Improved wastewater treatment.
Gate 5 Infrastructure transforms material thought of as “waste” into safe and usable products, and drives positive public health, environmental, and climate impacts in comparison to today’s widely-used methods.
For too long, we have thought of sewage as waste and disposed of it accordingly, rather than unlocking its full value. Even the recycle/reuse options available at today’s treatment facilities have their public health and environmental concerns that are mitigated by our innovative technology.
Our widely scalable process eliminates many of the challenges and expenses of current sewage management processes, while transforming sewage into renewable energy, clean water and building materials.
Further, Gate 5 Infrastructure eliminates climate-harming methane, diesel pollution and destroys pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and other troublesome compounds that pass-through today’s processes.
Beyond wastewater, Gate 5 Infrastructure is adaptable to the agribusiness/animal waste and food processing/waste sectors.
We need to understand wastewater as raw material with impurities. If we remove the impurities, we can extract energy, water, and construction materials from this valuable substance.”
Dr. Sebastien Tilmans
Stanford University, PhD
Executive Director
Codiga Resource Recovery Center
Process
Gate 5’s technology – patented in the U.S. and seven other nations – efficiently integrates proven components to cost-efficiently transform sewage and other organic material into 100% safe and usable products, including renewable electricity.
Gate 5’s technology – patented in the U.S. and seven other nations – efficiently integrates proven components to cost-efficiently transform sewage and other organic material into 100% safe and usable products, including renewable electricity.
Biofuel produced from a pound of sewage sludge contains an average of
0
BTUs
the same as an average pound of coal
A pound of sewage sludge contains an average of
0
BTUs
the same as an average pound of coal
Gate 5 recognizes that what has been treated as “waste” is in fact a valuable asset, and our process will unlock its potential.
Sustainable
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Sludge is dried into biofuel and ignited, generating renewable electricity, clean water and ‘fly ash’ to be used in concrete or asphalt.
Speedy
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Gate 5's process is completed within 2 days, compared to the typical 26 to 30 day wastewater treatment cycle. A Gate 5 plant does not require massive vats to store sludge, significantly reducing the plant's footprint.
Simple
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Gate 5’s system does not use chemical or bacterial additives to break down sludge, and its screening, drying and combustion processes have proven durable in similarly demanding industrial settings.
Scalable
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A Gate 5 system can be scaled to add capacity, complement, or replace entire facilities, and new Gate 5 modules can be deployed to replace aging components in conventional wastewater plants. Gate 5 systems can also provide cost-effective sanitation and renewable electricity for the 75% of the world’s population that has none of either.
Climate-Friendly
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The Gate 5 process, being a thermal process, does not produce methane. Moreover, because the sludge is converted into biofuel and ignited at temperatures approaching 2000° Fahrenheit, harmful compounds that persist in conventional wastewater systems and our food chain are broken down.
Gate 5 recognizes that what has been treated as “waste” is in fact a valuable asset, and our process will unlock its potential.
Sustainable
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Sludge is dried into biofuel and ignited, generating renewable electricity, clean water and ‘fly ash’ to be used in concrete or asphalt.
Speedy
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Gate 5's process is completed within 2 days, compared to the typical 26 to 30 day wastewater treatment cycle. A Gate 5 plant does not require massive vats to store sludge, significantly reducing the plant's footprint.
Simple
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Gate 5’s system does not use chemical or bacterial additives to break down sludge, and its screening, drying and combustion processes have proven durable in similarly demanding industrial settings.
Scalable
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A Gate 5 system can be scaled to add capacity, complement, or replace entire facilities, and new Gate 5 modules can be deployed to replace aging components in conventional wastewater plants. Gate 5 systems can also provide cost-effective sanitation and renewable electricity for the 75% of the world’s population that has none of either.
Climate-Friendly
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The Gate 5 process, being a thermal process, does not produce methane. Moreover, because the sludge is converted into biofuel and ignited at temperatures approaching 2000° Fahrenheit, harmful compounds that persist in conventional wastewater systems and our food chain are broken down.
Today California, Tomorrow the World
Starting in our home state of California, Gate 5’s impact will be massive – and will scale globally.
Gate 5 Solution and Benefits:
Our scalable thermal process will turn wastewater sludge and other organic residuals into 100% safe and usable products.
Gate 5 can…
Eliminate 700,000 tons of methane annually from California water reclamation plants
Eliminate 500 tons of vehicular pollution annually from hauling sludge.
Eliminate the need for 2,400 gigawatts of fossil fuel energy, while producing 800 gigawatts of renewable power at California wastewater plants.
…and destroy microplastics, pharmaceuticals and contaminants of concern.
Global Impact
According to the U.N., 6 billion people on the planet completely lack sanitation – Gate 5 will change this
According to the U.N., 6 billion people on the planet completely lack sanitation – Gate 5 Infrastructure will change this
Those completely lacking sanitation suffer from disease, malnutrition, polluted environments and shortened lifespans.
Gate 5 Infrastructure’s straightforward and scalable solution can be deployed globally to villages and urban areas. Being a thermal process, it can be installed and operated at a much lower cost than current approaches, eliminating contaminants of concern and greenhouse gases from the environment, improving quality of life, providing renewable energy, and creating a more sustainable future.
Conventional wastewater treatment is an approach that, for the wealthiest segments of the world, has enabled major advances in protection of public health and the environment. For the rest of the world, it is an expensive, unattainable pipe dream.”
Dr. Sebastien Tilmans
Stanford University, PhD
Executive Director
Codiga Resource Recovery Center
The Present
The wastewater industry has been content with incremental improvements to long-used methods and not given much attention to innovation. But today’s concerns over climate impacts, public health and the environment are driving regulations that will soon require improvements beyond the capabilities of long used equipment and processes.
The Future
Gate 5 has reimagined the management of sewage sludge – we see sludge and other organic material residuals as resources.
Gate 5’s thermal process is powered by waste transformed into renewable electricity – and in the process, destroying microplastics and other contaminants that are the focus of new and coming regulations.
Innovative: Patent protected Gate 5 Infrastructure utilizes well-proven equipment configured in an innovative and efficient manner.
Low Cost: As much as half the cost to build and operate in comparison to wastewater plants built with today’s technologies.
Not Landfill Dependent: Gate 5 Infrastructure offers 100% onsite management and eliminates the reliance on landfills or other land disposal options.
Reduced Environmental Concerns: Sludge processing without generating methane, or diesel emissions related to hauling and a thermal process that will destroy pharmaceuticals, microplastics and many contaminants of concern.
Responsive Demographic Shifts: Gate 5 can fulfill the need to accommodate inevitable population growth that will drive a need for new wastewater infrastructure.
Addresses Obsolescence: Water reclamation plants are aging towards the point of replacement, and our innovative process is both environmentally and economically superior.
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