Case Study
Municipal WWTP reduced cost of sludge removal with Rotomite 180P.
Crisfulli Rotomite 180-P Municipal WWTP reduced cost of sludge removal with Rotomite 180P. SRS Crisafulli. As reported in WaterWorld, Serving the Municipal Water/Wastewater Industry In 1996, the Town of Decaur, Ark., purchased a self-propelled Rotomite 180-P dredging system as part of a new biosolids management program designed to reduce the cost of sludge disposal and to increase solids detention time in-plant. While less than 1,000 people live in Decatur, the town's wastewater treatment plant handles flow equivalent to a population of 40,000. The primary contributor to these flows is a poultry processing plant. Over the last several years, the town's Utility Manger, Rick McClain, had laid the groundwork for planned land application of Class B biosolids. Until early 1996, Decatur had cont