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• MicroC™ Premium Carbon Sources vs. Other Products
• Environmental Sustainability
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MicroC™ Premium Carbon Sources vs. Other Products

Methanol is currently the most widely used electron donor/carbon source for wastewater denitrification. MicroC™ Premium Carbon Sources offer a highly attractive alternative to hazardous, increasingly costly and energy-intensive methanol.

Safety

Methanol is highly flammable and toxic, jeopardizing the health and safety of treatment plant personnel, facility users and nearby communities. Recent incidents including the explosion of the methanol tank at the Daytona Beach, Florida wastewater treatment plant highlight safety issues associated with methanol. MicroC™ Premium Carbon Sources are safer alternatives to methanol.

Recent Articles highlighting the dangers associated with methanol
Summary of recent accidents involving methanol.	PDF
One Person Dead in Methanol Tanker Crash	Article 1 (7/21/08) PDF Article 2 (7/18/08) PDF
Methanol explosion at Daytona Beach, Florida wastewater treatment plant kills two workers and severely injures a third.	Article 1 (1/14/06) PDF Web site Article 2 (1/12/06) PDF Web site
Suit filed against city of Daytona Beach by worker’s family. Two construction contractors, an engineering consultant and two manufacturers of parts to the methanol and bisulfate tanks involved in the blast likely to be named in suit.	Web site
Methanol accident injures eight during high school chemistry experiment	PDF
Worker killed when an empty 55-gallon drum explodes	Web site
Five die as methanol tanker collides with car and bursts into flames.	Article 1 (10/9/06) PDF Article 2 (10/10/06) PDF

Cost Effectiveness

MicroC™ Premium Carbon Sources have several economic advantages over methanol and other electron donor/carbon sources and can result in significantly reduced operational and capital expenditures

• More efficient electron donor/carbon source optimized for denitrification that can result in considerable savings (see case studies)
• Potential reduction in safety-related expenditures including insurance premiums, training, regulatory compliance, etc. (see CDM Capital Study Download pdf - 1.6MB)
• Plants requiring denitrification upgrades can potentially avoid capital expenditures related to explosion-proof chemical storage and distribution (see CDM Capital Study Download pdf - 1.6MB)

Environmental Sustainability

MicroC™ Premium Carbon Sources are derived from renewable resources that are abundant in the United States. Every gallon of MicroC™ Premium Carbon Sources used (instead of methanol) saves the energy equivalent of heating 0.5 US households per day or providing electricity for 0.7 US households per day. See also Environmental Sustainability