Coronavirus in Wastewater and Biosolids
August 5, 2020
By: Kelly Ward, Technical Project Assistant (Co-Op Student)
On March 11th, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and instructed countries to take urgent and aggressive action against its development1. COVID-19 is a respiratory illness of varying severity, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Human pathogenic viruses, such as coronaviruses, enter the atmosphere through feces, urine, and bodily secretions including saliva, blood, and sweat2. The virus is most commonly transmitted when an infected person releases liquid droplets into the air while coughing and sneezing in the vicinity of another person.
As transmission of the virus can occur through bodily fluids, it is important to understand the impact of wastewater treatment on the virus, its transmission and infectivity. Since the COVID-19 coronavirus is novel, there was no existing research in…
Lystek International Limited Food Waste-to-Energy Project Showing Results in Goleta, California
May 5, 2020
Multi-Year Partnership with Goleta Sanitary District, University of California-Santa Barbara, and California Energy Commission introduces First-of-its-Kind technology in the United States for food-waste-to-energy conversion
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
May 6, 2020 – Fairfield, CA / Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | Lystek International Limited (Lystek) multi-year food waste-to-energy demonstration project in Goleta, California has been showing positive results. As the lead project proponent, Lystek is working with the Goleta Sanitary District (GSD), University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the California Energy Commission (CEC). Lystek received partial funding for this demonstration project from the CEC in 2017 as part of their Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program.
Under this project, source-separated organic (SSO) food waste from the UCSB is pre-processed using an innovative European de-packaging technology (Smicon) and co-digested in mobile skid-mounted…
Lystek International Secures Multi-Year Biosolids Management Agreement with Town of Orangeville, Ontario
April 29, 2020
Multi-Year Agreement Formalizes Lystek International as Biosolids Management Service Provider to the Town of Orangeville with Production of High-Value Fertilizer for Agricultural End Use
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
April 30, 2020 – Dundalk, ON/Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release |We are pleased to share a multi-year contract was executed between the Cambridge, Ontario based Lystek International Corporation (Lystek) and the Town of Orangeville to manage the Town’s annual biosolids production at the Southgate Organics Materials Recovery Centre (OMRC) located outside Dundalk, Ontario, Canada. On April 22, 2020, the Town awarded a three-year initial term to Lystek with options for an additional two years. Under this agreement Lystek is responsible for the hauling, processing, storage, and beneficial end use of approximately 30,000 tonnes of biosolids annually at the Southgate OMRC. This agreement…
Lystek International Ltd. Secures Biosolids Management Contract with City of Santa Rosa, California
April 9, 2020
Multi-Year Agreement Allows City of Santa Rosa to Divert Biosolids to High-Value Fertilizer for Agricultural End Use
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
April 9, 2020 – Fairfield, CA/Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | We are pleased to share that the City of Santa Rosa, California approved a multi-year agreement with Lystek International Limited (Lystek) to manage a significant amount of the city’s annual biosolids production at the Fairfield Organics Materials Recovery Centre (OMRC) for beneficial uses. Under the terms of the Agreement, approved March 5, 2020, the Board of Public Utilities awarded a five-year initial term to Lystek with options for an additional six years. The value of the initial Agreement is in excess of $6,000,000 and continues the customer relationship between Santa Rosa and Lystek.
The City of Santa Rosa searched…
Lystek-Fairfield Organic Material Recovery Center Adds Additional Bay Area Customers for Advanced Biosolids Management
March 10, 2020
Agreements Allow the Mt. View Sanitary District and Sanitary District No. 5 of Marin County to Diversify Their Annual Biosolids Planning
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
March 10, 2020 – Fairfield, CA | Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | Lystek is excited to announce that it has reached Agreements with two Bay Area wastewater agencies to manage a portion of their annual production of biosolids. Mt. View Sanitary Agency (Martinez, Contra Costa County, CA) and Sanitary District No. 5 of Marin County, CA will deliver biosolids to Lystek. The Fairfield-Suisun OMRC provides advanced processing and management solutions to municipal agencies in the San Francisco Bay area at its state-of-the-art facility and converts them into LysteGro®, a US EPA, Class A biofertilizer product.
These agencies have been searching for alternative biosolids management solutions…
Lystek-Fairfield Organic Material Recovery Center Adds Another Bay Area Customer for Advanced Biosolids Management
September 19, 2019
Agreement Allows the Vallejo Flood & Wastewater District to Diversify Its Annual Planning
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
September 19, 2019 – Fairfield, CA/Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | As further validation of the market leading biosolids and organics management services being provided to municipal agencies in the San Francisco Bay area, Lystek International Ltd. (Lystek) is excited to announce that it has reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District (VFWD) to manage a portion of its annual production of biosolids. Under the terms of the agreement, Lystek will accept undigested biosolids from the VFWD at its 150,000 ton, state-of-the-art, Organic Material Recovery Center (OMRC-FSSD), and convert them into LysteGro®, a US EPA, Class A biofertilizer product.
The VFWD (District) has been an active…
Increasing Demand Helps Offset Biosolids Management Costs
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, & municipal business reporters/editors
May 30, 2019 – Cambridge ON – For Immediate Release | Award-winning biosolids and organics solutions firm, Lystek International (Lystek), leverages its low temperature Thermal Hydrolysis Process (Lystek THP®) and value-added service offerings to manage the requirements of a growing number of generators of biosolids and organic residuals across North America. Solutions are provided via Lystek’s numerous in-plant deployments and two, large regional processing centers in Ontario, Canada and California, U.S.A. Each regional facility has an annual processing capacity of 150,000 tons per year and the collective of all Lystek-enabled treatment plants now totals over 395,000 tons annually. As part of its unique approach, Lystek has been expanding its offerings and providing end-to end resource recovery and product…
Earth Day 2019 – Protecting Our Species
April 22, 2019
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
April 22, 2019 – Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | It is almost impossible not to be aware of the alarming rate at which some of our most precious plant and wildlife populations are declining – or, worse yet, completely disappearing. It is also no secret that it is human activity that has been repeatedly identified as the root cause of these challenges. Ultimately, we are responsible for the clear cutting of vital forests and jungle lands, the loss of wildlife habitats, the invention and use of pesticides, abuse of our oceans and fresh waterways, poaching and pollution. Simply put, we are the culprits.