Chopper pump solves clogging by macerating solids from screens at treatment plant
Problem: The wastewater treatment plant in Hamilton, Alabama, has a solids handling pump station that discharges onto screens to trap solids. Since the station has high solids content, the city had to de-rag the solids handling pumps every month as they could not handle mopheads, rags, greasy hairballs, plastics and debris.
Solution: Pump & Process Equipment, a municipal distributor of Crane Pumps & Systems, provided a 4-inch Barnes Sithe submersible chopper pump with a monovane impeller and 7.5 hp motor.
Result: The pump had not clogged after nearly a year after installation.
