A Green and Sustainable Solution to Global Phosphorus Depletion by Don Mavinic

A Green and Sustainable Solution to Global Phosphorus Depletion Donald S. Mavinic, Ph D., P. Eng. Professor of Civil Engineering The University of British Columbia, B.C., Canada November 17, 2010

Presentation Outline ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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[object Object],[object Object],* The origin of elemental phosphorus is shrouded in mystery and possibly was discovered in ancient Greece and Rome and then forgotten again.

What About Phosphorus ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What About Phosphorus ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Excess Phosphorus (P) in water = water pollution and the start of Eutrophication ,[object Object],[object Object],Faraday giving his card to Father Thames , caricature commenting on a letter of Faraday's on the state of the river in the Times in Summer 1855

[object Object],[object Object],N and C on the top N, P and C on the bottom Dave Schindler, Jack Vallentyne, John Stockner, Staffan Holmgren, Everett Fee

Lake Winnipeg has become severely eutrophic in the 1990s due to Phosphorus pollution

Shuswap Lake System - Algae Bloom

Phosphorus Facts Collectively, Morocco, China, South Africa and the US hold over 80% of known , high quality, economically-recoverable phosphate rock .

Phosphorus Facts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Phosphorus Facts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Struvite (trade name) – what is it? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Struvite (Trade name) – what is it? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],North America’s largest P recovery reactor, in Edmonton March/07 UBC Patented Design November 2009

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Struvite – Commercial Name ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Crystal Green ® ,[object Object],[object Object]

Robert Kennedy Jr. is on the Ostara Board of Directors Kennedy has stated every large WWTP in the USA must have P recovery

[object Object],Salmon “pump” nutrients uphill against the force of gravity Salmon are ~ 0.3% as P and ~3% as N (wet weight) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Proceedings from the 2001 Salmon Nutrient Conference, Eugene Oregon Available: www.fisheries.org

Stream Rehabilitation using Crystal Green ® ,[object Object],[object Object]

Stream Rehabilitation using Crystal Green ® - t he hard way

BC Rivers fertilized with Crystal Green ® in 2010

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Phosphorus - the Global Issue

The Conference generated Global discussion on the looming Phosphorus Shortage

[object Object],P can be recycled endlessly

GPRI Declaration Accepted by the UN Environment Committee

Summary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Implications for North America ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Implications for Canada ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

… . and the last word from Herr Doktor Brand… Recycle P!

A Green and Sustainable Solution to Global Phosphorus Depletion by Don Mavinic

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