Packaged Waste Treatment

General Electric Co. acquired experience in waste management and associated spacecraft environment technology. They have spun off this experience into packaged waste treatment systems for both sea and land applications. First was shipboard waste treatment system which used physical and chemical processes to clear wastewater, settle solid matter, and remove harmful microorganisms. Solid residue is reduced to a small amount of ash by system. Shortly thereafter, an act prohibited ships from dumping treated or untreated wastewater and forced them to use holding tanks. GE then built and tested a trial land-based system. This experiment evolved into an advanced 50,000-gallon-a-day packaged waste treatment system.""

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