N-Viro International Corporation Announces N-Viro Facility in Crossville, Tennessee Given the Tennessee Water Environment Association Award

TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- N-Viro International Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: NVIC) ("N-Viro"), an environmental technology company that markets an alternative fuel manufacturing process and agricultural products, announced today the Crossville, Tennessee wastewater facility that utilizes N-Viro's process has won the Tennessee Water Environment Association's 2010 Tennessee Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids Award.

The Crossville facility, which is operated by Veolia Water, has been in operation producing N-Viro Soil™ since 1998.  All N-Viro Soil™ produced is beneficially reused in the local agricultural market, and currently orders exceed production levels.  All N-Viro Soil™ produced in Crossville meets or exceeds all regulatory requirements to be designated Class A under the EPA 503 regulations, and is used in hay and pasture applications in the Crossville area.

Timothy Kasmoch, N-Viro's CEO and President, commented, "We are pleased to see Crossville and Veolia honored for their biosolids program using N-Viro's process.  It is gratifying to see the well-deserved recognition of beneficially reusing materials that are often discarded, and doing it successfully.  We continue to serve Crossville in the production of N-Viro Soil, and look forward to continuing our relationship into the future.  I would like to express N-Viro's congratulations to both Crossville and Veolia."

About N-Viro International (www.nviro.com)

N-Viro International is an environmental and materials operating company that owns patented technologies to convert various types of waste into beneficial alternative fuel products, including the renewable biofuel N-Viro Fuel™ and N-Viro Soil™.  Its renewable biofuel technology, N-Viro Fuel™, has received alternative energy status from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which qualifies the technology for renewable energy incentives.  N-Viro International operates processing facilities independently as well as in partnership with municipalities.

N-Viro maintains a web site at www.nviro.com, where interested parties can follow the progress of the Company.  N-Viro will continue to routinely post press releases on the site and encourages stockholders and interested parties to monitor the site on a regular basis.

Special Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The Company cautions that words used in this document such as "expects," "hopes", "anticipates," "believes" and "may," as well as similar words and expressions used herein, identify and refer to statements describing events that may or may not occur in the future.  These forward-looking statements and the matters to which they refer are subject to considerable uncertainty that may cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein.  For example, while the Company expects business expansion projects to begin in an estimated time frame, such expectations are subject to adverse economic conditions and other factors outside of the Company's control.  Further, the Company's ability to increase capabilities and expand capacity is subject to the ability of the Company or its partners to access sufficient capital to pay for this expansion, which will further depend on, among other factors, market acceptance.  The Company's ability to achieve profitability of these projects could be negatively impacted if there is a lack of an adequate supply of waste or expenses increase above the Company's expectations - including fuel and transportation costs, labor costs and costs relating to the treatment and processing of the biosolids and creation of the N-Viro Soil or N-Viro Fuel.  In addition, while the Company believes that trends in "greener" energy solutions are moving in favor of the Company's technology, such trends may not continue or may never result in increased sales or profits to the Company because of the availability of competing products and other alternative energy source.  All of these factors, and other factors, will affect the profitability of the Company.  Additional information about these and other factors that may adversely affect these forward-looking statements are contained in the Company's reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information except to the extent required by applicable securities laws.

SOURCE N-Viro International Corporation