Alumnus Kraig Johnson (PhD, CE MS '92) and the company he co-founded, Wastewater Compliance Systems, Inc., received a prestigious Innovative Technology Award from the Water Environment Federation (WEF). See press release.
Wastewater Compliance Systems, Inc. (WCS) sells treatment devices called Bio-Domes, also nicknamed Poo-Gloos. These devices provide low-cost aerated fixed-film surfaces for beneficial bacteria in wastewater treatment lagoons. They look a little like submerged igloos, hence the nickname. They maximize the oxygen transfer and scrubbing action of direct air bubble contact with the interior bio-film surfaces. Since 2008, eight communities in the U.S. have installed full scale Bio-Dome systems, and over a dozen more have run pilot studies with very favorable results.
Kraig and Bio-Dome demonstration.
Kraig ran into one of his former professors, David Jenkins, at the awards ceremony.
