Environmental Sustainability
MicroC™ is significantly more environmentally sustainable when compared with other electron donor/carbon sources used for wastewater denitrification.
- MicroC™ is derived from renewable resources – MicroC™ is derived from renewable agricultural products that are abundant in the United States while methanol (the current industry standard) is derived from non-renewable natural gas
- MicroC™ requires only one third percent of the overall energy input as methanol - The manufacture and distribution of MicroC™ is far less energy-intensive than methanol and results in an overall energy savings of 72,000 BTU for each gallon of methanol replaced by MicroC™.
- The energy savings realized by switching to MicroC™ is substantial - Each gallon of MicroC™ used generates energy savings equivalent to 0.5 US households’ daily heating requirements and 0.7 US households’ daily use of electricity.
- MicroC™ is enabling the extension of denitrificaiton technology to small, onsite wastewater treatment systems - Prior to the existence of MicroC™, small wastewater treatment systems (25% of US households and 33% of new development) were limited in their ability to remove nitrogen by the availability of a viable electron donor. The development of MicroC™ allows technology manufacturers to extend denitrification capabilities to smaller systems, reducing the overall nitrogen pollution contributed by these small wastewater treatment systems.
- Economic savings associated with MicroC™ can be redeployed to improve other areas of the wastewater treatment process - The savings in operational and capital expenditures associated with the use of MicroC™ can be reallocated to other treatment processes, further enhancing the quality of the plant’s final effluent.
Note: For a more detailed explanation of the underlying drivers of the energy savings, please see attached file. 
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