For proof that there’s no keeping a good plant down, look to Ashland, Kentucky.
In February, a truck loaded with landfill leachate broke through the concrete slab over the main electrical conduit, shutting off power to the plant and the biosolids building for three days.
And that was followed by a staffing shortage, issues with sludge tubes in the rectangular clarifiers, aging equipment including a rotor aerator blade and the dewatering belt press, and a control system that dates to the 1980s and reminds the staff of something from the TV series, Lost in Space.
But through it all, the Ashland Wastewater Treatment
