Entries Tagged Headworks

A lead operator at the Fox River Water Reclamation District in Elgin, Ill., was taken into custody Oct. 1 after police received...

Scrapers clean solids from intake systemProblem Backwash strainers at a wastewater treatment plant in Toronto, were consistently clogging with oversized solids that made...

A discussion about drilling wastewater has stalled in Auburn, N.Y. after an engineering firm determined the city’s wastewater treatment plant cannot handle...

It’s an old question: Are clean-water plants better run by cities or by private contractors under city supervision? As in many areas,...

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

A package system introduced by Smith & Loveless offers four headworks processes on a single skid package. The PISTA Works ...

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

Long-lasting pipe Basalt lined piping from Abresist Kalenborn lasts five times longer than 1/2-inch wall cast iron. Pipes, elbows and fittings are custom...

The PISTA WORKS headworks system from Smith & Loveless combines screening, grit removal and grit washing in one integrated unit. There are...

Removes small inorganics The JDV Grit Classifier from JDV Equipment is a low-maintenance system with high-efficiency features to handle flows up to...

Grit in biosolids was destroying the dewatering centrifuge at the Council Bluffs (Iowa) Water Pollution Control Plant. Damage to the scroll bowl...