PhosLocker helps wastewater facilities capture excess nutrients and unlock reuse opportunities where traditional systems fall short.
Municipal and industrial wastewater facilities manage large volumes of nutrient-rich water every day. Phosphorus and other nutrients are unavoidable byproducts of residential, commercial, and industrial activity.
Large wastewater facilities often have advanced nutrient control infrastructure and, in some cases, established nutrient reuse pathways. However, many medium-sized and rural facilities do not. These systems typically focus on compliance and discharge rather than nutrient recovery, leaving valuable nutrients unused and increasing operational pressure.
PhosLocker addresses this gap by providing a practical nutrient capture solution that works within existing treatment frameworks.
PhosLocker is designed to integrate into wastewater treatment systems where dissolved nutrients remain after primary or secondary treatment.
It can be applied in polishing stages, side-streams, lagoons, holding basins, or reuse-focused processes to capture excess phosphorus before discharge or reuse.
PhosLocker does not replace wastewater treatment infrastructure. It enhances nutrient control where conventional systems are limited.
Many medium and rural municipal wastewater facilities lack the budget, space, or complexity needed for advanced nutrient recovery technologies. As a result, nutrients are often treated as waste instead of resources.
PhosLocker provides a scalable approach to nutrient capture that helps facilities move toward reuse without major capital investment. By binding nutrients into a stable form, facilities gain more control over nutrient flows and reduce dependency on discharge-based management alone.
This creates new opportunities for beneficial reuse, land application support, or downstream nutrient management partnerships.
PhosLocker supports wastewater operators by:
Improving nutrient stability in effluent streams
Reducing nutrient load pressure on downstream systems
Supporting compliance-focused operations with added flexibility
Creating pathways for nutrient reuse or redistribution
Lowering long-term nutrient management costs
These benefits are especially valuable for facilities that do not have full-scale nutrient recovery systems in place.
Industrial wastewater often contains elevated nutrient concentrations depending on the process stream. Food processing, beverage production, agriculture-adjacent industries, and manufacturing facilities frequently deal with nutrient-rich effluent.
PhosLocker can be used to stabilize phosphorus in industrial wastewater systems, helping facilities manage nutrient discharge responsibly while improving internal water reuse strategies.
This allows industrial operators to align
environmental performance with operational efficiency.
Traditional wastewater nutrient management often focuses on dilution, removal, or chemical precipitation.
PhosLocker uses a subtractive approach by capturing dissolved nutrients directly from the water.
This stabilizes nutrients into a reusable form and reduces their mobility. The result is more
predictable nutrient control and greater flexibility in how wastewater is managed after treatment.
PhosLocker’s chemistry is designed to work reliably in complex wastewater environments.
Municipal wastewater utilities
Rural and regional wastewater districts
Industrial wastewater operators
Water resource managers
Environmental compliance teams
Engineering and consulting firms
If nutrient control, reuse limitations, or discharge pressure are part of your wastewater operation, PhosLocker offers a practical, scalable solution.
Our team works with municipal and industrial wastewater operators to design nutrient capture strategies that fit real-world
constraints. PhosLocker supports smarter nutrient management today and more sustainable reuse models in the future.