Microvi Inaugurates its Wastewater Innovation Center at Hayward Water Pollution Control Facility
Hayward, CA (February 6, 2022) - Microvi announced that it will expand its work to address the global challenge of nutrient removal through its new Wastewater Innovation Center hosted in collaboration with the Hayward Water Pollution Control Facility (HWPCF). The center will utilize state-of-the-art wastewater technologies based on Microvi’s MicroNiche EngineeringTM (MNE) Platform, including both bench-scale and pilot-scale evaluation facilities on-site at HWPCF.
“As the City of Hayward looks to the future of our nutrient management plan, we are very excited to host this demonstration project, and thrilled to support a local innovator,” said Mark Orlandi, Operations Supervisor at HWPCF.
“As the Bay Area and beyond continue to face the growing challenge of nutrient pollution, Microvi is at the forefront of delivering proven solutions,” said Fatemeh Shirazi, Microvi’s CEO. “This collaborative center in Hayward will accelerate our commercial deployment and provide testbed opportunities for pushing the boundaries of innovation. We are excited to be working in Hayward with a proven local leader in innovation within the wastewater industry.”
This collaboration comes as the Bay Area is facing increased environmental repercussions such as algal blooms and fish kills. The Center represents an important resource in Microvi’s continued work in the development of the growing number of wastewater applications for the MNE technology. Studies on site, conveniently located just a few minutes away from Microvi’s Hayward office, will continue to build the MNE suite of technologies to meet the growing nutrient removal needs of the Bay’s wastewater facilities. Microvi is excited and grateful for the opportunity to work with the City of Hayward to demonstrate the capabilities of the MNE biocatalysts to local industry professionals and the surrounding community.
Along with the 2021 commissioning of the first commercial side-stream treatment system in the Pacific U.S., the advantages of the Microvi MNE Technology in wastewater have been demonstrated for ammonia and BOD removal with Scottish Water, for tertiary ammonia removal at Thames Water, and for tertiary ammonia and nitrate removal at Wessex Water. Work on total nitrogen removal is ongoing at the California Energy Commission-funded pilot in Linda County, CA.
About Hayward Water Pollution Control Facility (HWPCF)
The HWPCF began serving the City of Hayward in 1952. The plant currently treats 11.3 million gallons per day (MGD) from the city’s nearly 160,000 residents and nearly 11,000 businesses. The facility has earned with several awards and mentions for its sustainable energy production through its onsite cogeneration engine and solar array which are used to power the plant’s equipment. Learn more at www.hayward-ca.gov.
About Microvi
Microvi is a transformative biology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area that delivers next-generation biotechnologies for the water, wastewater, bio-based chemicals, biofuels and biopharma industries. Microvi offers commercial technologies around the world to reduce waste, increase productivity and provide disruptive economics across the value chain. Learn more at http://www.microvi.com/.
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