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re: Drowning at the sewage plant
Posted on 6/11/16 at 4:39 pm to armytiger96
Posted on 6/11/16 at 4:39 pm to armytiger96
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Falling into a clarifier is not like falling into a swilmming pool. Depending on the design the could have large rakes scraping the bottom or a skimmer arm on the top.
There are hundreds of scenarios where even a good swimmer could drown. Did he hit his head falling in? Did he get trapped under skimmer or by rake. Was he working with another operator? Was there a ladder for him to climb out in the event that he fell in?
These posters don't know jack about water treatment facilities
Posted on 6/11/16 at 5:38 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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These posters don't know jack about water treatment facilities
Truth. There arent any rakes or skimmer arms in the tank. Only aerators and pumps. Raw sewage is piped into the plant by pumps located all around the city. The sewage enters the plant and goes through a rake/screen/skimmer (basically a bunch of vertical metal rods. Thats to remove the tampons, condoms, big items people flush away. But its not in the tank. Its water flowing so it passes though the rake and falls in the tank. From there its aerated for at least 12 hours a day in the first tank to let the sludge fall to the bottom.
That sewage is pumped into the next tank where it will further break down, and then that is pumped into the 3rd tank where its basically just water. In the 3rd tank that water is chlorinated to kill most of the germs. Once thats done its pumped into a ditch or canal and the whole process is repeated.
This post was edited on 6/11/16 at 5:41 pm
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