Bion’s new micro-aerobic digestion technology provides on-site nutrient treatment at a livestock farm before they ever have an opportunity to flow into local streams and watersheds.
The treatment reduces nitrogen and phosphorus from animal waste.
When Bion’s projects at Kreider Farms are fully implemented the technology will create enough biomass to power approximately 2,700 homes, the company said.
The new technology saves taxpayer money and creates a source of renewable energy.
Bion CEO Dominic Bassani said the new technology addresses challenges that threaten our global water supply by addressing nutrient runoff at the local level.
Bion’s recently completed $7.5m installation at Kreider Dairy Farms, a 1,200 dairy-cow operation, was funded by PENNVEST, and DEP will verify nutrient reductions.
Offsets can be used by municipal wastewater and regional stormwater facilities as qualified reductions for the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay initiative.
