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Pumping Stringy Material at Wastewater Plants

Any wastewater treatment plant operator will typically tell you that one of the biggest hassles they face daily is pumping stringy material from a variety of sources. The problem here is that the material tends to get stuck in the impellers of trash pumps and wreak havoc on lobe pumps. Phil from Clyde, Texas tells us about his quest to find a better solution:

“A buddy of mine has been using your Mud Sucker diaphragm pumps at a public works facility down the road from me and we are considering the same. Our WWTP pumps a lot of stringy material from mops and unknown fibrous material. We are using non clog trash pumps now but make no mistake, the impeller still gets clogged. We need something better. We have seen diaphragms used on honey wagons to pump all sorts of material and they have worked. We work with less than 5% solids and need to pump around 100 GPM with a TDH of about 15’. What do you recommend and what do I need to budget?” – Phil H. Clyde, Texas

Phil, we hear about this complaint from WWTP’s all the time that “non-clog trash pumps” are not quite non-clog. What we suggest for municipalities with stringy material issues is the read more

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Advancements in Sewage Pump Technology

Sewage pumps serve a vital function in both urban and rural areas. Pumps transfer household wastewater like septic waste, raw sewage, stormwater and more. Recently there have been several innovations in raw sewage transfer type pumps that typically serve the primary sludge process at wastewater treatment plants. This typically involves pumping the sewage from a digester to a belt filter press for further treatment. read more

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