Jan 24 - "Nutrient recovery from Municipal Wastewater" by Ahren Britten

University of South Florida – Civil & Environmental Engineering

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Graduate Seminar – Spring 2014

Nutrient recovery from Municipal Wastewater

Ahren Britton, Chief Technology Officer

OSTARA | ostara.com | @OstaraTech

Friday, January 24, 12:20-1:10

Room 4 ENG Building

Biosketch. Mr. Ahren T. Britton, MSc, P.Eng is the Chief Technology Officer of Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc.  Ostara is a clean water company that recovers valuable nutrients from used water streams. The company's proprietary technology, the Pearl® Process, recovers otherwise polluting nutrients, phosphorus and nitrogen, from municipal and industrial water streams, and transforms them into a slow release, eco-friendly fertilizer marketed as Crystal Green®.  Mr. Britton designed, built and tested the first prototype of Ostara's nutrient recovery technology. His professional experience includes direction of a number of experimental and commercial scale process demonstrations within the wastewater industry.  

Semester seminar schedule found at: http://ce.eng.usf.edu/docs/EWRE-SeminarSchedule.pdf

Learn more how integrated water, energy, and nutrient systems are fundamental to social, economic, and environmental well-being and prosperity: http://usf-reclaim.org/