Operator Ingenuity Pays Off at Illinois Wastewater Treatment Plant

Operator Ingenuity Pays Off at Illinois Wastewater Treatment Plant
Primary clarifiers at the New Lenox, Ill., wastewater treatment plant increased influent flow by 30 percent. The rectangular clarifiers share center walls, and included shared influent and effluent channels

When the Village of New Lenox, Ill., wastewater treatment facility recently faced a plant expansion, operators quickly realized that it was not as simple as expected. Adding three primary clarifiers at the main activated sludge treatment plant increased capacity from 0.75 to 1.5...

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