Back M. Wood1, T. Higa1, P. Farrelly2 and B. Simpson3
Department of Agriculture, University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan1,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA2 and
Sustainable Community Development, LLC, P.O.Box 14278, Shawnee Mission,
KS66285, USA3
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Abstract
Currently the largest project with EM in the United States is the "Jefferson
City Project", which is a comprehensive application of EM Wastewater
Treatment Method to a large-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant.
This demonstration project results from the coordination of a consortium
of organizations, which have participated in some capacity in lending their
resources for the successful completion of the project. These organizations
include Sustainable Community Development (SCD), L.L.C. (Columbia, Missouri),
the University of Missouri Department of Civil Engineering (Columbia, Missouri),
the Effective Microorganisms Research Organization (Okinawa, Japan), Jefferson
City Water Pollution Plant (Jefferson City, Missouri), and EM Technologies,
Inc. (Tucson, Arizona). In an effort to engineer a more efficient method
to reclaim the wastewater of Jefferson City the consortium aims to solve
universal problems of odour and water quality by managing the microbial
ecology of the wastewater and it's conduits (i.e. sewers and processing
units) using EM technology. After collecting baseline (pre-EM) data for
five months, EM applications were begun in August this year. Between 27
to 35 metric tons of EM are applied to the wastewater treatment system
each week. EM is produced using a "Mobile Production Unit" (MPU)
that was designed and built by Dr. Teruo Higa, EM Research Organization
and Sustainable Community Development. The MPU is inside a large truck,
so EM can be delivered in large quantities anywhere it is needed. EM is
successfully helping to reduce foul odours, decrease sludge and improve
effluent water quality at the Jefferson City Project.