November 20, 2017

Wastewater Visibility News

Lift Station Maintenance Made Easy

REDUCE THE RISK OF SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW IN WET WELLS Wet well and lift station maintenance are a frequent source of concern for most wastewater collection systems. Performing regular maintenance can be difficult due to access challenges, costs associated with shutting down pumps, and confined space entry permitting and safety issues.   Wastewater systems rely on lift or pump stations to transport collected wastewater to a treatment plant.  Lift or pump stations typically include two to three pumps for redundancy — all of which require periodic inspection and maintenance.  More often than not, a wastewater facility may only have one operable

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November 20, 2017

Wastewater Visibility News

88.5 Cubic Yards Removed From WWTF

That’s More Than 17,000 Thanksgiving Turkeys!   The City of Winter Springs, Florida utilizes two wastewater treatment facilities (WWTF) to serve its population of more than 35,000 people.  136-miles of sewer mains transport all the city’s wastewater to the city’s East or West WWTF.  These two facilities combined are permitted to treat nearly 4.1 million gallons of wastewater per day. The City of Winter Springs, Florida utilizes two wastewater treatment facilities (WWTF) to serve its population of more than 35,000 people.  136-miles of sewer mains transport all the city’s wastewater to the city’s East or West WWTF.  These two facilities

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October 16, 2017

Wastewater Visibility News

Facility Remains in Full Operation While Cleaned

Capacity Restored in Charlotte County The Burnt Store Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) treats wastewater from more than 1,200 sewer connections in a southeastern portion of Charlotte County.  Acquired by Charlotte County in 2003, the former 0.25 millions of gallons per day (MGD) facility underwent several upgrades, including doubling its treatment capacity to 0.5 MGD, as well as enabling the facility to simultaneously dispose of reject water and excess effluent produced by the plant.   USST removed 21-cubic yards of sand and grit from three structures at Charlotte County’s Burnt Store WRF.  Thanks to our GritGone Process®, the facility remained in

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September 19, 2017

Wastewater Visibility News

2,000+ Tons On Its Way Out

Hard at Work in Daytona Beach   That’s the weight of nearly 1,000 Ford F-150s! USST is working hard to restore the capacity of the City of Daytona’s Bethune Point 13 MGD water reclamation facility.  Over 2,000 tons of material – primarily sand and grit – are estimated to be removed from the facility upon completion of this project.  After being offline for approximately two years, this facility is progressing towards being fully operational once we complete our work. Sand and grit aren’t the only materials USST can remove from a facility.  We also have the ability to remove rags, vegetation

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August 28, 2017

Wastewater Visibility News

Debris Removed, Diffusers Unharmed

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March 27, 2017

Wastewater Visibility News

What Debris Does to Your Facility

The Problem With Debris Debris gets into your facility through joints, seams, gaps and cracks that happen as the infrastructure (such as gravity systems and pipes) ages and shifts over time. Let’s focus on the problematic effects debris can have on your infrastructure. It can: • Wreak havoc on the treatment process. • Increase costs and reduce overall efficiencies throughout the system. • Cause abnormal wear and tear on system components, including pumps and other mechanical components. Generally speaking, debris can greatly impact efficiencies of mechanical and biological systems. Mechanically speaking, it can affect operational aspects of the collection and

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March 15, 2017

Wastewater Visibility News

USST: Safer, Quicker, Cheaper, Stronger

  USST: Safer, Quicker, Cheaper, Stronger This week, U.S. Submergent Technologies is performing sand and grit removal from a wastewater treatment plant in Orlando, FL, which requires confined space entry. The USST crew is removing material from two clarifiers at the plant. Both are 120 feet in diameter and 16 feet deep. Approximately 120 tons of sand and grit has been removed from Clarifier 1. “We performed a confined space entry, which includes constant air quality monitoring,” said Paul Del Favero. “Fall protection is being used as well while on the catwalk inside the tank.” The crew began work on Clarifier

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January 18, 2017

Wastewater Visibility News

Keeping Power Flowing to the People

Photo by Paul Del Favero U.S. Submergent Technologies recently completed a job at a power plant in northeast FL. Paul Stephenson, Kyle Manchester, Michael Kisling, Marcus Purvis and Paul Del Favero of Florida Service Group removed approximately 160 yards of a fine-grained, powdery particulate material from a settling basin in submerged conditions. 

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December 22, 2016

Wastewater Visibility News

Deforestation at its Finest

Florida Service Group is cleaning a wastewater treatment plant in Nassau Beach, FL.

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