Fats, oils and grease (FOG) in wastewater are one of the biggest challenges facing wastewater systems around the world. Grease, sometimes along with solids, can build up into a solid mass that can narrow or even block wastewater pipes. When that happens, sewers overflow, pipes break, and local authorities are forced to clean up the…
Like many wastewater treatment facilities, the Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant, is under constant pressure to do more with less. Already, the facility has cut in half the amount of electricity it uses to run the blowers in its two aeration tanks. But the facility is now looking at some additional ways to save money. At the top…
The Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant was built in 1962, during a different era. The Cuban Missile Crisis was right around the corner and America had just launched a space race to put the first man on the moon. At the time, if you had mentioned “Class A biosolids” or “thermophilic bacteria” to a manager or…
