Systems and methods are disclosed for coastal resiliency amelioration or other flooding amelioration, comprising adding a layer of foamed glass aggregates to a property to raise its elevation, wherein the surcharge on an underlying soil of the property is not increased. In some embodiments, the surcharge on an underlying soil of the property is decreased (e.g., a negative surcharge). Systems and methods are also disclosed for increasing the stormwater storage capacity of a property, comprising, adding a layer of foamed glass aggregates to the property.

The present invention relates to a microorganism mixture comprising one or more microorganisms selected from the Bacillus, Paenibacillus, lactobacillus, Pseudomonas, Trichoderma, aspergillus, and Saccharomyces genera, and which is useful in treating of solid organic waste. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising said microorganism mixture, a process for preparing said composition, a method for treating solid organic waste, and the use of the microorganism mixture or the composition of the invention in treating solid organic waste.

The invention relates to a process for recovering metals from aqueous solutions or solid feedstocks such as ores and waste. In particular, the invention relates to a method of recovering a target metals using a microorganism.

The invented bio-electrical system is a housing-electrode which allows insertion of another electrode for various electrochemical and bio-electrical applications. Together with other invented elements as well as standard components, the system is fully scalable, modular, and allows production and collection of gases under pressure. It can be built in many shapes, such as the embodied tubular shape. The design allows operation on unstable ground, for example on ships. Flow of electrolyte can be regulated and directed in cascaded reactions by opening and closing the compartments of the outer or the inner electrodes using the provided electrode holders. The redox conditions inside the system can be controlled using off-the-shelf power supplies which are controlled using the provided algorithm. Gas collection can be regulated based on the level of liquid inside the system using the provided float switches or conductivity probes even as the system is moving or operated under zero-gravity conditions.

The invention concerns new Bacillus strains which are able to degrade effectively inorganic nitrogen compounds and are further able to inhibit the growth of pathogens of aquatic animals.

The invention relates to a method and system for phosphate recovering from a waste stream, such as an animal manure waste stream. The method comprises the steps of: - providing a tank reactor, 5 - providing acidogenic bacteria and/or acetogenic bacteria and the waste stream to the tank reactor, - hydrolysing the waste stream, forming a reaction mixture; - providing a gas flow to the reaction mixture for removing carbon dioxide from the reaction mixture; 10 - providing the reaction mixture to an anaerobic sludge reactor, - removing a compound comprising phosphate from the reaction mixture within the anaerobic sludge reactor, and - removing gas from the reaction mixture within the anaerobic sludge reactor.

Recombinant MlrA and MlrB proteins having enzymatic activity against microcystin (MC) degrade and reduce the toxicity of MC. Compositions of the proteins can be used in the remediation of MC toxin generated from harmful cyanobacterial and algal blooms. Recombinant proteins, nucleic acids, host cells, and methods of producing the MlrA and MlrB are disclosed.

The present invention discloses a Pseudomonas stutzeri strain, named Pseudomonas stutzeri EBT-2, which was deposited in China Center for Type Culture Collection under Deposit No. CCTCC M 2019731 on Sep. 17, 2019. The present invention also discloses a composite microbial inoculum which is prepared by mixing an expanded culture solution of a Pseudomonas balearica EBT-1 with Deposit No. CCTCC M 2019730 and an expanded culture solution of the Pseudomonas stutzeri EBT-2 with Deposit No. CCTCC M 2019731 in a volume ratio of 1:1. The present invention finally discloses use of the composite microbial inoculum in treating membrane concentrate of landfill leachate. The composite microbial inoculum is capable of implementing high-efficiency biological denitrification of the membrane concentrate of landfill leachate.

Disclosed herein is an oil dispersant composition that contains an acyl amino acid ionic liquid, a dicationic ionic liquid, a fruit acid ionic liquid, a polyacid ionic liquid, and an ethoxylate oleyl ether ionic liquid. The composition may also be diluted with water. The composition is useful for dispersing an oil spill in a body of water, while being less toxic to the aquatic environment and also acting to stimulate bacterial growth in said aquatic environment.

The present invention relates to a process for forming or obtaining vivianite in or from a phosphorus-containing waterbody, sediment and/or sludge, to an apparatus for obtaining vivianite from a phosphorus-containing waterbody, sediment and/or sludge, and to the use of a composition comprising at least one alkaline earth metal peroxide and a magnetic separating apparatus for obtaining vivianite from a phosphorus-containing waterbody, sediment and/or sludge.