FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, April 28, 2014 -- Parkson, a supplier of equipment and solutions for potable water,
process water and industrial and municipal wastewater applications, offers the Biolac®
activated sludge system for a variety of purposes.
When the operator of a Biolac system in southeastern Alabama contacted Parkson to help improve the performance of its 25-year-old system, the company's engineers did not hesitate to provide assistance. A team visited the 0.75-MGD plant and worked with the operator to understand issues causing the plant to suffer from performance issues resulting from
aging equipment.
While the city considered a bid to alternate technologies to solve its problems, Parkson offered its Rebuild and Retrofit program to bring the plant's Biolac back up and running at the highest standards. In the end, the city agreed that the rebuild process was the most cost-effective and environmentally-sound solution.
In a span of just 10 days, a Parkson field technician oversaw the replacement of all the in-basin
aeration equipment, resulting in no downtime to the operations in Columbiana. The new aeration equipment consisted of BioFlex floating HDPE pipe, which has a longer life and better articulation. Also, new BioFuser®
diffusers were installed, operating at higher efficiency than the previous panels and providing for future expansion if needed.
Once the new equipment was installed, Parkson engineers went one step further, by performing an in-depth review of the existing air diffusers. They discovered a new layout that would dramatically improve
air distribution and mixing in the basin.
As a result of the rebuild, the Columbiana plant has seen dramatic improvements in the performance of its Biolac activated sludge system. Overall, dissolved oxygen levels have increased more than 700 percent, which has helped reduce ammonia concentrations down to non-detectable levels. At the same time, the enhancements helped the plant slash costs by 40 percent because the new aeration equipment is so much more efficient that operators can run one blower at night, instead of two.
