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CDEnviro Helps MTS Reduce Waste to Landfill

March 31, 2015April 1, 2015 by Karen Henry

MTS Cleansing Services, a UK-based liquid waste management company, has purchased three CDEnviro D:MAX mobile classification systems. The units will allow MTS to reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfill by separating grit and rag from sludge. The grit and silt that is recovered from the waste water ... Read more »

Portable Sludge Level Improves Regulatory Compliance

March 30, 2015March 27, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Markland’s handheld sludge blanket level detector measures silt/sludge interface levels in clarifiers, tanks and lagoons, and helps provide valuable sludge/biosolids level profiles, the company says. The Sludge Gun, which can be used wherever solids are separated from liquids including industrial processes and water and wastewater treatment plants, allows users to ... Read more »

Online BOD Analyzer Provides Wastewater Treatment Plant Cost Savings

March 9, 2015March 6, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

LAR Process Analysers’ BioMonitor is an online biochemical oxygen demand analyzer for the determination of the total biochemical oxygen demand that enables the optimal control of a wastewater treatement plant, the company says. The analyzer determines the degradation of nitrogen as well as carbon compounds within minutes. The company says this characterizes ... Read more »

CDEnviro Sludge Screening Technology Improves Pharmaceutical Efficiency

March 2, 2015January 8, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Waste reduction and recycling equipment manufacturer CDEnviro says its sludge screening technologies are improving operational efficiencies for the UK pharmaceutical industry. The company says its S:MAX more efficiently separates solid waste material from liquids, minimizing waste and maximizing the opportunity for material reuse. The S:MAX removes rag from sludge, either ... Read more »

Suez Environnement Wins $95M Wastewater Treatment Contract

February 17, 2015May 22, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Suez Environnement has won a €84 million ($95 million) contract to operate and maintain two wastewater treatment plants at Gabal El Asfar in Cairo, Egypt. This contract was won in consortium with three Egyptian companies: DHCU, ARCOM and ICAT. Cabal El Asfar is the biggest wastewater treatment facility on the ... Read more »

Rotary Drum Screen Separates Solids from Waste Streams Without Clogging

February 16, 2015February 13, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A compact rotary drum screen from Munson Machinery removes solids from industrial and municipal waste streams, and recovers solid product from process streams, at rates from 600 to 2,790 gal/min (2,270 to 10,560 liter/min) without blinding or clogging the screen, while reducing floor space and headroom requirements compared with non-rotating ... Read more »

Saxlund Technology Turns Sewage Sludge to Energy

February 6, 2015February 5, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BioEnergy and bulk materials handling company Saxlund International, part of the Opcon energy and environmental group, has secured contracts from Barhale Trant Utilities to design and supply sludge cake truck loading silos for Southern Water waste water treatment works in the UK. The projects, at Budds Farm in Havant and ... Read more »

Winning Wastewater Treatment Technologies Use Passive Aeration, Process Control

January 14, 2015January 13, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

New technologies using passive aeration and process control dramatically improve wastewater treatment, according to Lux Research. Traditional options for secondary wastewater treatment burn up huge amounts of energy — 68 GWh annually in the US alone — and still leave behind excessive amounts of sludge. With increasing pressure from growing ... Read more »

ACT Wastewater Treatment Cuts Operating Costs, Recycles Waste

December 17, 2014December 16, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Applied CleanTech’s sewage recycling technology for wastewater has helped a UK wastewater treatment plant lower its carbon footprint and emissions and is expected to reduce operating costs between 20 percent and 30 percent. ACT announced the results of a pilot project conducted with Scottish Water — the first installation of ACT’s sewage ... Read more »

Green Tech Generates Revenue, Transforms Wastewater into Raw Materials

December 3, 2014December 2, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Applied CleanTech’s sewage recycling system reduced the Dutch Waterschap Aa en Maas’ daily operational costs by about $2,700 in addition to reducing sludge by up to 30 percent, according to a report that examined the commercial potential of sewage mining. ACT’s system produces a compound out of wastewater: Recyllose (recycled ... Read more »

Drillers Face Radioactive Waste Disposal Challenges

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Oil and gas drillers in Pennsylvania are finding it increasingly difficult to find disposal sites for their radioactive waste, according to Power Source. In the first half of this year, 421 trucks carrying oil and gas waste tripped radiation alarms at Pennsylvania landfills, and last year 1,015 loads set off ... Read more »

Biosolid Installation Process Completed

March 11, 2014March 11, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Eco Sciences has completed the installation of is patented SolarOrganite Biosolids process at Lake Yale Baptist Assembly that will help them manage their capital cost, energy use, conservation, carbon footprint and sludge disposal needs. The company says the facility will save money and reduce its carbon footprint while saving on ... Read more »

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