Repair or Rethink?

A West Virginia treatment plant decides against a blower repair and instead installs a new aeration system that corrects a pin floc problem and saves significant energy

Repair or Rethink?
The Moundsville team includes, from left, collection system operator Harry Logsdon, superintendent Larry Bonar, operator/collection crew member Jordon Wood, assistant superintendent Tim Minor, operator/collection crew member Chuck Wood, operators Mike Hill and Tony Curto, and lab manager Duane Campbell. Not pictured: operator Cole Simms.

When the Moundsville (W.Va.) Wastewater Treatment Plant experienced a blower failure, the staff naturally assumed they should repair the failed unit to keep the system design intact. At the time, two 75 hp centrifugal blowers fed air to the plant’s four aeration tanks, and a...

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