The final sludge product is delivered to qualified farmers as fertilizer. Click on the pictures below to zoom in. Use back button on browser to return to text. Craig Capper discusses the entire treatment process in the operations room. A view of the screw pumps that deliver influent to the bar screen Large solids are transported from the bar screen and transferred here for disposal.
Students observe the aerated grit tanks where finer solids and food are removed.
Looking towards the primary settling tanks and RBC's. Craig samples a RBC disk for bacteria. Cross section of a RBC disk. Bacteria coat the disk and digest organics in the wastewater. Craig samples the wastewater after the RBC stage.