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Entries Tagged Grit Handling/Removal/Hauling
Editorial
Effective Planning and Consistent Maintenance Helped This Plant Win the 'Stanley Cup of Wastewater'
When the Bloomington-Normal Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant won a 2018 Plant of the Year award from the Illinois Association of Water Pollution...
Editorial
Industrial Flows Are a Daily Challenge That the Norfolk Plant Team Meets Consistently
The Nebraska city of Norfolk is home to 24,000 people, but the Water Pollution Control Plant treats a BOD loading typical of...
Editorial
The Village of Slinger's Process Optimization Initiative Has Spanned Three Years in Search of Phosphorus Reduction
The Slinger (Wisconsin) Wastewater Treatment Plant will face a monthly average phosphorus limit of 0.075 mg/L in 2023.
Since the village (population 5,500)...
Editorial
A Hydro International Technology Efficiently Extracts, Cleans and Dries Grit
Clean-water plants increasingly look for higher removal efficiency in headworks equipment, including grit systems.
The goal generally is cleaner, drier grit combined with...
Editorial
For This Utah Wastewater Operations Manager, Water Isn't Just a Job
When Steve Williams went to work for the Magna Water and Sewer District in 1977, it was “just a job.” Not anymore.
“It...
Editorial
Producing drier grit
Hauling and disposal of effluent and grit is often one of the largest budget items wastewater treatment plant operators need to consider....
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New at WEFTEC: Hydro International Presents Fluidized-Bed Grit Washing System
Hydro International recently exhibited the Hydro GritCleanse fluidized-bed grit washing system at WEFTEC — a system which significantly reduces volatile solids content...
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What Makes This Florida Clean-Water Plant Successful? You Can Sum It Up in One Word.
Mark Darmanin will tell you there’s a simple reason for the success of the North Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant in Broward County,...
Hydro International Hydro GritCleanse
The Hydro GritCleanse fluidized bed grit washing system from Hydro International significantly reduces volatile solids content and outputs cleaner and drier grit. It retains...
HUBER Technology GritWolf
The GritWolf from HUBER Technology uses a two-chamber design and contact settling to reduce footprint and remove the finest of grit particles,...
Grit Handling/Removal/Hauling - Walker Process Equipment, A Div. of McNish Corp., Rolling Grit System
The Rolling Grit System from Walker Process Equipment, A Div. of McNish Corp., provides a means to pre-aerate, remove grit, and dewater...
Editorial
Plant Ensures Quality Effluent Through Sound Maintenance and Continuing Education for Staff
There’s nothing fancy about the Pascagoula/Moss Point (Mississippi) Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. Day by day, year by year, it churns out clean...
Editorial
Ditching a Piecemeal Plan in Favor of Comprehensive WWTP Overhaul
Sometimes the best of plans and intentions run into hurdles that can’t be cleared.
That’s what happened when the New York village of...
