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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1972)
X 7, T ' - i.wJ( un v ..'Wf fly- .'m -w mi's. r. We iinvited a i siirad! "fthev helped cSea With the aid of a few thousand pounds of microorga nisms, we're helping to solve the water pollution problem in Kochester. Mavln the solution can help others. What we did was to combine two processes in a way that gives us one of the most efficient water-purifying sys tems private industry has ever developed. One process is called "activated sludge," developed by man to accelerate nature's microorganism adsorption. What this means is that for the majority of wastes man can produce, there is an organism waiting somewhere that will happily assimilate it. And thrive on it. The breakthrough came when Kodak scientists found a way to combine the activated sludge process with a trickling filter process and optimized the combination. We tested our system in a pilot plant for five years. eieds for dinner the Genesee Mover,, ( At Kodak, we were working on environmental improvement long U'fore it made headlines. ) And the pilot project vvoiked ho well, we built a ten-million-dollar plant thnt can purify ;K-million gallons of water a day. Covernor Rockefeller called this "the biggest volun tary project undertaken by private industry in support of New York State's pure water program." Why did we do it? Tartly because we're in business to make a profit and clean water is vital to our business. Hut in furthering our own needs, we have helped further society's. And our business depends on society. We hope our efforts to cope with water pollution will inspire others to do the same. And, we'd be happy to share our water-purifying information with them. We all need clean water. So we all have to work together. More than a business. Wednesday, October 11, 1972 daily nebraskan m 4 ' 4r page 5