EDI, established in 1975 in Columbia, Missouri, joined the bandwagon and has been innovating, perfecting, and revolutionizing aeration technologies ever since. Today, cities, utilities, and operators of a vast network of publicly-owned municipal wastewater treatment plants are working hard in the background to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation’s waters; treating municipal wastewater collected from homes, businesses and industries before it is discharged to water bodies or land, or reused – serving over 75% of the nation’s population.