Traditional methods to remove biosolids (sludge) from lagoons is typically accomplished by adding chemicals or by mechanical dredging, a disruptive and costly process that can cause damage to infrastructure such as liners, and to the environment. Wastewater treatment lagoons are the oldest and most commonly used methods for treating wastewater. Our design strategy provides cost-effective solutions for lagoon owners to meet discharge standards at a significantly lower investment cost.

Documented results support enhancing natural biological processes as a realistic opportunity to increase the effective treatment capacity of an existing lagoon system and meet effluent discharge criteria while driving down the costs of sludge management.

In 2011 Absolute Aeration LLC, creators of the Blue Frog patented technology, approached the City of Royston’s leadership team to be the first municipal application in Georgia to install revolutionary technology that utilizes natural processes that enhances in situ sludge digestion (bio-dredging).Ībsolute Aeration LLC is an environmental technology firm that utilizes proven natural processes to treat wastewater. James “Butch” Watson, the city’s water/wastewater superintendent, was challenged to drive down the costs of future dredge events and prevent additional damage that may occur to their liner during a dredge. The City of Royston is a town located in Northeast Georgia operating a wastewater treatment plant that is comprised of a two‐pond (lagoon) system. By Chip Bettle, Co‐Inventor & Executive Vice President of Engineering, Absolute Aeration, LLC

Average cost to dredge a pond