Package Sewage & Effluent Treatment Plants: Problems with Specification, Design, Installation, Commissioning and Troubleshooting
Introduction
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Does your package sewage / effluent treatment plant have odour problems?
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Does your package sewage / effluent treatment plant breach its Suspended Solids (SS), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), or Ammonia consents?
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Does your package sewage / effluent treatment plant fail to nitrify?
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Does your package sewage / effluent treatment plant break down frequently?
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Does your package sewage / effluent treatment plant have problems with fats, oils or greases?
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Does your package sewage / effluent treatment plant produce too much sludge, or require desludging more frequently than manufacturer's recommendations?
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Is your package sewage / effluent treatment plant structure deformed?
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Is your packaged plant leaking water in or sewage out?
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Has your package sewage / effluent treatment plant never actually been proven to work properly?
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Does your supplier seem to come up with one solution after another, none of which seem to actually solve the problem?
Our principal consultant, Seán Moran is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with many years of experience as a process trouble-shooter, and has substantial experience of resolving problems with packaged sewage treatment plants from single dwelling to a few hundred population equivalent sizes. These have mainly been submerged aerated filter systems, with and without primary settlement, although Seán is familiar with all sewage and water treatment technologies. Whilst Seán has been able to advise clients on how to solve their process problems in all cases, it would have been much cheaper for these clients if they had engaged a professional engineer sooner, rather than later.