EditorialA Small Utility District Uses a Special Chopper Pump to Bust Clogs From Sludge and FOG

A Small Utility District Uses a Special Chopper Pump to Bust Clogs From Sludge and FOG

A chopper pump with an aerator nozzle helps a small utility district eliminate troublesome buildups and cure odors in a key lift station.

  • Appeared in print as "Sludge Buster"
  • By Chris French
  • August 2018
  • How We Do It - Water
A Small Utility District Uses a Special Chopper Pump to Bust Clogs From Sludge and FOG

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A Small Utility District Uses a Special Chopper Pump to Bust Clogs From Sludge and FOG

im Webb, left, operations manager,  Llano County Municipal Utility District, with Art Savage from Landia.

Amid the pastoral landscape of the Blue Lake Estates Community, a group of cautiously optimistic operators, officials, and suppliers gathered around the Deer Haven lift station in Texas.

The question about to be answered for Llano County Municipal Utility District was whether its...

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