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“We will be on time and we’re
projecting to be on budget, if

not under budget.” — Kevin Rice,

general manager

“The existing centrifuges are designed to

handle primary sludge, which is much thicker
than secondary sludge, so we had to do some

mechanical upgrades to change the insides of it to

be able to handle secondary sludge,” says Rice. “If
we didn’t do that, it would tear the sludge to bits, so

it wouldn’t be any good to us.”

To help reduce power consumption, variable

frequency drives will be installed on the back drives.

The team is now installing a larger generator and is

building a waste-activated sludge box while design
work continues on the UV disinfection, a bio filter

and sludge load-out facility.

“We’ve got a lot of work left to do,” says Rice.

“We’re really starting to ramp up again with the nice
weather.”

MEETING AND

BEATING CHALLENGES

A project of this scope is not without its challenges,
but the team members have foreseen and overcome

them. For example, they set up a dome so they

could build the sludge handling building and blower
building under a cover during the winter months.

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