Originally published in Treatment Plant Operator. By L.K. Williams.
http://www.tpomag.com/editorial/2013/03/hands_on_know_how

Small tanks: Operators are familiar with them and know that large tanks often seem too costly in smaller towns. So, like Joe Underwood, they tap into their creative side and often make do with what is on hand.

After the Muscle Shoals Wastewater Treatment Plant’s polymer mixing system couldn’t keep up with demand, chief operator Underwood and his three-member crew got to work. “We obtained two one-way totes from a local chemical company and used schedule 80 PVC pipe and fittings from previous jobs to hook them up to our polymer pumps,” Underwood recalls. Continue reading →