Livestock Water Recycling, a Calgary-based company that produces clean water and fertilizer from livestock manure, has won a Green 15 award.
The awards provided by Deloitte Technology recognize businesses that employ technology and intellectual property to promote efficient use of resources and reduce environmental impacts.
“Recycling nutrients and clean water back to the crops that feed the animals that produce the manure completes the environmental circle,” said LWR chief executive officer Ross Thurston in a news release.
“Farmers are the original environmentalists so it’s easy for them to see that this technology is a cost-effective solution that will save them time and money.”
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LWR has a manure treatment technology appropriate for use by dairy, hog and anaerobic digester operations.
It has a staff of 20 and has experience in recovering contaminated ground water.
In a recent webinar, Thurston quoted American statistics indicating a 2,500-cow dairy farm produces as much waste as a city of 411,000. That is about the size of Surrey, B.C.
“It’s a Goliath level problem and we’re like micro-David,” said Thurston.
The company developed its first water and nutrient recovery system in 2006, built a prototype in 2007 and commercialized it in 2010. Since then, it has won numerous awards for its innovative technology and environmental awareness.
The process involves removing fine particles from liquid manure and then conditioning the water by reverse osmosis.
