The improvements just keep coming at the Glasgow (Kentucky) Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Built in 1962 as a trickling filter plant with upflow sand...
Entries Tagged Fournier Industries
Editorial
Headworks and Biosolids Management
Washing system helps eliminate FOG problem
Problem: A large north Florida regional wastewater system was battling FOG buildups up to 4 feet thick blanketing...
Belt Filter/Rotary Presses - Fournier Industries rotary press
The rotary press from Fournier Industries uses two slowly rotating screens to create a 2-inch-wide channel that the sludge passes through as...
Editorial
Entire Clean-Water Plant Earns LEED Recognition
Dean Walker appreciates the view from his workplace. Numerous windows in the Dryden Wastewater Treatment Plant overlook the Wabigoon River, the plant’s...
Editorial
Headworks and Biosolids Management
Unit provides aeration and mixing to equalization basinProblem: Big Park Domestic Wastewater Improvements District in Arizona built a 500,000 gpd biological wastewater...
Editorial
Experience Pays Off for Operators at New Facility
When the Florida town of Davie built its new water reclamation facility with a membrane bioreactor, the operators had no experience with...
Editorial
Biosolids Management and Headworks
Aeration and mixing unit helps plant keep up with increasing demandProblem: The Big Park Domestic Wastewater Improvements District in Arizona built a...
Editorial
How to Run a Plant with Seasonal Fluctuations
Public Works director Chris Jacobs sums up the challenges of treating wastewater in the town of Hampton, New Hampshire: “It’s like we’re...
Fournier Industries Rotary Press
The Fournier Industries Rotary Press uses screens and pressure to efficiently dewater all types of municipal and industrial sludge. Its heavy-duty construction...
Editorial
Headworks and Biosolids Management
Wet well system curbs odor issuesProblem: In mid-2013, the Pacific Northwest Regional Wastewater Authority was receiving odor complaints from residents around a...
Editorial
Biosolids Management and Headworks
Mixing system leads to significant energy savingsProblem: The Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Metropolitan Sewerage District needed to reduce the mixing energy in the anaerobic...
Belt Filter/Rotary Presses - Fournier Industries Rotary Press
The rotary press from Fournier Industries uses two slowly rotating screens to create a 2-inch channel that biosolids pass through as they...
Belt Filter/Rotary Presses - Rotary dewatering press
The rotary press from Fournier Industries uses two slowly rotating screens to create a 2-inch channel that biosolids pass through as they...
Editorial
A Settling Process Using Magnetite Ballast Helps A Massachusetts Plant Meet Strict Phosphorus Limits
From April through October (in-season), effluent from the Billerica (Mass.) Wastewater Treatment Plant averaged 0.80 mg/L total phosphorus. From November through March...















