our typical growth cycle before APEX-10™ was 18-24 months; now we can turn our fields in 10-12 months. Additionally, we noticed the turfgrass utilized fertilizer more efficiently, and we were able to reduce the amount of irrigation. We also saw increased stress tolerance and recovery, especially in the peat soil portion of our fields, giving us peace of mind. We were so pleased with the results we are increasing APEX-10's application to 100 acres this year.”
Scott Gregoire,
Owner/Operator, Medina Sod Farms, Orrville, OH
On a 65 acre field on a sod farm in Eastern Maryland, sod would not harvest. It was just too tender. After purchasing 50 gallons of APEX-10™, it was applied at a rate of 1 gallon per acre. Within just a few weeks, they were able to harvest over 95% of the field where they had applied the APEX-10™. Where they had applied a competitor’s product, the sod still would not lift. The farmer was very pleased and purchased another 80 gallons to treat a newly seeded field for better spring wakeup and quicker harvest next year.
-Newsom Seed
“We have been using APEX-10™ since the fall of 2011 on the district's sports fields. APEX-10™ has added root mass to the rye, fescue and bluegrass cultivars like nothing we have ever seen. Since applying APEX-10™ we have not had a divot or a tear out from an athlete’s stopping or cutting. This durability makes for safer fields which can be more frequently used and more easily maintained due to the turf's ability to recover.”
– Pat Hoynes,
Maintenance, Orange City Schools, Cleveland, OH
“We sprayed APEX-10™ right after sod installation was complete and we were thrilled that within 10 days the sod had knitted. Even with thin cut sod, it was not able to be lifted. Additionally, the sod grew at a very fast pace making the sod replacement process a seamless transition. This gave us peace of mind that the field will be ready and established for our home opener in April.”
– Dan Stricko,
Sports Turf Manager, Lake County Captains, Cleveland, OH
“We’ve been using APEX-10™ since August 2012, and soil tests indicate we have better uptake of nutrients now. We first applied APEX-10™ after a considerably stressful stretch of games. We aerated, over seeded with rye grass and applied APEX-10™. Within seven days the turf had recovered and was looking and playing great just in time for our playo run."
- Chris Walsh, Turf
Manager, Akron Rubberducks, Akron, OH
“APEX-10™ in conjunction with Griggs products and proper agronomic practices, has enabled a Tifeagle green that was completely gone to recover and fill. APEX-10™ has had a very positive effect on producing runners, and the time frame in which the green filled in was quick. Last fall, it was basically gone, and now I have about 90% coverage and should be close to filled in by August. The rooting on the greens is healthier and deeper than I have seen in the eighteen months I’ve been here. One great product to have in the arsenal!”
– Gary Frazier,
Superintendent, Cedar
Creek Golf Club, Aiken, SC
"We immediately saw positive results with APEX-10™. We started cutting back our water usage, which ended up being the biggest plus for us because by the end of the season we had recorded the hottest, driest summer on record. Our golfers always asked us how we kept our greens and tees in great shape through that heat and stress. APEX-10™ was the only change we made from the year before, and the improvement in the turf was remarkable. Being a public golf course, money is always a concern, but APEX-10™ easily fit into our budget and by the end of the season we were ahead of the game."
– Pat Worley, Owner Operator, Fox Run Golf
Course, Waterford, PA
At a high end golf course, hand watering hot spots during summer stress was taking up time and budgets. With the addition of APEX-10™, hand watering of tees virtually disappeared and the superintendent has added APEX-10™ into injection for fairways this season.
- Walker Supply
“APEX-10™ improved our plant loss and lost opportunity revenue ratio by almost 50%. We highly recommend the use of this product on all plants, trees and turf.”
- Joseph’s Landscaping & Irrigation
“We worked with one of our contractors who had a perennial problem area in a customer's yard. After the third application, we had a total turnaround. My customer earned a lifelong customer, and we earned even more of our contractor's trust by providing a product that worked exceptionally well in spite of the heat and drought conditions in our area."
- ProChem Sales
A lawn-care company tank mixed APEX-10™ with other maintenance products and applied trial strips with and without APEX-10™ for a direct comparison. Even six (6) weeks later, the company could still tell a positive difference in the strips in which APEX-10™ was applied.
– Dickens Supply
FOOD WASTE TO ENERGY USING BAE™
The NJ Department of Agriculture received a federal grant to work with a 6 MGD Wastewater Treatment Facility positioned in an area that is home to many Food Processors. The facility planned to build a Food Waste Treatment System that would utilize an inactive Anaerobic Digester at the plant. With Prodex's assistance and by using existing infrastructure, the project negated the need to spend $3- $5 million on constructing an entirely new digester from the ground up.
The project provided an opportunity to create a tangible, working apparatus to demonstrate whether food waste & manure (provided by food processors and farmers) could be used efficiently and effectively to create gas used to power a co- generation unit that supplies electrical power to run the Authority’s sewage-treatment operations.
The bio-solids being treated were supplemented using BAE™. The addition of BAE™ into the digester stabilized the materials being treated and as a result:
Biogas output increased by 37%
Facility is now generating $150K/yr. in revenue & growing
Plant is able to receive and process external materials effortlessly due to increased buffering capacity & throughput
IMPROVED BIOGAS PRODUCTION USING BAE™
Like many wastewater treatment facilities across the country, a 60 MGD facility was looking to increase their digester gas production. The plant installed four co-generation units with a capacity of 800 kW each. The engines are capable of using either methane gas from the digesters or natural gas supplied by public utilities. Power produced by the co-generation system accounts for over 70% of the total power required to operate the entire facility.
The addition of the co-generation system became a strong incentive to produce more digester gas. Following pilot testing on one of the four digesters with BAE™, the plant personnel chose to test BAE™ for the entire digester treatment system. The results were astounding:
Digester gas production increased by 41%
Cost avoidance for facility due to additional gas produced equates to $392K/yr.
IMPROVED SOLIDS HANDLING TREATMENT USING BAE™
A 60 MGB plant wanted to improve their costing structure in the solids treatment section due to the increasing costs of chemical treatment, landfill tipping fees and disposal costs. It was anticipated that adding BAE™ to the treated solids coming from the digesters would improve the solids handling treatment by lowering these costs and producing: higher cake solids, a cleaner return stream, and lower final disposal costs.
BAE™ was introduced at the plant’s Gravity Belt Thickeners and resulted in:
Annual savings of $353K on re-treatment costs due to return stream clean up
Cake solids increased & less polymer used to dewater
A reduction of 2.28 tons per day of sludge cake disposal= reduced tipping fees
ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT USING BAE™ FOR NITROGEN REMOVAL
A 24 MGD plant treating Waste Activated Sludge & Primary Sludge was experiencing high amounts of Nitrogen in the plant effluent. The facility provides service to 15 municipalities with approximately 207,000 residents, covering a total service area of 150 square miles. The plant treats leachate from the local landfill as well as septage and food waste that is hauled to the facility.
The state ordered the plant to do expensive testing (Bio Assay) to monitor and remedy the problem. Prodex® was contacted to help assist in the matter (BAE™ was used earlier when their Aeration Basins were affected with high biological loadings from larger than normal amounts of leachate that had been delivered to the plant, resulting in a quick resolution and a net annual savings of over $360K).
Prodex® worked on optimizing the dosage to accommodate the fluctuating loadings and was able to come up with a standard dosage that brought effluent numbers down from 39 mg/L to 4 mg/L after only 1 year (a 90% reduction).
MAINTENANCE/ EMERGENCY DOSAGE USING BAE™
A well operated and maintained 12 MGD plant stores BAE™ to use when they experience dramatic changes in the plant influent. The facility treats both industrial and residential flows using anaerobic digesters. The loadings that affected the solids in the Aeration Basins would also affect the solids handling section of the facility.
The plant experienced changes in the influent loadings due to a high amount of organic acids and sulfides which can be toxic to the aeration basins. This can lead to a significant amount of the sludge inventory in the foam, compromising process control. Nitrification and denitrification often occur together within the floc, with no findings of free nitrate when examined. This caused the plant’s gray water that is sold to the neighboring electric utility to be affected.
To counter this problem the plant applied BAE™ at a rate of 10 gallons a day during this challenging time period. After feeding the BAE™ in May, the plant had extended periods of superior plant performance.
The use of BAE™ in the aeration basins:
Created a strong microbiology for quick response & recovery
Provided stabilization for smooth plant operation
Cleaned up gray water & enabled facility to meet contractual obligations
“BAE® has been an invaluable tool for our WWTP, increasing our biogas production for reuse onsite and decreasing our energy demand on utilities. I’d highly recommend BAE® to fellow wastewater treatment professionals.” -Executive Director
Since implementing the use of BAE® in the digester, this specific plant has vastly improved not only digester performance, but also increased the efficiency of the CHP system. The EPA recognized the results of this outstanding performance and awarded them with the EPA 2010 ENERGY STAR Award.
A Pennsylvania WWTP had a particular challenge during heavy rain events, which included the possible loss of solids from the final clarifiers due to high plant influent flow conditions. Filamentous bacteria had overwhelmed the facility's biology during late winter and early spring as the wastewater temperature began to increase. To compensate for the possible loss of solids, polymer was added to the secondary clarifiers, and bacteria were added to the primary clarifier effluent. At the conclusion of the 60 day cycle, both polymer and bacteria were discontinued, and the microorganism population was in complete order.
Mifflin County, PA
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“Before using EcoHancer®, there were 2 spots in my home’s drain field that were wet, muddy, and soft, indicating a blowout. I began searching for solutions, and a friend of mine, an engineer, recommended EcoHancer®. The Greenovative Technologies® team provided instructions on how to use the product and personally assisted me with recommendations on how to achieve better drainage in my field. After using the product for a month, the wet spots in my drain field are now dry and firm.
EcoHancer® is easy to use and does not require any additional work to maintain my septic system. The science behind the product makes sense, and it performs as advertised. The Greenovative Technologies® team has a lot of credibility both as experts in the field and users of the product. I had an amazing experience with both the product and the Greenovative Technologies® team; they truly went the extra mile to help me. I recommend that any homeowner with a septic system call Greenovative Technologies® today to use EcoHancer®.”
John McElroy
Homeowner
“I would have never believed it would work this well! The septic system at my location began failing when we were pumping it bi-weekly. Over the years various treatments had been tried to repair the system, but to no avail. Many experts blamed the failure on the fact that we have a Dunkin Donuts in our store and the grease that is created from their products getting into the system. Over the years the frequency of pumping had increased dramatically. For the last three or four years we have been pumping twice a week.
During the first week of April of this year, the first treatment of EcoHancer® was added to my system and all pumping was canceled until further notice. I was worried that the system would back up that weekend; it takes less than a week before it starts backing up into my building. Well, the system never backed up; in fact it hasn’t been pumped at all since the first treatment, it’s now the first week of October. I am amazed at how well EcoHancer® has worked to solve my problem. I highly recommend to anyone with a septic system to give this product a try.”
Bob Fiori
Cohassett, MA
“At English Sewage Disposal, we have always been skeptical of products claiming to fix failing systems. Fortunately, we have seen for ourselves the benefits of using EcoHancer® in our customers’ systems. We have tested EcoHancer® under controlled and closely monitored conditions and found measurable improvements in failing systems in as little as two months. We believe that EcoHancer® provides the needed natural boost to the septic bacteria that are needed to help protect the system from the harmful chemicals flushed down the drain every day.”
Paul Behrens
President/Owner, English Septic
Bridgeton, NJ
“Del Vel has been a distributor for Greenovative Technologies® since May 2011. Working with septic installers and pumpers is a large part of our business, so EcoHancer® is a perfect fit for us. In the past, we have sold harsh chemicals to maintain septic systems, but EcoHancer® is a cost-effective, efficient, and environmentally-friendly alternative. Our customers like the product and have seen numerous positive results, including improved septic system efficiency, improved drain field performance, reduced odor, and reduced sludge buildup.
Red Lion Diner was one of the first projects that we used EcoHancer® on. Before using the product, their septic system was in very bad shape and had massive system failure, odor, and a flooded drain field. After 9 weeks, the system completely turned around with improved efficiency, reduced odor, and a clear, dry drain field.”
Steve Pollack
President & CEO, Del Vel Chem Company
Medford
“Total System Solution® is a success! We are very impressed with the results from treating our grease, and we are already saving money on maintenance costs!”
Cinnaminson, NJ