Our Partner:
Rio Resources, LLC Wastewater Technology
Proprietary Technology for Municipal Waste Treatment
Rio Resources LLC (Founded 2012)
- Dale R. Yates, Founder, President, and CEO
- Bachelor Business and Administration NTU
- USMC and Vietnam Veteran
- 40 yrs Water and Wastewater Management Experience
- 10 yrs Municipal Management
- Charles R. Blank, Co-Founder, Director
- Mechanical Engineer TAMU
- Business leader and Entrepreneur, San Antonio
Rio Resources Overview
• Corporate Office
• New Braunfels, Texas
• Operations
• SRS Entrada- Midland, Texas
• O&G Waste Treatment, Water sales and Technology Development
• Municipal and Industrial Waste and Water Treatment
- Intellectual Property
- US Patent 10,724,314
- US Patent 11,001,518
- US Continuation Application: 17/315,858 Filed 2021
- PCT Application PCT/US21/17955 Filed 2021
Rio Corporate Technical Support
Technical Services Team
David Googins, Petroleum Engineer
Hunt, Guillot & Associates, LLC- Engineering
CelaCare Technologies, Inc. and CelaCare Analytical Services, LLC
Kenneth Yates, Biologic and Process Specialist
Brenna Adolph, Consulting Chemical and Process Engineer
Select Vendors Microbiological, Chemistry and Engineering Support Activities
Rio Resources Advancing Wastewater Treatment
Rio Resources Technology for Improved Municipal Wastewater Management
Rio Objectives
Opportunity for Conservation of Resources
- Proprietary Primary Treatment
- Equalization of Flow and Solids Stabilization
- Biodigester/Clarification
- Repurpose solids for land application
- Repurpose municipal wastewater to stream and irrigation standards meeting State and EPA standards
- Provide opportunity to repurpose to potable standards
- Reduce Costs
Process Technology
Technology Advantages
- Recycle Wastewater for Industrial or Public Reuse
- Reduce Energy Requirement and Operational Costs
- Green Bio-Engineered Process
- Anaerobic with Aerobic MBBR Biodigestion
- 100nM Ceramic Ultrafiltration
- Train System allowing Redundacy (125,000 GPD/Train)
- Environmentally Friendly
- Small Footprint for Less Cost Containment
- Capital and Operational Cost Effective
Wastewater Process (100,000 GPD/Train)
Activated Bio-digester/Clarifier (Primary Treatment)
• Flow Equalization
• Sludge Management and Stabilization
• Clarification
• Anaerobic Digestion
• Anoxic Effluent to MBBR
MBBR Aeration (Secondary Treatment)
• Aerobic Biological Treatment
• Consumes Organics
• Removal of BOD/COD
Coarse/Fine Filtration (Tertiary Treatment)
- Engineered Activated Filter Media (AFM®)
- 1 micron Filtration
- Negatively Charged Glass
- Media for Cationic Ion Capture
- Resists Biofouling and Biocoagulation
Ultressa Cerafiltec (Tertiary Treatment)
- Ceramic Microfiltration Membrane System
- 100-nanometer Ceramic Membranes
- Removal of Bacteria, Micro-plastics and Many Viruses and Toxins
Summary
- Defined Green Engineered Process for Repurposing for Industrial or Municipal Reuse
- 125,000 GPD Train System Allowing for Straight-forward Expansion
- US Patent Protected with Continuation and PCT Patents Pending
- Small Footprint Allowing for Cost Effective State Containment Requirements
- Process Technology Provides Significant Advantages in CapEx and Operational Costs Over Current Methodologies