Entries Tagged Screw Press

When the City of Prattville, Alabama, decided to upgrade its Pine Creek Clean Water Facility, it spared no effort. While the city had...

For Garon Goularte, frequent job changes have been a good thing. In moving from one California facility to the next and gradually stepping...

Decanter centrifuge reduces biosolids disposal costs Problem Hollandia Dairy in Southern California was paying to transport 25,000 pounds of wastewater biosolids a day. ...

Robinson Wastewater Treatment Plant had technology in place, but it was a 1982 model belt filter press that - on average -...

Cardston (Alberta) WWTP’s choice of a dewatering system to replace its belt press, the HUBER Technology Q-Press, has a striking comparison to the...

As Jordan Damerel cranked the hand wheel of the heavy gate on the bar screen so his operations teammates could maintain it,...

Screw press efficient in dewatering membrane bioreactor biosolids Problem: The Decatur (Arkansas) Wastewater Treatment Plant’s dewatering technology was undersized and inefficient. With the added...

When Steve Williams went to work for the Magna Water and Sewer District in 1977, it was “just a job.” Not anymore. “It...

In building a new treatment plant, the Sangamon County (Illinois) Water Reclamation District wanted it to be a good neighbor. The Spring Creek...

Washing system helps eliminate FOG problem Problem: A large north Florida regional wastewater system was battling FOG buildups up to 4 feet thick blanketing...

Cross-training staff in all facets of treatment plant operations, maintenance and laboratory analysis is yielding big dividends at the Carpinteria (California) Sanitary...

Winning an award for sustainability was not top of mind when Seneca (South Carolina) officials began to redesign their water treatment facility. Ultimately,...

Huber Technology Q-Press replaced a belt filter press at the Robinson (Illinois) WWTP. The retrofit enabled the plant operations staff to maximize technology...

Impressive improvements in cake solids, polymer consumption and capture rates result from the implementation of the Huber Technology Q-Press. The slow-rotating auger can...