Entries Tagged Dewatering Equipment

The Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant has come a long way since its creation in the 1950s. Back then, its lagoons stored biosolids...

Conducting studies of biosolids dewatering or drying techniques at your clean-water treatment plant could pay huge short- and long-term dividends. Here we...

Mobile dewatering truck saves on handling, disposal costsProblem: Antigonish County in Nova Scotia faced escalating costs for handling septage and wastewater treatment plant...

WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation’s annual technical exhibition and conference, provides wastewater and water professionals from around the world with quality education...

As the cost of treating and storing biosolids continues to rise, some wastewater treatment plant operators are using an alternative to conventional...

When funding wastewater treatment plants, most cities try to get the biggest bang for their buck. In Marathon, Fla., it was more...

Drum thickener The ALDRUM G3 drum thickener from Alfa Laval increases solids load capacity up to 30 percent within the same footprint...

Mixer eliminates thermal stratification Problem Operators at the Spanaway (Wash.) Water Co. discovered thermal stratification inside a 127-foot steel standpipe after noticing heavy...

Bioaugmentation enhances methane conversion Problem Methane gas production was poor at a 29 mgd (design) water pollution control plant in northern Ontario, providing...

Collector chain resists corrosion Problem A microbiological attack on the 403 stainless steel collector chains at the Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant in Winthrop,...

Biofiltration system The Monafil biofiltration system from Anua uses peat media as a capture and support medium that offers high removal efficiencies for...

A Massachusetts plant acts voluntarily to improve handling of CSOs while making other major changes to enhance treatment performanceLinks mentioned in the...

The Mission Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant in Marysville, Wash., spent more than $100,000 per year transporting biosolids every few days to the...

Antioxidant protection The OR-1000 system from Poly Processing deters the oxidation effects of sodium hypochlorite, sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid by adding a...