Environmental Operating Solutions, Inc. Receives $150,000 Phase I SBIR Grant from the National Science Foundation

Company to develop innovations in the performance of fixed film biological denitrification systems

BOURNE, MA, September 29, 2010 — Environmental Operating Solutions, Inc. (EOSi) announced today that it had received a $150,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant will be used to develop innovations within the performance of fixed film denitrification systems.

“As wastewater dischargers are faced with increasingly stringent nitrogen discharge requirements, fixed film biological nutrient removal systems have become an important part of the solution,” said Eric Stoermer, President & CEO of EOSi. “This grant allows us to develop innovations to improve the performance of these systems, particularly with regard to their ability to successfully utilize non-hazardous, green chemicals instead of methanol, which is flammable and derived from natural gas.”

“The SBIR work fits well into our overall program of applying our non-hazardous, green chemicals to fixed film systems, “ said Samuel Ledwell, Director of Technical Development for EOSi. “Fixed film denitrification systems have traditionally been designed to utilize methanol as the carbon source. Our work increases the number of options that plant operators can utilize, allowing them to trade off on the basis of cost, safety, country of origin and environmental sustainability.”

Below is a list of recent publications that highlight the company’s work in the fixed film area:

• NC Currents - Summer 2010 issue (publication of NC AWWA-WEA)
  • Article: Optimizing Deep-Bed Denitrification with Alternative Carbon Sources
  • Authors: Malcolm Fabiyi of EOSi & Samuel Ledwell of EOSi

• WEFTEC 2010 – Technical Paper
  • Title: Optimizing Denitrification with non-Methanol Carbon Sources in Deep-Bed Denitrification Filter Technologies
  • Authors: Samuel Ledwell of EOSi, Malcolm Fabiyi of ESOi, Greg Farmer of City of Littleton-Englewood, CO

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• Improved Safety: MicroC 1000™ and MicroC 2000™ are completely nonflammable, nontoxic and 100% green products, made from natural, renewable sources of agricultural raw materials.
• Quality and Consistency: Manufactured to stringent quality specifications.
• Environmental Sustainability: Manufactured from abundant and renewable agricultural raw materials, sourced in the U.S.
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• Rapid Acclimation Period: Allows plant operators to optimize their dosing rates during plant start-up, maximizing nitrate removal while minimizing chemical costs.
• Multiple Applications: Used across a broad range of biological contaminant removal applications including nitrogen removal and BOD supplementation.

ABOUT EOSi (WWW.EOSENVIRONMENTAL.COM)
Environmental Operating Solutions, Inc. provides innovative products for the purification of water. The company’s MicroC™ line of denitrification products target contaminant nitrogen at wastewater treatment facilities. There are currently three products under the MicroC™ Premium Carbon Sources umbrella. MicroC 1000™ and MicroC 1100™ are carbohydrate-based and MicroC 2000™ is a crude glycerin-based product. EOSi currently provides more than 320 wastewater treatment plants with a safer, more effective, and environmentally sustainable solution compared with methanol and other carbon sources.  In addition, EOSi offers highly specialized technical expertise and support to help plant engineers and operators optimize the use of its denitrification products. EOSi is also engaged in research and development efforts focused on bringing the next generation of specially engineered Premium Carbon Sources to the market. EOSi was established in 2003 and is based in Bourne, Massachusetts.