Posted by Allie in Eufaula, AlabamaMar 12th, 2008 | no responses
In addition, the plant was spending about 90,000 per annum on power costs. The Eufaula, Alabama, wastewater treatment plant WWTP is an extended aeration activated sludge facility designed for an average daily flow rate of million gallons per day mgd. Moreover, the vertical aerators required significant maintenance to keep them in good operating condition.. Prior to this WWTP used vertical aerators to provide oxygen and mixing in its aerator basins. The low DO levels sometimes caused filamentous bulking problems, and there were accumulations of sludge in the basin bottoms because of inadequate mixing.
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