A wastewater treatment plant in Clarkston, Washington, is putting bluegill to work eating water fleas that took up residence in the plant’s clarifiers.
While the water fleas — actually a type of freshwater shrimp — are a sign of clean water, their abundance was becoming problematic. That’s when the treatment plant staff decided to go the natural route and introduce 400 bluegill fish to the clarifiers.
“We had such a bloom of water fleas in the water that they kept plugging our filters. We were cleaning them several times a day. We were just looking for a way to reduce
News Briefs: Wastewater Plant Puts Bluegills to Work in Clarifiers
In this week's water and wastewater news, operators in Clarkston, Washington, found a clever way to use bluegill fish in their clarifiers; and a dry lime leak in Ohio hospitalizes two water treatment workers
Apr 11, 2018 |
