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News Release from: Hydro International | Subject: Grit King
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 February 2008
Major wastewater plant grit removal
projects
A major project to upgrade the Florida City of Clearwater pollution control facilities with Hydro Grit King technology is the latest major contract for Hydro International, at USD1.8M
This contract has marked a significant development in the growing national and international wastewater treatment business at Hydro, with expanding operations in the US and Ireland boosting the well-established UK operation Recently appointed as Chief Operating Officer for Hydro International, Chris Williams highlighted the contract significance as an international endorsement of Hydro wastewater treatment technology
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 18 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Hydro will supply the Gulf Coast city with five Grit King advanced hydrodynamic separator units to upgrade the grit-removal processes at two of the three Clearwater wastewater treatment plants.
The 4m diameter Grit King units will replace the existing high-energy vortex grit removal systems at the plants.
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The City of Clearwater purchase came as part of a larger initiative to upgrade the inlet works at their Marshall Street and East Advanced Pollution Control Facilities.
"The city was looking for improved performance and increased reliability, and after conducting pilot testing with the Grit King units and development of a system design that could be retrofitted into the existing inlet works, we determined that this solution more than meets the plant needs" said Thomas Friedrich PE, at Jones Edmunds and Associates, of Tampa, the engineering consultants representing the city.
During the design phase of the plant improvement project, Hydro provided a Grit King mobile pilot unit to Clearwater and participated in a head-to-head trial with one of the existing high-energy vortex systems at the Marshall Street plant.
The data showed the Grit King removing up to 23 times as much grit as the existing system.
The Grit King is an advanced hydrodynamic separator that augments gravitational forces to separate grit from water.
It removes more grit than conventional systems, making it an economical choice for new or existing municipal or industrial wastewater applications.
Because it has no moving parts and no external power source, the Grit King requires significantly less maintenance and consequently offers a better carbon footprint than conventional technologies.
"We are extremely proud the City of Clearwater has seen the value the Hydro International Grit King provides in terms of grit-removal efficiency" said Neil Raymond, Hydro general manager of wastewater operations in the US: "Grit that is not captured in the process degrades the machinery in a wastewater treatment plant at an alarming rate.
The Clearwater investment in new equipment and new processes shows a level of foresight that will serve constituents well".
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