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Workshop Memorandum 18-003
Date: January 9, 2018
From: Joseph Zoba, General Manager
Subject: Evaluation of Existing Belt Press Equipment at the Wochholz Regional Water
Recycling Facility
The Wochholz Regional Water
Recycling Facility uses belt filters to
remove liquids from the biosolids
collected throughout the sewer
treatment process. The belt filter
technology has been in use at the
sewer treatment plant for over twenty
years and have proven to be a simple
and reliable technology that has been
easy to maintain with a long life.
As this equipment has surpassed its
useful life the District staff has noticed
signs of metal fatigue and stress cracks
in the equipment. Therefore, we have
started to process to evaluate other
available technology to plan for the
replacement of the existing belt
presses.
However, prior to initiating the construction of the alternative dewatering equipment to further
reduce maintenance, energy and hauling costs, maintenance on the existing equipment will be
needed to be completed.
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