Harris County Mud District Plants Reduce Operation Costs With Prime Solution’s Rotary Fan Press 2.0®

Harris County MUD District 165 in Cypress, TX, has two wastewater facilities that are extended aeration, and return-activated sludge systems that service just under 12,000 customers. Future expansion will increase this number to 28,000 customers. With the continued increase of sludge volume, the plant needed to solve the challenge of keeping up with sludge dewatering.

Prime Solution Rotary Fan Press® cleans up plant, increases efficiencies and the bottom line.

Also known as the City of Larned Water Recycling Center, the plant was in desperate need of a treatment operation update, specifically the mechanical dewatering equipment. When the new plant superintendent, Dale Vanderhoof, took over, he was tasked with turning the facility around and making it a functional plant that was not discharging what they called “black water” into the Arkansas river. Under Dale’s supervision, the city has received awards over the past several years for “Outstanding Plant Performance.”

An on-site test provided a clear solution

On August 26, 2015 we revisited one of the bigger installations in Madisonville, Kentucky. A new Rotary Fan Press 2.0 type 48 Quad was installed in March 2015, and replaced a double belt filter press, installed in 1996, when the treatment system of Madisonville was built. We used a series of questions to gather all system information, but also the information of the day-to-day operations from the actual operators.

From Sludge Struggles to Seamless Solids.

The Prime Rotary Fan Press® helped the City of Stanley save money by helping to prevent backup since it was not weather-sensitive, reduce labor and increase solids content. It achieves 20 percent solids and one man can easily operate the system.