The operation of a pulsator clarifier can be optimised with regards to suction lift and drop times. This can be done by considering the varying turbidity of raw water (low versus high settleable solids) as well as controlling the sludge blanket...
In response to the worsening state of wastewater treatment plants, Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu has asserted that he will not request President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare a National State of Disaster. Mchunu emphasised that...
By Chris Ashmore, Watericon South Africa is currently facing the perfect storm of a failing water supply. Outdated infrastructure, poor maintenance, prolonged droughts, increasing population, lack of investment, and a skills shortage, have led to...
Maximum output, minimum waste is a mantra for every manufacturing process. And nearly every manufacturing process uses water and has a waste stream in some form, which could include sludge. Sludge is one of the main waste streams or by products...
