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Wastewater Treatment under attack from Sewage Snails

Sewage Snails are becoming a major nuisance in the Wastewater Treatment process creating serious operational problems downstream within aeration basins and secondary clarifiers. The continued improvements to process treatment technologies are creating an ideal habitat for these pests, whose shells can cause major maintenance problems as they breakdown to form an abrasive grit leading to pump and equipment damage. Shells are also passed onto downstream processes settling out and adding to sedimentation problems.

December 2011 | Read the full story

Hydrok's rapid solution helps South West Water

Hydrok, working in association with contractor Balfour Beatty, helped resolve a 'critical works' issue for South West Sater at their Goonhavern WwTW, Cornwall. A rapid turn-key solution was developed and implemented to minimise the interruption to the operational ability of the small local plant. The site had an existing circular Activated Sludge treatment plant needing refurbishment which, under normal circumstances, would require 5 weeks to complete, during which time all sewage waste would have to be tankered out at considerable cost.

November 2011 | Read the full story