UBC civil engineering professor Don Mavinic demonstrated for the first time a fourth-generation reactor that reclaims struvite (phosphorus and other nutrients) from wastewater.
The demonstration was held at Annacis Wastewater Centre in Delta, BC.
Mavinic is co-inventor of a process which reclaims phosphorus – an essential nutrient for plants and animals — from wastewater. Mined sources of high-quality phosphorus are expected to run out in the next 30 to 40 years, a depletion that is forecast to have a catastrophic effect on the world’s food supply and security.
