If you’ve ever wanted to see a boot go through a twin-shaft grinder, check out this video.
In fact, nine tough waste items...
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9 Tough-to-Handle Solids
Entries Tagged Headworks
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Retire? No Way. His Colleagues Want Him to Stick Around.
Colleagues applauded when Steve Wilcox announced he wasn’t ready to retire yet.
Wilcox, senior operator at the Arlington County (Virginia) Water Pollution Control...
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An Oregon Operator Focuses on Improving People, Plant, Process
Roy Bradley isn’t one to coast on the job. He comes to work determined to make himself and his treatment plant better....
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Explore a Multimedia Virtual Showroom for Wastewater Pumping and Shredding Technology
Vogelsang’s virtual showroom offers an all-around view of shredding and pumping solutions for wastewater collection and treatment. From a 360-degree perspective, visitors experience...
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Professor V Explains Adjustable Pump Housings For Extended Life
Meet Professor Vogelsang, aka the "Pump Doctor." He's here to bring you thought nuggets on technology, application insights, and other musings. In...
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Case Studies: Source Water Intake/Pretreatment, Wastewater Headworks, Biosolids/Residuals Management
Bar screen installation saves wastewater plant substantial costs
Problem: The Ukiah (California) Wastewater Treatment Plant, serving 16,000, faced recurring pump failures from debris such...
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He Looked for a Better Career. He Found It in Clean Water.
Todd Sukup was working from sunup to sundown at a food distribution warehouse in his hometown when a friend tipped him off...
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High-Capacity Washer Compactors Compress More Debris, Save More Money
In wastewater operations, washer compactors perform a deceptively simple function: to reduce debris volume for handling and disposal. But a lot of...
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Wipes Aren’t Going Away
Despite lawsuits and damage to wastewater treatment plants, and newspaper articles warning everyone that “flushable” can be a misleading term, the directive...
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Vassar WWTP Eliminates Rags to Protect Equipment, Biosolids Quality
Between the thumb and pointer finger on the Michigan Mitten, Vassar is a town of 2,600 people that flushes about 0.4 million...
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HUBER’S Q-Press Screw Press Delivers a Dewatering Solution to Fountain Hills Sanitary District
The Fountain Hills Sanitary District provides first-class wastewater collection and treatment services to its community by safely collecting all of the town’s...
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Why Does That Pump Have an Oil Bottle?
Wastewater operators and maintenance personnel often ask why certain rotary lobe pumps have an oil bottle.
The short answer is: An oil bottle...
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HUBER’S Rotary Fine Drum Screen Protects North Las Vegas Plant from Hair and Fiber
When the city of North Las Vegas, Nevada, built its membrane bioreactor plant, staff chose Huber’s rotary fine screens as part of a new water treatment...
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So Many Choices: Putting the Right Screen in the Right Place
When applying screening technologies in a wastewater treatment plant, there are a large selection of possible configurations. WWTPs vary significantly around the...
