by Schwing Bioset | Jul 21, 2008 | Bioset / Class A, News
Now that you’ve implemented your process (perhaps the Bioset Process?) for turning sludge into Class A biosolids, you’re probably faced with a new concern: what to do with all this high-quality fertilizer? If you’re providing it to farmers or citizens for land...
by Schwing Bioset | Jul 21, 2008 | Bioset / Class A, News
CLASS A BIOSOLIDS: Wastewater is not considered sludge until it has been de-watered to at least 7% solids content, according to the EPA. To create an end product that is considered Class A grade acceptable, sludge must be used. Acceptable sludge must be free of...
by Schwing Bioset | Jul 21, 2008 | Bioset / Class A, Municipal, News, Pump
The Stewartstown Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is owned by the Stewartstown Borough Authority of Stewartstown, PA. The plant experiences flow at an average rate of 0.625 MGD (millions of gallons per day) plant with MBR (membrane bioreactor) treatment. Sludge is...
by Schwing Bioset | Jul 21, 2008 | Bioset / Class A, Municipal, News
LAND APPLICATION of CLASS A BIOSOLIDS: Class A biosolids are completely safe for a variety of land applications. The end product is basically aerated soil that has beneficial levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. The Class A product from a Bioset System has...
by Schwing Bioset | Jul 21, 2008 | Bioset / Class A, Municipal, News
As the children’s book has it, everyone poops. By and large, in the developed world, this means the toilet flush is our last contact with what might be our lowest common denominator. But what comes next? That poo, after all, goes somewhere. And in America, it...
by Schwing Bioset | Jul 21, 2008 | Bioset / Class A, News
As you can imagine, working with sludges and biosolids brings up a number of concerns, from the basic to the technical. At the very basic, there’s “does it have an awful smell?” It’s a natural enough concern—we’re working with human waste, after all. But is there a...