Pig Farming in Chile

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Live animal commercial farming on a major scale can create many environmental challenges for businesses. This case study in Chile shows clearly the before and aftereffects of dosing with Avantu products. Note the significant reductions in BOD and the non-mechanical removal of sludge from the lagoon. The results were reduced energy costs and increased capacity.

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Sewer Systems in Chile

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No challenge is too big for Avantu. Here we have a solidified sludge filled system at a condominium in Chile that was causing residents tremendous problems. Septi-Go was used to treat the problem and within two weeks the natural process of Bio-augmentation had been restored, the mass was liquified and the system returned to normal.

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Amangwe Village

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Mondi, the forestry company, built a compound of 28 houses and an AIDS clinic to the community in Zululand, KZN. This then became known as Amangwe Village. Shortly after opening the clinic, the AIDS patients were getting MALARIA from all the mosquitoes breeding in the contaminated water from the nearby sewage treatment works. MALARIA is a debilitating disease that results in severe illness and sometimes death.

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Niger Delta

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The Niger Delta was once famed for its exports of top-quality Mangoes. From the early 1970s, however, Oil production began to take over. The former dominance of agriculture in the country’s economy began to decline. Chronic pollution from the Oil industry destroyed the Mango tree farm agriculture. There have been no Mango trees growing in the Niger Delta area for the last 30 years. Oil contamination from the pipelines severely impacted the quality of life of the villages.

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Botswana Meat Company

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Abattoir ponds have aerobic and anaerobic solid fats, oils, greases, and protein fragments because they do not have a natural variety of lipase producing microbes. The solids build-up, leading to rotting effluent and deterioration of the biomass. This results in non-conforming effluent discharge, aerobic & anaerobic sludge build-up, and offensive smells. In short, a huge mess!

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Augusta Country Estate, South Africa

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Prior to 2010, huge ongoing sewage problems, and regular overflows onto the golf course fairways necessitated septic tanks to be desludged on a regular basis, at a huge cost to Residents and the Homeowners Association. In addition, the situation had an adverse effect on the estate, with residents being subjected to an unpleasant, ongoing smell. The golfers in particular were being subjected to hazardous experiences.

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Kwa Maritane Lodge, South Africa

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Kwa Maritane Lodge is a timeshare located in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. Raw sewerage was overflowing from the septic tank into the River. Time to call Avantu!

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Lake Victoria-Central Africa

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Lake Victoria is the third largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. It has a shoreline of 4,828km with approximately 30 million people living inside its 184,000km² catchment area.

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Eastern Cape Public Works, South Africa

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Eastern Cape Public Works (ECPW) maintains all the sewage treatment works serving Government installations. Periodic influent and nutrient overloading, coupled with mechanical malfunctions, were causing blockages and contamination.

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